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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
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Composers' real life
Hi, 8bitters
I'm always wondering what the C64 composers are doing in real life, of course not their private lives but musical.
For example, I know that Reyn Ouwehand is a live instrumental musician, I'm very proud of it, but dunno about a lot others whom I rarely see on CSDB.
e.g. I've managed several times to get reply from Jeroen Tel, Shogoon, and I saw them with guitars on some pictures..and I'm very curious if they are playing in band or compose on other platforms, etc.
I love Cosmic and its alternative bass and also wondering during listening if Stainless Steel is a funky-musician.
If you have news about them to share with us, or if you are a composer and want to tell about your activities, it's the topic I think.
This can help us by knowing where they got the influences/motivation from, how they could make these great compositions.
E.g. I'm mainly a bass player & singer, I have a pop-band, but my best dream is to play in a C64 remixer band, like "Press Play On Tape."
If you're interested in this topic, I'm excitedly waiting for replies.
READY.
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
:-D
Well, i used to play bass in school and did some occasional vocals. I did some coverversions with synthesizers that can be heard on remix.kwed.org and amigaremix.com
Other than that, i never managed to dedicate enough time into a real musical career.
In real life i disguise myself as a .NET developer for a german bank.
I know that Laxity (my hero) is or has been in a band and made some good danish pop music. |
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Archmage
Registered: Aug 2006
Posts: 185 |
I am not really a composer as such, although I have dabbled a lot with SID recently and I have released one tune. In "real life" I play bass in a garage/punk/rock'n'roll band called The Replaceable Heads. Here's the myspace page if you like that kind of music: http://www.myspace.com/thereplaceableheads. I joined in january, so I am not featured in the pictures. Their loss. ;)
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Good to hear, SS. You should make Cosmic in live if haven't.:)
A little about me:
I'm working for T-Systems ISP in Hungary, and unfortunately have not a lot of time for practicing C64 basses on my Yamaha 5 string bass, because I'm coder on the other hand for Scene and KolibriOS...
(I can play Dazzler bass on 5 string..hard, later remix comes.. :)
I'm very curious how the band of Laxity plays. Any link or recordings?
Drax, what about you? I like very much your Drunken Driver and
Bug off, and Destiny..etc. especially from bass perspective.
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Intensity
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Registered: May 2002
Posts: 337 |
I am signed at Bonzai Records for Chillout/Ambient Music, and also under Aardvark Records for Electrotrance and Hard Techno Music.
The c64 merely plays a role in my productions. |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
A lot of things to listen! :)
Are any of the PPOT members on CSDB or related to C64 composing somehow? Or C64 orchestra members? Or Visa Roster?
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
hey,
used to run a small a label, did some c64 music with vocals (http://www.myspace.com/minimelodies), played synths and bass and composed for a lot of experimental bands (http://www.modulator.de http://www.myspace.com/bitchreport e.g.), did a soundtrack for a Wii game, worked for a radioplay etc etc etc. to pay the bills i work as a web-developer tho :) |
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Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 849 |
I'm not a real musician in real life (and I don't think I'll have enough courage to either), though currently I'm using my C/C++/ASM skillz to develop some third-road music tracker/sequencer editor, using my own design rather than taking ideas from the older and more successful ones. Therefore I don't know how this will turn out to be for a commercial product... currently it's a third year project which involves a huge report covering the analysis, design, implementation, testing, critical review and all that bollocks :). If they are nice enough, they will allow me to continue developing it in my leisure time, so I'll see how it turns out in the future.
Before all of this, I haven't been involved with any bands or such... just playing some keyboards at school and also played the drums a few times there, some people thought I was good, but not enough to say "you should form a band." :)
So I guess the nearest I'll be with music creation will be with the SID, since that's what I've been doing since 1998. |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Not because Conrad being Samar member, I like Foggy nights, and others so, that's why I can encourage you to play...this composition sounds for me in head like a real live-music, and should be played..
To fix my point of view: Somehow I like C64 more than most live-music. It can only be because of the great composition achievements..it's fact they're perfect when translated to e.g. a symphonic orchestra.
Somehow (reason maybe limits) C64 composers did great work in composing compared to most live-bands-in my opinion.
And lot of great bands lack good composers. So if C64 good composers would form a band, it would be great base for live-playing.
