I don't know what the hell I should do with music

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   My advice is to absorb every kind of music that makes you feel something and never limit yourself by what others might think of what you listen to.  Your creative brain will eventually process it all and a brand of music that is all your own will eventually emerge when you are ready to play it.  Be patient.

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Chicapah Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238	Posted: May 15 2010 at 15:18
	My advice is to absorb every kind of music that makes you feel something and never limit yourself by what others might think of what you listen to. Your creative brain will eventually process it all and a brand of music that is all your own will eventually emerge when you are ready to play it. Be patient.
	"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain

The Runaway Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 28 2009 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 3144	Posted: May 15 2010 at 10:32
	I keep wanting to make the greatest E-musical-project but I have yet to have found my musical collaborator. I need a good keyboard player... hint hint
	Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection.

SaltyJon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 08 2008 Location: Location Status: Offline Points: 28772	Posted: May 14 2010 at 13:38
	Please, please please don't use a drum machine/fake bass. Once you're more prepared to play/make actual music, my advice is to find a real drummer/bassist to play with you. Along with making the music sound more authentic, playing with others also really helps develop your skills further. I noticed myself improving a lot more when I had friends to jam with regularly than I am now. So I guess my main piece of advice is to try finding friends/other musicians to play with. It's so much more fun IMO than playing alone. Edited by SaltyJon - May 14 2010 at 13:39


StrengthandWisdom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 19 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 104	Posted: May 14 2010 at 12:50
	I don't want to give up on music, but I am interested in ALL styles. I am learning the keyboard/piano. I'm not that interested in Jazz/Blues or Classical but I am really interested in Progressive, Psychedelic, Electronic, industrial and Synthpop... I want to do singing as well, if anything I think I would like to be a multi-instrumentalist while creating drum loops with a synthesizer for drums.. and maybe bass too. I'll probably end up doing voice,keyboards, and guitar eventually. Richard Wright makes good synth sounds, but he's not a very good player, and I don't know if he learned Piano first or not. Man, I'm at a huge stop, I don't know where to go with music. I am going to keep learning keyboards though, and I don't want to give up. Its just nothing about classical or jazz piano excites me anymore. I don't know what kind of music I'll end up writing or producing once I DO learn, but maybe it will come back to me awhile later.