Frustrated musician

[CannonFodder]

motorollin wrote:
That doesn't count, it was practice :-P I can see the value in using samples of other people's work as a starting point. But creating a whole track from scratch is much more rewarding to me than basing something on somebody else's work.

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moto

Don't knock it till you've tried it. ;-)

[motorollin]

@CF
You got PM :-D

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moto

[Cymric]

Karlos wrote:
I think this is generally the artists dilemma; you don't feel you can present work that is unfinished to others.

Of course. Note that I explicitly said 'a select few' so as to minimise embarassment. At some point the feeling of banging your head against the wall for a long time is sure to overtake the anxiety of waitinng for someone to talk about what you made. Right? (I aint no musician---I have a minor ear for music, but I absolutely suck at expressing myself that way. I am the literary man. Problem is that I'm not exactly rich on ideas. A small sliver of Neil Gaiman's idea stream would be quite welcome. In fact, make that all of Gaiman's ideas. However, the unfinished-work feeling is about the same, I guess.)

[motorollin]

I understand what you meant by "select few" Cymric - and thanks again for your suggestion. I have forwarded links to a couple of mp3s to a few people here.

Cheers

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moto

[FluffyMcDeath]

Work with others.

[motorollin]

FluffyMcDeath wrote:
Work with others.

I considered that actually. But it's hard to commit the time to it :-(

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moto

[motorollin]

Right, I need something new to listen to. I've been browsing the new releases on the iTunes store, but can't find what I'm looking for. I really want something in the same vein as Radiohead's Kid A/Amnesiac era. Any suggestions?

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moto

[bloodline]

motorollin wrote:
Right, I need something new to listen to. I've been browsing the new releases on the iTunes store, but can't find what I'm looking for. I really want something in the same vein as Radiohead's Kid A/Amnesiac era. Any suggestions?

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moto

Hmmm... Well it's not Radiohead... but Depeche Mode's "Playing the Angel" is worth a listen...

[motorollin]

Just had a quick listen on iTunes and it sounds pretty good. Not what I would normally listen to and I think it will take a bit of getting used to, but having said that I hated Radiohead when I first heard them. The albums I keep coming back to years later are always the ones that took a while to grow on me.

I've just ordered the album from Amazon so I'll let you know what I think. Thanks for the suggestion! Maybe one day I'll love it as much as Kid A :-) Everything In Its Right Place still does something to my brain which causes me to collapse in a stupor as soon as I hear those opening 4 notes from the Rhodes...

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moto

[Wilse]

I sometimes feel like I've written all the music I will ever write.

I know what you mean.

Recently I've been getting inspiration from others.

My band played our fitst two gigs within the last month - first time I've ever played guitar to an audience - and I found myself watching how other bands do things differently.
I also saw The Rapture play the other night. Those guys are brilliant. The thing is, whilst I'm not totally sold on their recorded work, the way they play live is the way I want to record, if that makes any sense.

[Wilse]

adz wrote:

CannonFodder wrote:

When the Technics are a-spinnin', I'm a-grinnin'!!!

You back on the pills Ad? ;-)

Nah, I had a pair of 1200's for the past few weeks, gave 'em back yesterday and I already miss them...

Meh - I had mine on yesterday and probably, time permitting, will again today.
One old silver 1200, with an imperfect stop mechanism that I've actually grown to love over the years and a newer, black 1210 that still works perfectly.

I have the day off, have to pack for a festival but also have a rather extensive pile of dance vinyl to catalogue.

[CannonFodder]

motorollin wrote:
Right, I need something new to listen to. I've been browsing the new releases on the iTunes store, but can't find what I'm looking for. I really want something in the same vein as Radiohead's Kid A/Amnesiac era. Any suggestions?

http://www.myspace.com/ghettoplotz

[CannonFodder]

Bucovina Club Vol.2

Amazing album.

[adz]

Wilse wrote:

Meh - I had mine on yesterday and probably, time permitting, will again today.
One old silver 1200, with an imperfect stop mechanism that I've actually grown to love over the years and a newer, black 1210 that still works perfectly.

I have the day off, have to pack for a festival but also have a rather extensive pile of dance vinyl to catalogue.

I used to own my own but sold them off many years ago when everybody was going to CD, as I couldn't afford to have both, the 1200's had to go. I'm tempted to buy a new pair of 1200's but I have a rather large expense coming up, so it will have to wait.

[Turambar]

motorollin wrote:
Right, I need something new to listen to. I've been browsing the new releases on the iTunes store, but can't find what I'm looking for. I really want something in the same vein as Radiohead's Kid A/Amnesiac era. Any suggestions?

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moto

Been a while since i heard either of those albums but perhaps some Porcupine Tree. Earlier albums would likely be closer to what you're after, not listened to the latest but Deadwing was very rock orientated.

[motorollin]

@CF
Not sure about Ghetto Plotz, but Bucovina Club is fking awesome :lol: Deffo on my next order from Amazon.

@Turambar
Just had a listen to Deadwing on iTunes and it's a bit /too/ rocky. However, I had a listen to Porcupine Tree's "Fear Of A Blank Planet" and it is beautiful - definitely going to buy it. Thanks for the recommendation.

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moto