[Stro]

What is everyone listening to right now?

Top five CD's on my deck in the past few weeks:

Iron Maiden - The number of the Best
Strung Out - Blackhaws over Las Angeles
Propogandhi - Supporting Caste
Dr Dre - 2001 - ( Quite different from the rest, I just love Dre's beats!)
AC/DC - High Voltage

 

[Dave94LX]

no music... I listen to audio books

 

[ValleyScort96]

liquid metal on sirius radio

 

[nezwick]

Mostly stuff like In Flames, DevilDriver, Lamb of God, Mudvayne.

But lately I have been lazy so I just put my MP3 player on shuffle and let it play whatever it wants.

If the MP3 player is dead, I listen to a classic rock station around home and when in Pittsburgh I listen to 105.9 the X.

 

[Dutch]

My stereo has a USB input for thumb drives and such, and I have 16G of stuff on it.

Most recently played:
* 'Peasants, Pigs, and Astronauts' and 'K' by Kula Shaker
* 'One O'Clock Jump: The Very Best of Count Basie' by Count Basie
* 'All Things Must Pass' by George Harrison
* 'Rise' by Anoushka Shankar
* various original material by me
* various original material by my friend Anita
* various original material by my friend John
* 'Leftoverture' and 'Kansas' by Kansas
* 'Life Before Insanity' by Gov't Mule
* 'Live at the Fillmore East' by The Allman Brothers

C ya,
Dutch

 

[Stro]

Nezwick- I love In Flames. Not so much the newer stuff but its alright. More mid to late 90's stuff like Whoracle (Gyroscope!!)or Jester Race.

Anybody listen to Refused?

 

[marclar]

I usualy listen to my own music.

 

[UnexplodedCow]

Not a thing, I have no sound system in my car, including no speakers. I'm listening the to CVH soundtrack.

 

[Stro]

Hey Marclar, I found that myspace link 'carbonentity". is that you? If so, I like your beats. I am more of a funky breaks person, but I like your hard house style.

 

[marclar]

ya thats me. thx, it takes alot of practice and work to create anything good. especialy if its all origional.

 

[Stro]

I hear ya on that one. I tried doing so myself using reason, I could barely operate the program efficiently let alone get anything of a good production value out of it.

I also play in a hard rock/ metal band (or used to anyway) we had written many songs but that as well can be a painstaking process.

 

[UnexplodedCow]

Agreed, creating music is hard regardless of the aspect, although I've found sampling a little easier to do. The biggest problem I ever had for music was lyrics, since I played in a band. So, I just stay as an instrumentalist, and let the music try to convey what I'm feeling.

 

[marclar]

using samples is an ez way to learn. but in the end of a production, you cant truely say its yours.

this is what the oprogram looks like: and this isnt even a complicated song

 

[98EscortDude]

I listen to what ever my MP3 player decides. When it actually works that is.

Marclar that screenshot scares me a little lol

 

[UnexplodedCow]

I've mostly used Cubase, and it can look pretty similar.

 

[Cymmantix]

I've dabbled a little in Nuendo and Audition... but nothing serious. And yes, it can be daunting.

 

[Dutch]

using samples is an ez way to learn. but in the end of a production, you cant truely say its yours.

this is what the oprogram looks like: and this isnt even a complicated song

I use FL to sequence my drums. Nice program, and capable of a lot more than what I use it for....

C ya,
Dutch

 

[Stro]

I did all my recording thru a Yamaha AW1600 home workstation. No computer interface. I could never figure out those pesky programs. I guess you have to if your goal is sampling.

For recording with my band, the AW1600 was an excellent product.

 

[UnexplodedCow]

Yeah, the workstations make things super easy. The software is much harder to wade though, and if you're new to it, without a manual...yeah, good luck.

 

[Stro]

Ya I did not have a manual. It took me half a day to get the sound to come out of my speakers with Reason. that did not include time ensuring that it wasn't my computers sound setting directly