During my “switch to” #LinuxAudio project, the music I make have slowly turned into something that fits some kind of style.
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During my “switch to” #LinuxAudio project, the music I make have slowly turned into something that fits some kind of style.
Not like a specific genre, but more a mash up of all the music I have listened to and made through the years. It’s fun to see it come together, and hopefully one day I’ll have 4-5 tracks which I like to collect on an EP or something.
The biggest part of this jurney has actually not been getting used to Linux.
The biggest part has been getting used to making music on my own, and in the box. No “real” instruments, no writing lyrics while playing the guitar, no band to hand out sheets to. Just me and my computer, a small midi keyboard and primarily a pair of headphones.
I have been suprised how big the jump has been, but thinking about it, it makes totally sense.
I’m an educated musician. But from an education where you have a main instrument and always play live with others.
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The biggest part has been getting used to making music on my own, and in the box. No “real” instruments, no writing lyrics while playing the guitar, no band to hand out sheets to. Just me and my computer, a small midi keyboard and primarily a pair of headphones.
I have been suprised how big the jump has been, but thinking about it, it makes totally sense.
I’m an educated musician. But from an education where you have a main instrument and always play live with others.
@mosgaard That's so exciting!! I look forward to hearing such an EP.
It's a great feeling to synthesize inspirations into a coherent style. -
The biggest part has been getting used to making music on my own, and in the box. No “real” instruments, no writing lyrics while playing the guitar, no band to hand out sheets to. Just me and my computer, a small midi keyboard and primarily a pair of headphones.
I have been suprised how big the jump has been, but thinking about it, it makes totally sense.
I’m an educated musician. But from an education where you have a main instrument and always play live with others.
Producing music in-the-box is a completely different way of creating and thinking about music.
As a vocalist I have always worked very intuitive and with improvisation as a big element. My concerts are often simple chord progressions, but written to be improvised over, which a lot of attention while playing. No concert are the same, something new happens each time, and I really love it.
But that intuitive way of producing music is completely absent when I work on a computer.
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During my “switch to” #LinuxAudio project, the music I make have slowly turned into something that fits some kind of style.
Not like a specific genre, but more a mash up of all the music I have listened to and made through the years. It’s fun to see it come together, and hopefully one day I’ll have 4-5 tracks which I like to collect on an EP or something.
The biggest part of this jurney has actually not been getting used to Linux.
@mosgaard "Not like a specific genre"? Are you sure about that? It could be bonkwave...
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Producing music in-the-box is a completely different way of creating and thinking about music.
As a vocalist I have always worked very intuitive and with improvisation as a big element. My concerts are often simple chord progressions, but written to be improvised over, which a lot of attention while playing. No concert are the same, something new happens each time, and I really love it.
But that intuitive way of producing music is completely absent when I work on a computer.
A part of this is me not being a pretty good instrumentalist (compared to the musicians I normally play with) and another part of this, is that building up music on a computer, is close to being a completely different language.
An example is transitions.
When you play live with a band, transitions is something you just do. Everybody has a sense of where you are in the form, and you kind of build up to the next phrase together. It's communication in the moment, and I love it.
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@mosgaard "Not like a specific genre"? Are you sure about that? It could be bonkwave...
@defaultmediatransmitter @mosgaard ... and even if it's not ...
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A part of this is me not being a pretty good instrumentalist (compared to the musicians I normally play with) and another part of this, is that building up music on a computer, is close to being a completely different language.
An example is transitions.
When you play live with a band, transitions is something you just do. Everybody has a sense of where you are in the form, and you kind of build up to the next phrase together. It's communication in the moment, and I love it.
But when I make a transition in the DAW, it doesn't work the same way.
I kind of have to make one building block at the time, and the other tracks are not responsive - like a live musician would be. So if I would like to play or program a bass fill, the drums doesn't automatically follows.
This might sound obvious, but getting used to this feeling has been a massive obstacle for me, and often I get the feeling that "I'm not nearly good enough for making music this way, will anyone hear it?"
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But when I make a transition in the DAW, it doesn't work the same way.
I kind of have to make one building block at the time, and the other tracks are not responsive - like a live musician would be. So if I would like to play or program a bass fill, the drums doesn't automatically follows.
This might sound obvious, but getting used to this feeling has been a massive obstacle for me, and often I get the feeling that "I'm not nearly good enough for making music this way, will anyone hear it?"
@mosgaard I agree. Making music live with other musicians is much more intuitive.
Working solely in the box seems like a lot more effort to me, although there are payoffs in terms of control and the ability to tweak things after the fact.
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But when I make a transition in the DAW, it doesn't work the same way.
I kind of have to make one building block at the time, and the other tracks are not responsive - like a live musician would be. So if I would like to play or program a bass fill, the drums doesn't automatically follows.
This might sound obvious, but getting used to this feeling has been a massive obstacle for me, and often I get the feeling that "I'm not nearly good enough for making music this way, will anyone hear it?"
I have learned in this process, that I am good enough to make something I'm proud off. And if other people like it, then it's cool. But I'm old enough to know, that life isn't about having other people love what you make.
So I'll keep "grinding" (as my gamer-son would say) and make one tune at the time, until I have something that feels just right.
I'm looking much forward to that day!
(I'm 21 sketches in btw...)
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But when I make a transition in the DAW, it doesn't work the same way.
I kind of have to make one building block at the time, and the other tracks are not responsive - like a live musician would be. So if I would like to play or program a bass fill, the drums doesn't automatically follows.
This might sound obvious, but getting used to this feeling has been a massive obstacle for me, and often I get the feeling that "I'm not nearly good enough for making music this way, will anyone hear it?"
@mosgaard Maybe you can clarify:
Is this a thing where you as an individual traditionally somewhat "hear" only the one building block but somewhat roll (like wave with energy behind it) through it as a group of individuals?
And with this new manner of producing it you have to "make up" more of it yourself, and not always know or "hear" where things are going?
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@mosgaard That's so exciting!! I look forward to hearing such an EP.
It's a great feeling to synthesize inspirations into a coherent style.@arendleejessurun it really is!
I also get the feeling that it's about "owning" the sounds. Like the drums that always ends up being very hip-hop like, and much more low heavy that other music I hear. And then it's just about leaning into it.
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@defaultmediatransmitter @mosgaard ... and even if it's not ...
@elsemusic @defaultmediatransmitter but what if this is actually the real bonkwave? And then all the other realeses is just, not bonkwave?
But I'm pretty sure this music is pretty much in the middle between Bonkwave and Not Bonkwave to be honest.
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