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i've got no money with which to get high with if i wanted to atm.
i fucked up once last weekend
after i had a few dyas
but i havent since last weekend
 
kidklmx said:
What kind of music do you make? Interesting to hear what other PDers produce
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I currently make pretty much jack shit, because I'm more of a wannabe than anything. :( I'm currently trying to learn to play piano, and just become a well rounded musician in general. Then, the plan is to apply that knowledge to electronic music.

effingcustie said:
but when i get back from peru next month im going to buy a new laptop and really go for it because music is what i really want to do (and i think im pretty good at it when i can actually get myself to work on it)
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Best of luck my friend. :)

2002Tii said:
Damn if you weren't so far away I'd be down to grab a drink.
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Aw. If you happen to be in the vicinity sometime, send me a PM or something. :) (Maybe I'll be 21 by then. :D)

Solipsis said:
And hows that working out?
(the quitting)
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In the words of Mark Twain, "quitting (smoking) is easy. I've done it a thousand times!" ;)
 
TheAppleCore said:
I currently make pretty much jack shit, because I'm more of a wannabe than anything. :( I'm currently trying to learn to play piano, and just become a well rounded musician in general. Then, the plan is to apply that knowledge to electronic music.
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Shit, I hear you. I currently have a lot of money invested in gear (MIDI-keyboard, NI Maschine, studio monitors, audio interface, etc.) but I haven't done anything with it apart from fiddling. The only thing I seem to be doing is playing DJ-sets sometimes, for which I need none of the things I own. Oh well, maybe all of my stupor will lead me to becoming a great writer or something. (though that's the saddest of lives, I hear)

That being said, "the plan" sounds pretty nice & well and as long as you got that, you'll get there. (meaning, hold on to becoming a musician, something I often forget) Maybe you'll become the next Nujabes or something :)

Any ideas on what you actually want to do though? My cousin was pretty much like me, but now that he has gotten his stuff figured out he's off to becoming a well-known Dutch hip-hop producer. His music is crappy as hell, but the fact that he is getting pretty big names in to his bedroom-studio (he still lives with his mother) is an achievement nonetheless.
 
Unless you are some sort of genius (and even then...) it just takes a lot of time spending playing around with those knobs until you get a feel for what you can achieve using them appropriately. Mastering that (figuratively) and picking up a lot of tricks and skills by reading on forums and watching youtube tutorials and stuff, and putting that into practice can slowly make every track you make an improvement on the previous one.

I have personally not left that stage either, I find it hard to finish a track because I grow tired of literal mastering and finalizing every automation to make something perfect. I like it best at the start when an idea is fresh, new and dynamic.
Nonetheless I have a few tracks put it, almost all of them dumped on soundcloud prematurely.

My investments are pretty minimal, I have a midi keyboard and some good headphones and that's about it. The rest I just do with software.

Right now I am working on a piece with piano and cello, not electronic for a change. The bulk of it is there but the instruments together sound sloppy and I have to sync the harmony much better. I use Ableton Live.
There's this invite-only torrent source that I use and it has almost all the big names available in VST(i)'s. I will start paying for that stuff that costs a fortune when I start making money. ;)

It really helps that I've been playing the piano since I was 5 though and I am practicing a LOT since the last year or so. I am pretty motivated to use that to make melody-driven IDM / electronica like my hero producers.
 
http://www.i-doser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9617
i've bene browsing this forum for a few minutes.
its funny
"i've never used cocaine or heroin, but when i do the I-doser version (paraphrasing...) I FEEL the effects"
idoser heroin description:
"Heroin / Recreational (VERY STRONG) / 30 Minutes For a much stronger dose than our popular OPIUM, here is Heroin. We get constant reports of feeling a surge of euphoria rush accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities. Following this initial euphoria, the user goes on the nod, an alternately wakeful and drowsy state. You will dream while awake, and be awake while you dream. Unlike any dose we have. If you have tried our opium dose, times it by ten and you are close. Just like the real thing, without the instant addiction and horrific side effects, but still strong beyond belief. New users please try Opium. Experts and those wishing to push the limits, we wish you luck. You'll need it."
$2.75
"I dont know how it is from experience with the real thing because I've never experienced the real thing, so it can't be placebo, its all due to idoser because i feel effects and I KNOW what i'm feeling and I DONT KNOW the feeling from actual experience so the idoser MUST be why I somehow "know" that I'm feeling the effects felt when hard drugs are coursing through your veins"
 
Yeah it seems like you like yourself a bit of BoC ;) How long have you been playing around till you got where you are?

