Great Advice for Those Starting Out...

[Bobbsy]

Have a look at this...it is a great truth!

 

[Track Rat]

Yeah, I got that plugin.

 

[guitaristic]

Yeah for real, it bothers me when people say electronic/dubstep music artists aren't actually artists. They take something which exists only in their minds and manifest it to make it be heard and enjoyed by others, the same as we "musicians" do!

 

[Bobbsy]

Frankly, I think the cartoon applies equally to all forms of home/computer recording, not just electronic/dubstep. How often do we get posts along the lines of "I'm a musician and I don't want to know the technicalities. I just want my recordings to sound good". Alas, it takes as much practice to be good at recording and mixing as it does to learn to play an instrument.

 

[guitaristic]

Yep I agree! It's like a whole new art form in itself to learn...

 

[Armistice]

Yeah for real, it bothers me when people say electronic/dubstep music artists aren't actually artists. They take something which exists only in their minds and manifest it to make it be heard and enjoyed by others, the same as we "musicians" do!

Exactly... sure, some of it is cut and paste, derivative, unimaginative tripe, but so's 90% of "real" music... it's the good stuff that takes you somewhere else, irrespective of genre...

 

[witzendoz]

Just substitute "Make Music" button for "Mix My Song" button or "Magic EQ" button or "Master My Song" button or "make me play like I have talent" button and your on a winner.

Alan.

 

[Music-Junkie]

I saw an interview with Deadmau5 recently where he said something along the lines of "people pretend we don't just press play when we do this stuff live, but we do - I'm not ashamed, though, because I created it in the first place, and that's the work". Paraphrased, but that was the gist.

 

[Armistice]

I'm a guitarist who's played every note on three albums and various other ventures, and when I recently branched out into MIDI and did a tune using, apart from 6 electric guitar tracks, a VSTi piano, I got this 'oh so you didn't actually play it' thing from various people when I deflected their praise on my newfound prowess on the instrument...

NO, I didn't actually play it, but I managed to program a serious piano piece that had you all handing out the compliments because it was GOOD. I invented it, dreamt it up, created it... ain't that enough?

I could have played it if I spent a day or so rehearsing, and in the end it may have even sounded better, but I don't have the time....

I'm sure orchestral composers can't actually play 30 to 40 instruments.... they just know what those instruments can do.... same thang in my book.

 

[grimtraveller]

Great Advice for Those Starting Out.

Make sure the songs are and sound great. How you get there is everyones' guess and nobody's business.

 

[miroslav]

I agree...much ado is made about how you get from point A to B...but when people listen to your mix, they don't much care how you got there.
Like some folks frown on comping...but like...if you played/sang all 5 takes, and you comp down to one...it's still you.

But to get back to Bobbsy's point...it's true that many non-musicians or those just starting out really DO think it's just a few mouse clicks and nothing more.

 

[soundchaser59]

I get that too.....

ME: "Here's a new song. I did everything myself, wrote it, played all the guitars, bass, vocals, pianos, solos, programmed the drums, recorded it and mixed it myself, and burned it to cd so you could hear it."

THEM: "So you can't actually play the drums?"

 

[71D]

I got my hopes up a little too much

 

[moresound]

Who is the drummer? Well it started out as a click tract ..............................