I have always been a connoisseur of music games. I have owned obscure Playstation games that have been created only to make music on. http://www.amazon.com/MTV-Music-Generator-Playstation/dp/B00001QER3. Never really a person to play too many "real" video games I was only ever interested in playing videogames that had a creative ingredient (ie: Mario paint). I was a sucker for the Rockband craze that flared up a couple of years ago; I was throughly impressed by The Beatles rockband version that came along as you could do triple harmonies.
In recent month I have been practicing my vocals on a iOS game by Smule called Sing! http://www.smule.com/sing Very cool indeed.
Yesterday I took the plunge with a Xbox 360 game called Rocksmith.
Very cool game indeed. I play gigs regularly and I do get paid to play music, I can honestly say that this game will help me keep up with the guitar. I practice regularly and I work on structured materials to help me explore my guitar. This game is exactly the kind of game that will help some budding guitarist become good at their or some experienced guitarist keep up with their facility.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Composing.
Composing small pieces with rules. I would love to start a daily practice of composing small pieces for piano, violin, trumpet. No bigger than 4-12 bars. failing miserably would be my immediate outcome with the ultimate goal of getting better at it. Here's to a start..
Monday, September 24, 2012
Time away, time to get things in order.
I have spent a fair amount of time away from this blog. I don't care if anybody reads this but I'm going to post stuff here anyway. In the last two years I have distanced myself from my schooling. I would love to use this blog as a stepping stone to re-learn and re-apply what I have learned up until now.
Here are a couple of things I was working on in the last while.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The immortal Ludwig Van Beethoven
No other piece of music moves me as much as this one. The last piece he ever wrote was this (Besides the piano reduction of the same piece).
Wow who would of thought lucid dreaming was so attainable
I have heard that lucid dreaming can help you compose and do other fantastical things like flying. I'd really like to try this out.
Songwriting
I've always wanted to write songs, never being one to force one out, I do write them when they come. I would like to get better at it, but that comes with practice and feedback. Soundcloud is good for that kind of thing.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dichotomos – SummerSchooling
Dikotomos – SummerSchooling
quite interesting when can happen when you do a vanity search, you find that your music is posted here and there on the net, without your permission. oh well, good promotion I guess.
DUBSPOT
DUBSPOT is a completely invaluable source of information. It's basically like going to school every day. There are enough videos and tutorials here to sharpen your skill and then some. Yes a fair amount of them require certain equipment/programs but there are other skills to acquire that are really useful. Here's another great tutorial.
Here is a link to their blog http://blog.dubspot.com
Here is a link to their blog http://blog.dubspot.com
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
http://www.beantownboogiedown.com/beantown-boogie-down-beat-bo/2010/8/12/seven-simple-steps-for-getting-more-listeners-followers-on-s.html
I have recently begun to post music from awhile back. I have taken a hiatus of several years. only very recently I have started to make music, in the immediate sense. Music that pleases myself, that doesn't need any thought.
I found the link listed above as an invaluable resource for getting some feed back on some of the last tracks I made around the time when I stopped making computer music.
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