As for what I want to be doing, it will either be nature-inspired hip-hop (a la Nujabes, but the idea in my head is a bit different from that), though that's well beyond my skillset at the moment, or house which I'm trying to focus more on at the moment. Whatever gets me hunnies though, that is the most important aspect obviously
 
kidklmx said:
Shit, I hear you. I currently have a lot of money invested in gear (MIDI-keyboard, NI Maschine, studio monitors, audio interface, etc.) but I haven't done anything with it apart from fiddling. The only thing I seem to be doing is playing DJ-sets sometimes, for which I need none of the things I own. Oh well, maybe all of my stupor will lead me to becoming a great writer or something. (though that's the saddest of lives, I hear)
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What's your setup for mixing?
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pineal+gland.jpg


I love shit like this, but I'm always very tongue in cheek/pinch of salt. Anyone care to debunk or say what they think?
 
xTalK said:
What's your setup for mixing?
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Simply Virtual DJ without a controller at home (really suck on that, I refuse to press "Sync"), but a friend has a pair of 850s that I'm allowed to touch. (which seems easier)

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pineal+gland.jpg


I love shit like this, but I'm always very tongue in cheek/pinch of salt. Anyone care to debunk or say what they think?
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Don't forget that according to some, that hole in the pyramids is exactly aimed at the pineal gland. I seriously think "the ancients" knew a thing or 2 we don't, but there's a good chance all of this is bullshit
 
Like I said love discussing these things, all adds to the mysticalness of psychedelics. But how much you believe is up to you.

Check out the Numark Mixtrack Pro mate, they just released the Pro v2 so the original Pro will be even cheaper. It has everything you need for digital mixing and a few extras for a cheap cost (~£100). I use one myself for that kind of thing and it's excellent, of course when your out your going to possibly want something that looks a little better. But I recommend it to many, it's interesting as now anyone with a laptop + that has the opportunity to mix to the level of any £1000+ cdj/vinyl setup, or at least to the point where they know they have an interest without having to spend all their savings on a setup.
 
Solipsis said:
Unless you are some sort of genius (and even then...) it just takes a lot of time spending playing around with those knobs until you get a feel for what you can achieve using them appropriately. Mastering that (figuratively) and picking up a lot of tricks and skills by reading on forums and watching youtube tutorials and stuff, and putting that into practice can slowly make every track you make an improvement on the previous one.

I have personally not left that stage either, I find it hard to finish a track because I grow tired of literal mastering and finalizing every automation to make something perfect. I like it best at the start when an idea is fresh, new and dynamic.
Nonetheless I have a few tracks put it, almost all of them dumped on soundcloud prematurely.

My investments are pretty minimal, I have a midi keyboard and some good headphones and that's about it. The rest I just do with software.

Right now I am working on a piece with piano and cello, not electronic for a change. The bulk of it is there but the instruments together sound sloppy and I have to sync the harmony much better. I use Ableton Live.
There's this invite-only torrent source that I use and it has almost all the big names available in VST(i)'s. I will start paying for that stuff that costs a fortune when I start making money. ;)

It really helps that I've been playing the piano since I was 5 though and I am practicing a LOT since the last year or so. I am pretty motivated to use that to make melody-driven IDM / electronica like my hero producers.
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Thanks for the soundcloud follow! What kinda music do you make mang?

2002Tii said:
What genre of electronic do you guys tend to focus on when making music?
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Downtempo, midtempo beats (like 70-95) and some funky, experimental alien talky stuff.

What about you?
 
supposedly the pineal gland remains about the same size throughout your life, from childhood to death. also, as we all know, supposedly the pineal gland produces DMT.

if the pineal gland is the same size when you're a kid as when you're an adult, then it might be producing way more DMT per kilogram of bodyweight when you're a kid. maybe that's why childhood is so magical.
 
llama said:
In the global society that has been integrated into the society that only involves the police, and I will integrate the catsup with the society that doesn't involve the police directly but just tells you they killed a cat and a cop by gunshot"
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Are you sober? Quick, how many fingers am I holding up?

tnw said:
supposedly the pineal gland remains about the same size throughout your life, from childhood to death. also, as we all know, supposedly the pineal gland produces DMT.

if the pineal gland is the same size when you're a kid as when you're an adult, then it might be producing way more DMT per kilogram of bodyweight when you're a kid. maybe that's why childhood is so magical.
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Seems a bit too far out for me man. Like whenever non-physicists bring up quantum mechanics. Interesting idea though.
 
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^ I dunno, I'm no quantum physicist, but I think something's off when a scientist claims that a cat's both alive and dead... *shifty eyes*
 
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