josebach wrote:None of you guys ever recorded any of your stuff? Don't make me look like an idiot by being the only one to post music in the other thread.
You're certainly not an 'idiot' for posting your music. You're just the only one who was smart enough to digitally record it. All I have are cassettes stuffed in a drawer of anything we ever did.
I do have some small riffs on the computer that I saved years ago, but they certainly aren't worth attaching....even if I knew how.
When I said "idiot" I just meant I didn't want it to look like I was bragging or anything. I know most people don't listen to my style of music, which is one of the reasons why I stopped trying to pursue it.
About 10 years ago, I had to pay a studio around $1000 to transfer the music from my keyboard to a DAT (digital audio tape). They then mailed the DAT to a company called Disk Makers in Pennsylvania and they created the CDs. Supposedly, it's a whole lot easier now. Whenever I buy my next computer, I'm going to make sure I get an upgraded sound card that will let me record to my computer easily. I don't play that much anymore, but I'm sure a lot of people that record music use their computers now which is why I figured a "Share Your Music" thread was a good idea.
I bet more people listen to your style of music than they realize...
josebach wrote:None of you guys ever recorded any of your stuff? Don't make me look like an idiot by being the only one to post music in the other thread.
You're certainly not an 'idiot' for posting your music. You're just the only one who was smart enough to digitally record it. All I have are cassettes stuffed in a drawer of anything we ever did.
I do have some small riffs on the computer that I saved years ago, but they certainly aren't worth attaching....even if I knew how.
When I said "idiot" I just meant I didn't want it to look like I was bragging or anything. I know most people don't listen to my style of music, which is one of the reasons why I stopped trying to pursue it.
About 10 years ago, I had to pay a studio around $1000 to transfer the music from my keyboard to a DAT (digital audio tape). They then mailed the DAT to a company called Disk Makers in Pennsylvania and they created the CDs. Supposedly, it's a whole lot easier now. Whenever I buy my next computer, I'm going to make sure I get an upgraded sound card that will let me record to my computer easily. I don't play that much anymore, but I'm sure a lot of people that record music use their computers now which is why I figured a "Share Your Music" thread was a good idea.
I bet more people listen to your style of music than they realize...
Oh, there's a market alright, but unless you play live, you really have to get picked up by a label to get exposure and without exposure getting picked up by a label is next to impossible. It's a tough cycle. Most record companies don't accept unsolicited music so they have to seek you out. One little record company was interested in me (can't remember which), so I gave them permission to use a couple of my songs on a compilation CD representing their label. When I got a copy of the CD they were sending out it was garbage. That really bummed me out.
I sold around 1000 CDs in Tallahassee in the year or two after I made the CD which was about how long it took me to realize a career writing music was extremely unlikely. That's when I went back to college and studied programming. Now, I'm just happy when people listen to it, so I just give the CDs away. I have around 500 left out of the 2,000 I had originally made.
The music industry is a killer. It's ok to dream, but always have a backup plan.
The_Captain wrote:I've seen all sorts of threads talking about who the best band is (how could we forget our offseason Battle of the Bands) or what type of music is better than another, but I've never seen a thread (and yes dream_017, I did do a search first - ) of what kind of musical instrument one plays.
Are you sure you tried to search, well, did you? Not as much turn out as this one
I played the trombone back in high school. I still have it sitting around somewhere but haven't played it in years.
I'll be damned dream - I missed that one for sure but it didn't come up in any of my searches. I bow to the search master...and I certainly need to improve my searching ability!
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by Omaha Red Sox » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:50 am 
) of what kind of musical instrument one plays.