That's why I encourage C64 composers to try live-music. Their great musical ideas taken from C64 past would be a present for the 21th century average people.
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Who nows about Jeroen Tel, he can play Bass..but oly for recordings?
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psych
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 141 |
hi Hermit and others,
In 'real life' I'm a financial advisor. I'll be a father in few months and I'm a quiet busy guy. I used to play in a band on drums and little bit on keyboard. SID sound is my truly love since I was 13 years old :) I had 10 years break (1996-2006) and I came back to SID composing. |
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Deev
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 206 |
I'm a bit like Archmage, do the pixels on the c64, but I do various musical things outside the scene. I have a couple of synths and also have a guitar and bass. I play the guitar badly...I play the bass even worse. I make music on my own and I've also done bits with a friend. Mostly shoe-gazey, dream poppy kinda sound, though it sometimes gets a bit more electronic. I basically have a fondness for tonnes of reverb or delay on everything. Oh...and I also do my own vocals, plus I'm pretty good at being the singer on PS3 "Rock Band" :) |
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Archmage
Registered: Aug 2006
Posts: 185 |
Hey, Deev! Move to Oslo. We'll hang out, drink beer, pixel and make music. ;) |
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Besides coding and composing (I really should finish all those worktunes....sometime) on the C64, I'm a semi-professional producer/live-act creating industrial electro (http://www.bs-1.nl).
I'm also part of the dutch acid dreamteam called 303 AllStars.
Being a technical engineer at a large ISP pays the bills.
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GT
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15 years ago I composed music for Funcom in Oslo. Long story short... At the most the C64 composers were: Jeroen Tel, Laxity, Danko and me. Mainly did music on SNES using Tim Follin's driver (where is those sources?), and some PC titles. After some years, and military service, I ended up in the musical instruments industry. Today I work for Fender Scandinavia. I play a little guitar and some keyboard. But I've never been interestet in playing in a band, or do remixes. Family: one 6-year old daughter, cat, house etc... I enjoy coding the C64 again by the way. And at some point before 1989 I enjoyed pixeling logos aswell. :-) |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Guys! Linus - the given Myspace link - "If I never came home again" worths the listening...nice mixture of SID-sounds and the great female vocal.
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Dane
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 423 |
No music for me irl. I spread my propaganda at a nearby school. |
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Merman
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 140 |
I know Ben Daglish has been playing in various bands, including the Loscoe State Orchestra and a Jethro Tull tribute band.
Reyn Ouwehand is a music producer. |
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
At school I was involved with various one-shot live acts, as a keyboard, bass or guitar player. My main talent is singing though, which I basically only do in the privacy of my home (or if I get really drunk, but then I don't sing very well at all :-) ).
Working as a mobile device game programmer combined with having programming and creating scene music as hobbies leaves little time for any other pursuits in the musical area. |
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Orcan
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Posts: 15 |
I always smiled because our situation in React group was very funny. Our c64 programmers MC Valach and Bimbas studied economy and I as c64 musician studied informatics. I know absolutely nothing about programming c64. In my real life I used to play the spanish guitar many times on university parties with my school mates. I really liked to play electric guitar for its metal sound (I listen mainly doom metal now). I made few musics in Fasttracker II. Two of them for documentary film. In a few days I will be a father like someone in this forum so my hobbies are going down very steeply. |
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Hate Bush
Registered: Jul 2002
Posts: 465 |
from the top of my head:
Shogoon graduated from Wroclaw music academy (composition? i think), he also studied choral music. He composes modern music (a bad term i suppose, but i can't describe it better).
Moog writes VST plugins (http://www.d16.pl).
Longhair plays bass very skillfully, but he's not involved in any band at the moment.
Sidder plays guitar and keyboards, he did an EP recently, on his own (http://www.myspace.com/romanowskimarcin).
Wacek plays electronica under the handle Ender (http://razorpoint.pl).
Sage and Bzyk (under the handle Exbee) are both remixers.
The most spectacular career however belongs to Jacek Dojwa (producer for popular - and excellent - Polish electronica duo Husky), but he's from Atari and PC scene, sadly :) |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Hehe, I was started composing a lot XM music after I sold my C64 in 2000, but now I see what poor quality was it on my 8bit
digital SBPRO, compared to "analog" SID sounds..:)
I'm happy to hear that Shogon has high degree in music - as I expected. It would be great to hear some of his recent live-recordings if some exists....& also from Longhair!
