Newbie

[Doubter]

Newbie to this whole type of thing and testing the waters. Seems cool af so far. Thanks for having me. I make music. Im not trained or anything like that and I can't sing so a lot of my stuff sounds very raw, but I'm workin on it. I just love Makin music. Glad to be here among similar people.

 

[ecc83]

Hi Doubter and welcome...so, you can't sing and you don't say you play an instrument so how do you make music?

Let us have some idea of what you have and what you do with it.

Dave.

 

[Old Music Guy]

Welcome, @Doubter. When I was 9, I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I knew right then and there that the only thing I ever wanted to be was a drummer. Ringo was so cool, I couldn't stand it.
I used to take books, all of different thicknesses (War and Peace made a great floor tom!), the grill from my father's BBQ and some old pieces of cardboard to use as drum sticks.
Every day after school, I would be out in the garage, listening to AM radio, and playing along, banging on books with the songs. My folks bought me "Blue Tip" drum sticks! I was cool!
When I was 12 my parents bought me a drum kit for Christmas. I got into a band, Played all the time. Never had a proper lesson. That was 60 years ago this Christmas,
If you have a desire, a dream, a need to make music, then you will. People make beautiful, joyful noises with spoons, or washboards, or kazoos.
Make music for yourself first. Find "YOU" in the sound. Find the sound in YOU.
I've played for many many years, I've played with musicians of all different stripes and levels of accomplishment. The people I remember the most are the ones that just show up, and have a love of the sound. Shout out to "Frankie the Horn"
Welcome, and have a happy holiday!

 

[Slouching Raymond]

Mick Tucker from Sweet practiced 'drums' on tyres where he worked as a fitter.
I had sticks but no drums, and found that couch cushions made good drums.

 

[DM60]

Hi Doubter, not sure how old you are and it doesn't really matter. I got deeper into recording about 15 years ago, I was past 50. My two cents, there is a nice book out there Recording for Dummies, nice place to start and get you up to knowing terms and concepts really quick. About a two hour read and then a great reference until you don't need it. It won't take you long.

I think after that, if you learn about sound, that is good for recording, but if you want to create music first, I think keyboard is a good place to start, then, at least for me, understanding the keys. I think the Circle of 5ths, that really helps.

After that, it really is a matter of just going on your little journey and exploring. It is great fun, consumes your mind and consumes your time. Not better place to be, and I suggest make complete songs, save them so in a few years, you can go back and "measure" how far you have come. It will say more to you than photographs.

If a picture says a thousand words, then a song can say a thousand pictures.