I've had an idea I've been kicking around about doing a #podcast #interview series with #diy, #indie, #folk, #electronica, #hiphop, and #punk #musicians living in #LA (#losangeles, that is) on the creative process for those without a big label budget. If that's something that you think you'd like to talk about, hit me up. Please give this a boost if you'd like to help me find others who might be interested.
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@allisonwyss @orionkidder @klforslund @JMaverickJacks1 @Mayobrot @romanalanwrites @Saposcat @Lionesslady @BigFrickinSwede
It's funny, this really isn't something I think about a lot, but we had a related conversation over on #DIYMusicChat just a few days ago, kicked off by @NadiaPurge (link to thread if anyone's interested):
Is music supposed to have an emotional or psychological "cost" to the composer?
@drosophiliac @diymusicchat oh, that does sound sick. I can only imagine, til you find it for us. Wow.
Go hard or go home, (kidding!) but please come back with those beats! I do wanna hear that. Fkn LOVE that idea.
@drosophiliac @diymusicchat huh. That would be dope to #sample from, for sure!
After seeing that #RhythmRoulette video, @InSearchOfMyRose let me blind pick some albums for a project. We did not do the fun record store trip though. I still want to do that.
Have you ever made a track from just samples??
Yo. What are we chatting about tomorrow and why is it blind record store picks to sample from for Rhythm Roulette?
#DIYMusicChat #Sampling #BeatMaker #BeatMaking @diymusicchat
@drosophiliac @diymusicchat maybe @InSearchOfMyRose has more helpful advice?
@drosophiliac that is a stumper for me but I have not really challenged myself to consciously understand that one yet. It is a growth and learning process as I go.
That IS what #DIYMusicChat is for.
Perhaps sharing the work in progress with another set of ears could get more specific opinions for you as to how to achieve that in this case?
@drosophiliac @diymusicchat @InSearchOfMyRose
Awesome question! Let's tag the hashtag again for context.
Waking up for #DIYMusicChat in approx 3 hours.
Did you save up something to ask or talk about today?
This week we're doing @diymusicchat like an #AMA or "Ask Me Anything" session, and have a guest host, @InSearchOfMyRose
#Musodon #MusiciansOfMastodon #Musician #Musicians #Composer #Guitarist #MIDI #MusicTheory #AbletonLive
This week's #DIYMusicChat on Sunday might have a special guest host @InSearchOfMyRose
If you've got a project that needs help, a mix that won't sit, a tech issue, etc.. bring it up now so we can prepare an answer?
Loving this webinar on "How to get More Gigs", coming straight out with the tough love:
"Unless you're going after an audience that likes bands that really suck, you have to be able to have people see you once and actually want to see you a second time."
@debonairetoast @diymusicchat I suppose I did! That's a more positive way of looking at it than I have so far. Your example definitely seems like a lesson in the benefits of being proactive by comparison. Kinda wish I'd had some more of that impulse sooner. We live and learn!
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@debonairetoast @diymusicchat yup! It's especially awful if you've already sunk years into the project, effort and care into the music and enormous effort into playing it live together as a group. Really tests ones desire to mentally just sweep it under the rug in the name of convenience, and the time you can't get back. :/
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@debonairetoast @diymusicchat #DIYMusicChat
Having no functional sense of ethics is the only real one for me. I guess it seems obvious, but what appears like the classic rock'n'roll band modus operandi of 'stickin it to the man', (ostensibly objecting to corruption in an establishment) can turn out to be vaguely defined enough that 'the man' actually means whoever or whatever stops you from acting however you please, even at someone else's expense. Saw enough red flags in a previous band that -
@diymusicchat when it comes to #professionalism in groups with certain shared goals, one might need to establish hard rules about the lines one should and should not cross.
For my part, I found one of MY hard lines that can not be crossed is that one member can not bring shame on the group. I had to communicate, and act with measured intent while things could still perhaps be resolved.
I believe correction is possible and should be offered as an option when appropriate.
@debonairetoast @diymusicchat Approaching it this way prevented any potential friction I might have caused when dealing with a musical peer. We solved the problem and kept it breezy. Sadly the project tanked in COVID before we could unleash our epic Synthwave arrangement of Kenny G’s Songbird on the world 😢 #DIYMusicChat
@debonairetoast @diymusicchat Sometimes you need to let them fail and learn on their own.
Before COVID I was playing in a newly-formed Synthwave band. Leader/drummer was a very talented and experienced performer, but had never done tracked music before. He had the hinky-est monitoring setup that was destined to fail at the first trip outside the studio… Rather than make it into a “thing” I let him struggle with it in practice and waited for an opening to suggest an alternative. #DIYMusicChat
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