I see,a lot of C64 musicians play sg., good news. If someone is interested in a remix-cooperation throurgh net, I'm happily opened for this issue....i have bass,jazz/sologuitar,keyb.
...And not to forget...I have an MSSIAH!!! (with MIDI port)
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1336 |
randall, what about me, shithead? :P for a regular yet limited income, i teach english at language school and i've graduated from english philology but i also compose soundtracks for various games and other interesting productions such as tutorial movies for example. moreover, i aim for composing for a living and establishing my own project studio. i don't play any instrument though, however, i've discovered some preferences towards drums :P |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Jammer, and how about Randall completely omitting speaking about himself? ;-) |
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Hate Bush
Registered: Jul 2002
Posts: 465 |
@Jammer: sorry, but i know that you're around and you'll be able to post what should be posted yourself :) |
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psych
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 141 |
Randall and his great project - http://www.myspace.com/afrokolektyw |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
DRAHMA!
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SIDWAVE
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My life is centered on music, since i made the first SID tune.. did amiga too..
http://www.janharries.com/
all links are here.. + music, video, mailing list
http://soundmonitor.blogspot.com/
blog - the ongoing drama of creating original albums
http://www.soundmonitor.dk/
c64 music cd preview
http://www.myspace.com/diabelez
various stuff
http://www.youtube.com/diabelez
music videos (not many yet..)
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quote: Jammer, and how about Randall completely omitting speaking about himself? ;-)
he's a star, he shines, he's so fuckin' good that he doesn't have to :D:D:D |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Let me represent my ex-teammate MCA, who's been earning his keep by doing music for big games such as Unreal, Deus Ex and Overlord. You can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/michielvandenbos |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
I'm the same as Deev and Archmage. I do mostly pixels on the scene. But when it comes to real life I play...
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1336 |
Quote: Let me represent my ex-teammate MCA, who's been earning his keep by doing music for big games such as Unreal, Deus Ex and Overlord. You can check him out at http://www.myspace.com/michielvandenbos
indeed, i love his tracks for ut <3 |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 954 |
Quote: Who nows about Jeroen Tel, he can play Bass..but oly for recordings?
Hermit Software Hungary
Jeroen is a freelance composer for any platform/media. His brother is a musical wizard too, credited for this song, which was very popular is NL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09WOuHbFTSo |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Quote: Jeroen is a freelance composer for any platform/media. His brother is a musical wizard too, credited for this song, which was very popular is NL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09WOuHbFTSo
First Jordy Bernal, now this .. :( |
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 954 |
Quote: First Jordy Bernal, now this .. :(
yeh well, we all gotta make a living somehow. |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quote: Jeroen is a freelance composer for any platform/media. His brother is a musical wizard too, credited for this song, which was very popular is NL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09WOuHbFTSo
/o\ and i thought that polish mainstream is crappy... |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Quote: Jeroen is a freelance composer for any platform/media. His brother is a musical wizard too, credited for this song, which was very popular is NL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09WOuHbFTSo
oh fck! ;/ |
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Sander
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 496 |
I can only add it must take quite some musician being able to adapt to all different genres, and Kees does just that. For all i understood, he is one hell of a mastermind, can almost (instantly) play any instrument.
And gossip says the scene can expect something from him in the future :) |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quote: I can only add it must take quite some musician being able to adapt to all different genres, and Kees does just that. For all i understood, he is one hell of a mastermind, can almost (instantly) play any instrument.
And gossip says the scene can expect something from him in the future :)
ok, i have nothing against handling every style. i could make electronic, orchestral, instrumental etc. but i avoid such cheesy 'rural party' tunes at any cost ;) i would rather turn into black music whatever would that be. |
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Stryyker
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 468 |
The Kees tune would be better if the vocals were replaced with an instrument then I would like it. |
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SIDWAVE
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the secrets have 20+ sid tunes by Kees Tel that rock awesomely, which will be released in a demo, soon i hope.. :) |
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dalezy
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 476 |
i am the main act in my own independent one-man-wrestling federation. |
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Ninja
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 411 |
dalezy: That sounds awesome! You know that BP2009 is still looking for an entertaining live act? ;) |
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Saxxon
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It's nice to know some people are taking their composing skills on the road :)
Some of my recent work is streamable from http://www.sanxion7.com but probably not quality enough to get signed or anything. |
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SIDWAVE
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If you know what is not quality, you can improve those areas, and become quality. so do it! |
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Laxity
Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 459 |
Interesting topic.. :) .. IRL I play the piano / keyboards, and I do it pretty well all things considered.
