What is it about music for me?
I’ve been trying to get at the heart of my attraction to music besides possibly genetics and it has to do with good entertainment being an inside job.
Is music cool without people?
Ultimately, music isn’t great, comedy isn’t funny, movies aren’t gripping, books aren’t riveting, unless a bunch of us say they are. Or, unless you find out for yourself. When I’m making music, I’m defining, exercising, and exploring what is cool for myself. I happen to be making it, but the statement of nearly all my work that you hear (and you don’t) is,“This is cool.”
All my life I have gotten very excited about music. Part of this is my nature for getting excited, the other part is music!
What are you hearing?
Music isn’t just sound. It’s folks playing together and getting better. Anytime that’s going on I think it’s a cause for celebration. What are we even doing if we can’t do that? The best humaning has a great soundtrack.
Goodbye, old software. Hello TAPE 16.
I recently deleted Logic Pro. I may reinstall, but I don’t think I will. The reason is I’m upset about everything they do I don’t even know they’re doing. That’s not my flavor, it’s theirs.
I made some beat tracks in Logic Pro and they won’t align with the simple metronome in TAPE 16. I don’t want to think about what this means for previously released music. Just trying to move on with a steady beat. I probably had some setting or something clicked on I wasn’t aware of, for years worth of music. Done with that. I like a steady beat. Apparently, Logic Pro does not. (BTW, you Reaper folks are fine. The beats made in Reaper sync fine.)
In a recent collaboration I had horrible beat issues. It wasn’t me, it wasn’t the collaborator, it was Logic Pro. Not happening anymore. We are talking about a god damn metronome. When that becomes too complicated to use correctly, I am out.
Hit a button, go to town!
I’m very happy to work with new things that allow for more playing and less computer. I always say, “play to our strengths.” Taking my own advice! If it sucks, just redo. No more mix fixes.
Pixel me, no more!
TAPE 16 DAW has changed me up and given me adrenaline. I think I like it so much because I actually hear “me” instead of the computer version of me. People use the word organic a lot. I am shy of it, but I don’t mind saying this new method is more “organic.” And that does feel good.
Tracking is amazing, again.
Yesterday I tracked djembe, acoustic guitar, MIDI marimba, and a vocal. I probably won’t keep it all. That’s fine. I honestly think that’s better for you and me too. Makes me feel good. No “ifs,” just keep or redo.
*Note about drums in TAPE 16. I find the free Addictive Drums 2 kit and sample beats plenty for building more fun beats than the metronome. This will save you from different metronomes on different DAWs. Simply run as a plugin and start finger drumming.
*Note: Marimba was a free sound from the free Waves Bundle, and it kicks ass.
How about one for being healthy?
I think if we are able to make things we enjoy, we tap into a healthy way to be. We need people in our lives for plenty of things from food to income. The fact I don’t need folks for entertainment or musical enrichment makes be feel self-sufficient in a healthier way than any I can think of. Saying we don’t need people is a lie and can hurt all of us. But saying we don’t necessarily need them to be entertained frees everyone up. I like it. Believe me, I’m actually doing all of you a favor by somehow entertaining myself. Haha.
Keeping to myself has been largely for you. (This hurts me more than it does you, hahahah!)
I hope everyone who ever reads this finds moments in a zone where you think something you made is cool, fun, worth it. If I wasn’t able to do that consistently, I’d probably be in a pile of trouble, well, worse trouble.
Return to home.🏠
Leave a reply, thanks!