These days and for the past 8 years or so, I've been working as a game programmer doing implementations of pretty much all sorts of game related things, from platform over gameplay to 3D stuff. I've worked on pretty much any platform that can run a game.. It's a job I enjoy a lot. Besides that I run a freelance business where I compose music for this and that. Mainly for games.
A few years back, I think around 2001 I was in a band that had a CD out, but I was only there as the keyboard player and did background vocals. Was pretty fun though.
These days I play in a couple of coverbands. One where we play pop/rock music from the last couple of decades up till now, and one where we play funk/jazz stuff - which is more like music for musicians really.. Amazing that we get paid to play it really - not that it's badly played though, it's just rather out there at times ;) .. I never really had any ambitions with my own music - for no particular reason really.. maybe I'm just chicken ;) |
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Intensity
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Maybe you wanna listen to some SID Remixes and Original Tunes I made at http://www.myspace.com/armalytemusic
I was named "SID Lover" before, but renamed myself due to ?TOO SIMPLE ARTIST NAME OVERFLOW ERROR.
Would be cool if you will add me and comment, gimme critique and your opinions please, i was spanked with them so much, that my sound almost sound good :)
The Electrotrance Album with the Tracks will be released under Aardvark Records soon as CD and at Mp3 Stores.
I do also Chillout/Ambient Music, where you can listen to some tracks at http://www.myspace.com/abehdad , "Behind The Sun" for example contains some C64 Samples and "The Flight" has some melody from Johannes Bjerregaard's "Sweet" in it. :) A Chillout Album is coming under Bonzai Records soon.
There will be even a Hardtechno-Album with C64 Samples coming soon under Aardvark Records from me :P, I am right now discussing with my label chief about the artist name.
Greetings,
Arman |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
@Laxity: May we have a listen to the 'rather out there' stuff pretty please? =) |
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dalezy
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 476 |
Quote: dalezy: That sounds awesome! You know that BP2009 is still looking for an entertaining live act? ;)
i hope they sorted that out by now, since i'm not going this year .. |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
Aww, no Linus, no Fanta, no Da1ezy .. come on guys this is going to be one sad c64 music compo at the BP.
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
Dear Joe, now that I won't be able to attend you got a small chance to win the music compo at least ;) Ain't that something? |
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dalezy
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 476 |
damn, i was accidentally typing using linus' account |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
Well i might chicken out aswell, who knows.
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Intensity
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Posts: 337 |
I am glad that Linus won't come, because then I will have a chance with the chicks instead :P
Old Player Linus \o/ |
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Soren
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 547 |
In my real life I spend the day sorting müsli and dividing it into capitals. That's what started my interest in doing sid music. |
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Kristian
Registered: Apr 2002
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Me got nada to do with music now. I fiddle around with Cubase every now and then, but I don't understand jack shit of it. |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
I use and advise SONAR ...even 4.0 is enough & faster
+ included TTS-1 synth and Sonitus FX-es are reasonable in quality.
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1336 |
or fl studio if you want something easy but then expect problems with midi. i'm satisfied with it anyway, it's enough for miracles :D ;) |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Yeh, I also like Fruity Loops and its arrangement & piano roll is very easy so composer won't be so tyred of select-copy-paste processes..but can simplify musical thinking..(I wonder how Mozart could cope with staff on paper or without paper in mind :)
But unfortunately I can't run FL (only SONAR) on my shortened (but fast) XP made with n-lite.
A similar arranger solution could be Ableton, I like its responsiveness - remembers me to C64 music editors' speed :)
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Hate Bush
Registered: Jul 2002
Posts: 465 |
judging from my very humble studio experience, ableton seems to be rather powerful and flexible, but that may be a matter of operators' skills and not the program itself. and 9th wonder uses fl, so it can't be all that bad indeed... ;)
i prefer pt7+ though because of its standarized user interface and overall friendliness. also, it uses dedicated hardware only, which is a good thing for sound quality. it shines the most in the recording area though, not composing.
(if i had a mac, i would try logic for sure, it looks and sounds _mighty_. but that is yet to come.) |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
If you're feeling adventurous you might give Renoise a try. Poor me loves it. |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
Orion Platinum is my favorite, hands down.
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Kristian
Registered: Apr 2002
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Thanks for tips. Both Sonar and Orion Platinum seems like nice programs. I might give them a try. Of course I should have a new PC as well, the one I use for this is way too slow.
Hmm... I'm starting to see a pattern here. It seems a lot easier to explain your own crapness by blaming the equipment rather than your own inadequacy :D |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Kristian, scrap PC, run C64. :]
What concerns the topic:
Harmony Productions
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http://www.ludovicllorca.com/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Llorca
(if you're into house you gotta love his sets)
PRI
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http://www.myspace.com/VolkerMeitz
(I met him last year in Warsaw. So nice chap. But no time for c64.) |
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Xenox
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 87 |
Interesting thread... Well, as i was on the c64 i never released much SID tunes, dunno why?
But, when i got my first real synthesizer, a Roland JV880, i made a lot of more music and started to program sounds by myself.
In 1998, i got a great offer from Yamaha Europe, to make some sounds for the Hardware synthesizer Yamaha Cs6x/R, S90, Motif, Motif ES and from that time on i made more sounds and sampels as music...
I worked from 1998 till today for companies like Yamaha Europe, Waldorf Music, Native Instruments, Ableton, reFX, Linplug, FXPansion, Illio Entertainment, Fabfilter, Camelaudio and many, many more...
In 2006, i released my very own software synthesizer with the LinPlug company together, i worked over 2,5 years on that machine making 1000 new presets and 5,5gb new sampels. I got 3 Awards for that machine and it's still used all over the world.. and Chris Hülsbeck was making a little demotune with my machine
http://www.linplug.com/Instruments/Sophistry/sophistry.htm
http://www.linplug5.com/mp3/Sophistry/CH_Sophistry_Demo.mp3
I'm a bit proud of that because i love making new sounds and sampels and it's very great to see that a big hollywood musician and still using my synth in some of the big hollywood productions...
Well, because i didn't much music the last few years, i decided to stop making sounds and to start making music again, i am involved a little bit into the software synthesizer development and so i did some presentation videos on my myspace side, including music, if you want, check them out...
http://www.myspace.com/particularsound
http://www.particular-sound.de
Ah, by the way, i released 2 tracks on remix.kwed.org, just for phun! ;)
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linde
Registered: Jul 2006
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Quote: Kristian, scrap PC, run C64. :]
What concerns the topic:
Harmony Productions
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http://www.ludovicllorca.com/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Llorca
(if you're into house you gotta love his sets)
PRI
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http://www.myspace.com/VolkerMeitz
(I met him last year in Warsaw. So nice chap. But no time for c64.)
Really? I love "Indigo blues" by Llorca. Good stuff indeed, and isn't it a small world we're living in? |
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Alias Medron
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
http://www.valladay.net and http://www.myspace.com/valladay
that's all.. more to come some time soon with a free online released EP |
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Tim
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Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 467 |
hi Hermit, interesting topic..
Here's some that come to mind after reading this post;
Edwin van Santen (20cc)
Was quite succesfull as DJ Perpetrator, sadly died in 2006.
EVS
http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Perpetrator
Charles Deenen (Hotline / Maniacs of Noise)
His credits pop up in hollywood movies
http://www.cdeenen.com/Charles/About.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007226/
Jesper Kyd
These days composes for big game titles
Jesper Kyd
http://www.jesperkyd.com/
Ron van den Beuken
Ron van den Beuken
In last years had some hits in trance genre
http://www.ronvandenbeuken.com/
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Francois Prijt (The Ruling Company, Flash Inc., Ruthless):
http://www.myspace.com/djchosenfew
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chosen+Few
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=95912381530#/pages/dj-cho..
Rodney Balai (Audial Arts, Flash Inc., Ruthless):
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rodney+Balai
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Beyonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeYTdfKlIBU
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dalezy
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 476 |
since this is the discogs-thread, why not:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dalezy
http://www.discogs.com/artist/rngmnn |
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Oxbow
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 51 |
Quote: Francois Prijt (The Ruling Company, Flash Inc., Ruthless):
http://www.myspace.com/djchosenfew
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chosen+Few
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=95912381530#/pages/dj-cho..
Rodney Balai (Audial Arts, Flash Inc., Ruthless):
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rodney+Balai
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Beyonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeYTdfKlIBU
I worked with Ronny Pasch on several dutch governmental IT projects a couple of years ago. He works for Prisma-IT afaik.. Cool guy to work with.. |
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SIDWAVE
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Deenen was never in Hotline.. |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Quote: Deenen was never in Hotline..
According to The Commodore 64 Scene Database he was. |
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Stainless Steel
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I'd be hard pressed to give a definite answer, but I'm leaning towards Deenen has been a member of Hotline.
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Tim
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Quote: Deenen was never in Hotline..
oh no? who did the whole list of cracks in this handle?
The Mercenary Cracker
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cdeenen
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hehe, someone forwarded me this link. Bit funny... can I remind you that's 20+ years ago ? :)
I believe I did some intros and music intros for hotline and stuff.
-cd |
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Tim
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20+ years ago, but still a hero for many of us Charles :) |
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NecroPolo
Registered: Jun 2009
Posts: 231 |
First and foremost, greetings to you all!
It is very nice to see that C64 scene is so alive, after all that years! :)
Between 1989 and 1994 I composed dosens of tunes for finally unreleased projects. After that I continued composing and sound tweaking in real-life environment. I've been playing guitar since 1990 extensively (yep, back in time C64 was my first instrument, before my final weapon of choice) so I became a touring musician, released records, worked both as a mainstream broadcast / underground music producer, and after a 15-years long loop as it seems I'll be producing C64-related stuff again, as time allows.
The reason of digging out my old stuff is a SID remix album that was started in April, 2009. I could work on that only in time pits that other recording jobs allow, but it will be in mixing / mastering phase soon.
Commercial noisemaking:
1999-2002 Radio1 - sound tech / production
2002-> - YO radio, all-round recording, tech and production man
Underground noisemaking:
http://www.myspace.com/rkhband - RKH was my first band, 1993-1996. Big pause, then reformed in 2004. Now recording vocals for the next album. The bang-up site will be updated with new content/design, soon.
http://www.myspace.com/wackor - Wackor is my second band in timeline, going strong from 1996 onwards. Man, we played over a thousand gigs with them crazy bros' all around :)
- My 3rd band, Funkenstein (1995-1997) has no net-archive, yet. We plan to continue the project with the bassist somewhere in 2010.
http://www.myspace.com/superbutt - I'm not a member of Superbutt but they borrowed me and my guitar many times for their EU tours. Lots of miles behind :)
http://www.myspace.com/bitbeatking - My project studio ref site.
http://www.myspace.com/necropolo - ...and for last, the basic myspace site that I put together in a haste for future SID-related projects.
Cheers,
Mikk / NecroPolo |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Graffity (Brian?) guys own:
http://www.audio-simulation.com/
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NecroPolo
Registered: Jun 2009
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Quote: Graffity (Brian?) guys own:
http://www.audio-simulation.com/
Yep, he made the 'Dreamstation" VSTi you can find in later Sonar DAW releases. |
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da Blondie
Registered: Jan 2002
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Quote: Graffity (Brian?) guys own:
http://www.audio-simulation.com/
And Andy/Graffity runs a music shop, www.absolute.hu.
As for me, I play piano and recorder - badly. (I also have a guitar. I can play the first few notes of "Nothing Else Matters" - 'nuff said :) )
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wacek
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Quoting NecroPolohttp://www.myspace.com/wackor - Wackor is my second band in timeline, going strong from 1996 onwards. Man, we played over a thousand gigs with them crazy bros' all around :)
I cannot stress enough, how much I looooove the name of that band :)
My crew is here: http://myspace.com/razorpoint
Right now we're releasing a 12" single, and a full CD album that will be out Jan 2010 - both on German label Drone Audio... |
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Xenox
Registered: Jun 2003
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Sounds good, great stuff...
Frank |
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SIDWAVE
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There is a real life, life is what you want.
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Black Belt Jones
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I've been a band gimp since the mid 90's, the last 4 years sodomised by http://www.myspace.com/hyphengigs whilst twangin the geetar :) |
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NecroPolo
Registered: Jun 2009
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Quote: Quoting NecroPolohttp://www.myspace.com/wackor - Wackor is my second band in timeline, going strong from 1996 onwards. Man, we played over a thousand gigs with them crazy bros' all around :)
I cannot stress enough, how much I looooove the name of that band :)
My crew is here: http://myspace.com/razorpoint
Right now we're releasing a 12" single, and a full CD album that will be out Jan 2010 - both on German label Drone Audio...
Great stuff :)
Haha, man, you owe me one. You will have to form a band called Necror :) |
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Dr.Voice
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Playing keyboards and bass in a band called Cold Rat. Signed at Lahnarecords, released our first EP "Terror of the Imaginary Child" some time ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDvmFpeCohs |
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Mr. Mouse
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 235 |
I've been wanting to play the drums from when I was 5 or something and remember pressing my ear against the audioset whenever Meat Loaf was on (my parents played that).
It wasn't until I was 14 when I bought my first drumkit. After that I have been playing on and off in bands ever since. i started off with heavy rock, underground stuff and composing music for those bands as well, or writing song text. Two years ago I quit the last band I was in, because I got a new job and had to move away. I still record drums for some people everynow and then and I have a collaboration with one of my best friends, he composes and I record the drums for his songs.
I've been playing various styles, heavy rock, punk, popular stuff, funk and some jazzy things.
On the c64 I developed my own style in the 90s.
Over the years various bands have influenced me, some are:
Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dream Theater, The Cure, The Smiths, The Cult, The Police, John Scofield, Miles Davis, Midnight Oil, Kate Bush, Within Temptation, Iron Maiden, Yngwy Malmsteen, Simple Minds, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more.
My past: I studied Medical Biology and then started research for 4 years to earn my PhD thesis in Medical Physiology and Immunology. After that I worked as a post-doc for 4 years as a Genetic Epidemiologist. I finally quit my academic career because of bad pay and benefits and moved to the pharmaceutical industry where I now work as Medical Advisor.
I've always retained contact with the c64, and programmed stuff and still program stuff for the PC. With MultiEx Commander and the Game Research Forum as prime projects. |
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Black Belt Jones
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Quoting Mr. Mousevarious bands have influenced me, some are:
Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dream Theater, The Cure, The Smiths, The Cult, The Police, John Scofield, Miles Davis, Midnight Oil, Kate Bush,
in one of my next lives kate bush will be my wife <3 |
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Soren
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 547 |
I used to be quite good at whistling !!!
well... no real music experience or so... a few organ and drum lessons, that's all... never was pro or in a band or so... I just do c64 music as I like. :-) |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
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Never played any instrument very well. I tried to play, but never tried to learn. In real life I studied electronics and computer systems (-1994), then got teacher's degree from English and Informatics (1999).
Registered my business in 99 and programming webs since. The biggest thing I did (and am still doing since 2004, (and finally inhouse since february of this year)) is the best and biggest slovak hockey community at hockey news portal http://www.hokejportal.sk (with tight moderating as here ;-). It's not the most visited hockey site in Slovakia, but definitely the best one, not to speak about the associated sports souvenir e-shop (with own branded production) http://www.allforfan.com which is the best and biggest one in Slovakia. I'm also quite proud about one of the best accomodation catalogues in Slovakia with direct contact on visitors http://www.1-2-3-ubytovanie.sk.
Family. 1 lovely daughter 3 yrs and 4 months. Loving and supportive wife. 2 parrots, Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius, New Zaeland) and Agapornis (Agapornis personatus viola, Africa , http://www.avifaunafree.com/wallpapers/desk-agapornis.jpg) (both adopted (first one arrived trhough window, second one caught on stairs in our block of flats). 100m flat, car, pc computers, c64 computers, tv... blah blah blah.
Ok I must admit that it wasn't much about C64. So let's get back there... 11 forever parties in a row, 8 sid compos in a row plus 1 cover compo ;-). After this years forever I've unpacked my C64 again and restarted composing. It sits on the desk nearby. Except of doodling with one tune that should have been released at forever (but wasn't because of lack of time), I've started to do a kinda challenging cover tune of a soundtrack from a well known movie. We'll see what will come up of that. The ones who know what is it, told me that it's impossible to do right ;-). That's the best motivation ;-). The second cover compo? Well... maybe ;-). |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
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Quote:The second cover compo? Well... maybe ;-).
Maybe, maybe ... Bring it on, dude! :)
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DRAX
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 225 |
Found this little youtube featuring Johannes Bjerregaard on the piano ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeuhUpW16Q
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 208 |
Ah....what you found DRAX.
It is 'Soo Beautiful' :) Now I understand why we love C64 music!
Hermit Software Hungary
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Xiny6581
Registered: Feb 2004
Posts: 73 |
Greetings and hello you :)
I've always been playing music as long as far as I can recall. Started at the age of 6 to play the violin. When I was around 8 I found out that to play the piano was very good, as well. Later on I picked up to play the guitar, bass, drums, flute, as well as pro-trackers and got very interested/hooked up in the land of synths. Around 1992 I started to bridge a connection between "real music" and "computer music", and some years later I founded my own multimedia group "Fiction Design/Fics[D] that later on morphed into "Dees Productions". Around 1994-1996 I tried to DJ and that along music-making was leading into a collaboration between me and a company called "AudioRealisem" (www.audiorealism.se), were many ideas fusioned into music softwares.
Now, for a living I work as a School Teacher, so sadly I don't make music for a living buy hey I do it very much at work, as well :-).
Music-a-like beside in here, I am active on RKO, whre I release remixes under "Dees Production" (search for dees).
Side to side I have some various projects going on:
http://www.6581.org (my music and stuff related to the c-64 scene)
http://www.soundcloud.com/dees-productions (My own music and recordings)
http://www.youtube.com/demoscenes (As the name says ;))
http://www.myspace.com/deesproductions (not sure what I have there)
Okay that was it for this time - Am I missing something or is the world still round? :P
/Cris |
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MC
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I play Warwick bass guitars. Have been in a lot of bands but make a living as a systems & network admin. Musically life has had its ups and downs.
After the C64 time we tried making a version of music-assembler for the amiga. It was pretty much finished before we decided the whole Amiga soundchip and its 8bit samples sucked. A C64 sounded much better in my opinion. After that I completely stopped doing computer music and got into the real deal.
I play guitar, bass, drums and sing. Although I've been thinking about doing one more tune on SID for old times sake from time but don't think I ever will actually do one.
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SIDWAVE
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yes you will do more sid tunes.. :D
100 euro ?
500 euro ?
1000 euro ?
what will it take ? :D |
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Angel of Death
Registered: Apr 2008
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@MC
Come to X-2010.
Play anything you like. No matter how bad it is at least Jan And I will cheer for you...
:)
ps.
But being a poor bum I can't offer you any money.
(glad Jan is the rich one)
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SIDWAVE
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That MC has stayed on with doing music, is good to know.
So many very talented computer musicians, left their talent behind, and winded up working in some damn post office and getting married to a fat bitch, and never did anything creative again, although they have great skills.
You dont know how happy it makes me to know that your still musician! :) |
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SIDWAVE
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Oh i feel like some shamesless self promotion :D
At the moment i am manio depressive. I am happy and energetic, and 3 minutes later i am crying because im a single guy with no loving woman to take care of me, and i was alone so many years, i shoudl be used to it, but i am not..
This year i have made the best music ever in my life, and i am working on a cd. it has changed form 3-4 times during 2 years i worked on it, but it will be a masterpiece, and i dont know if it will change peoples lives, like an album like Thriller by Michael Jackson did, but it will change my life to get it released, and thats what matters for me.
Every day i do something or create something, that changes me.. and when i change, the world changes.
Its all going somewhere, and its very very big and it has been going on for my whole life, and its worth the blood sweat tears and depressions, to get this stuff done.
Its the only thing i care about.
Leave a mark on the world, so i was just not some average joe who wasted his life working in a supermarket...
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MC
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You have already left a mark on the world Jan. Don't underestimate yourself - ever.
Everything in life has a purpose. Even the hard and bitter bits. |
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Sixx
Registered: May 2005
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Quote: You have already left a mark on the world Jan. Don't underestimate yourself - ever.
Everything in life has a purpose. Even the hard and bitter bits.
You got that right.
Oh, and i'm no composer (if you don't count ripping acid samples and putting them together in Protracker in the 80's as composing).
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SIDWAVE
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Quote: You got that right.
Oh, and i'm no composer (if you don't count ripping acid samples and putting them together in Protracker in the 80's as composing).
Cutting samples and making it sound good, then you are a sound designer :) it dont matter if you are as good as Charles Deenen or Brian Eno, its a matter of personal style! :D |
