d1208c No.15750436
took over one of my co-workers clients while he's out sick and he turned out to be a composer. basically barged in a conversation about video game concerts since I was so curious and this was probably my only chance and we had to wait awhile anyway and making conversation is kind of a part of the job.
he actually had a lot to say about them.
he said the big thing is revenue since orchestra is a plateau of revenue that doesn't really increase or decrease and that it's a nice boost in sales for symphony halls since it's a newly tapped audience.
he also said that composers like it cause its pretty easy to compose and is nice if you want to take it easy for a bit as well as your allowed to be a bit creative with the original song and put your own spin on it which is iffy with the classics.
I asked if he thought it was bad for the future of orchestra and he said that it very well could be or could be good for it, but whatever it is, it's not nearly as bad as kids not picking up instruments anymore and if anything is going to end it, it will be that. He then went on about how kids only play piano and guitar now with school orchestras becoming smaller and that was basically it.
42be76 No.15750446
I want to cum inside Scott Wozniak.
d1208c No.15750453
>>15750446
took me a bit to figure out why you posted that, never knew who this guy was
2cf293 No.15750473
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>it's not nearly as bad as kids not picking up instruments anymore and if anything is going to end it, it will be that.
'member pianosquall?
i member
d1208c No.15750524
>>15750473
probably sweating profusely in all that leather
39c353 No.15750543
For some reason I'm getting a 'shit that didn't happen' vibe from OP
>He then went on about how kids only play piano and guitar now with school orchestras becoming smaller and that was basically it.
I just got back from a high-school band competition for a family member who plays drums, the acts these days are incredible, there are teenagers out there putting out big-budget level of effort out there right now. I have a lot of confidence in the future of orchestra
691470 No.15750549
good thread op thanks for sharing
d1208c No.15750777
>>15750543
I have literally no way of proving it without giving away private client info so word of mouth is all I've got and yeah thats not good enough
c6000f No.15750782
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>>15750436
Isn't this known for a long time since game studios have been using Orchestras? well post your favorite vidya orchestra ost.
63814a No.15750791
Is there a reason not to replace traditional instrumental orchestra with synthesizers?
cb1c10 No.15750802
>>15750791
can you even synthesize drums
f322ff No.15750804
>>15750791
No. Synthesizers can and have the same acoustic characteristic as traditional instruments and anyone who thinks otherwise is an audiophile hipster.
aec0fc No.15750808
>Went to one of the FF Concerts
>They ask the crowd to cheer for their favorite
>Fucking nearly silent when 6 comes up except for me
da8a78 No.15750811
>He then went on about how kids only play piano and guitar now with school orchestras becoming smaller and that was basically it
I only learned how to play the ukulele and i hate it.
Kids who even manage to motivate themselfs to pick up even the most common of instruments is ok in my book, as their all a dying breed in todays highly eletronic world.
Sad thing about the orchestras, but that's what you get when kids these days are becoming increasingly anti-social.
63814a No.15750825
>>15750802
Yes, or alternatively we can use sampler.
d86af0 No.15750859
>>15750791
I think the best synths are just high quality samples, but they don't compare to all the sound you get from the real thing. It creates a passable sound for simple and low budget stuff and filler, but, if it is your center piece, you have to go real.
5e6bd5 No.15750878
>>15750791
There are certain techniques and subtle sounds from said Techniques that you have more control over with a real instrument, don't get me wrong, as a faggot who uses actual acoustic instruments in conjunction with samplers and analog synths, I have nothing against digital instruments, as you can get pretty creative when making your own patches to craft your own sound.
But you also lack a certain degree of control when it comes to things like muting and pinch harmonics on let's say a guitar, and that's just with a dry signal, you can do goofy shit when you start to layer effects and creating a chain.
Essentially, the sky's the limit, and limiting yourself to one or the other cuts down on how creative you can be with a track.
Mind you though, the imperfections that give each instruments it's distinct personality are usually lost in a mix or needlessly Eq'd out, so it really just depends.
5e6bd5 No.15750893
>>15750791
Also to add, if there's a Pack of samples that actually do include some of these sounds, they usually charge for em' And depending on the sampler (though most paid samplers worth the money spent on em, will have a variety of options) will sometimes lack precise control over ADSR, making the actual playing of said samples sound inorganic and stiff.
It becomes another question of value over practicality, are you going to spend 90 to 100 bucks on samples in a sampler for one or two tracks, and never use them again if you don't like how they're playing?
Or do you use an instrument you already own to try and achieve the same sound? Some of the more obscure instrument packs I can think of off the top of my head (Fiddle) are either low quality, or so niche you don't have much to choose from, and aren't configured for you.
Though to be honest, you can achieve a nice bluegrass fiddle sound by taking a really good set of solo string samples, fiddling around legato and decay, and play it quickly in the piano roll.
9626ad No.15754519
>>15750859
the trick is actually to use several different samples depending on the octave range
in the past it was done with one sample pitch shifted to fit over each note to save space. but nowadays unless youre goin for that old sound what they do is have different samples for each pitch with slightly different overtones, so the effect of moving up and down doesnt come off as nearly as synthetic. also most instruments trackers/programs can handle many more tracks nowadays, so being able to sustain more of the notes together helps create a more natural sound for things like a guitar or an orchestral score (as opposed to the old monophonic synths with like 4 tracks on 8/16bit games)
>>15750878
>But you also lack a certain degree of control when it comes to things like muting and pinch harmonics on let's say a guitar
MIDI guitar controller that senses pinch harmonics, muting and dynamics when?
>that's just with a dry signal, you can do goofy shit when you start to layer effects and creating a chain.
do you know if theres any tracker programs that you can run an output for an FX loop with? ive always thought using analog effects on trackers would make for the perfect balance of digital and analog
15296c No.15754576
>>15750446
I'll bet he browses imageboards.
e76fa2 No.15754656
While Civ VI might be underwhelming from a gameplay perspective, I really like the music. Check out Georgia's theme for the middle of the game, it's a church hymn from the 11th century that they've also made sound a bit like the old anthem from the Soviet period. It makes me want to conquer Muslim countries
2ae84e No.15754667
my dad forced me to get into the violin, it was ok but the music we had to constantly play bored the shit out of me, i switched to guitar then piano and fucked around since only reason i wanted to take that class was to learn the keys.
9626ad No.15754677
>>15754667
>the music we had to constantly play bored the shit out of me
<not appreciating chamber music
pleb tbh
e98603 No.15754995
>>15754519
>MIDI guitar controller that senses pinch harmonics, muting and dynamics when?
it's easier to just make a guitar
81623d No.15755337
>>15754667
>my dad forced me to get into the violin
Consider yourself lucky, my parents refused to even get me a violin despite always wanting to play it. It's only now that I have a chance to do so.
d7d203 No.15755791
>>15750791
How about the fact that if we completely separate the sound from the instrument, the sound loses meaning? Think about it. The quality of synthesized sound is judged based on how closely it emulates the real thing. If no one plays the actual instruments anymore, who the fuck is gonna care whether any of it sounds like the "real thing"? They're just arbitrary sounds at that point.
afc771 No.15757392
>>15750791
I bet you've never seen an orchestra live.
2f846c No.15757417
4f8333 No.15757441
Has anyone ever made a game where you're a composer? You would have thought back when Wii-motes was the big thing a developer would make a rhythm game where you had to wave your controller at the right parts of your orchestra to make them play the different parts of the music.
913df9 No.15758253
>>15750802
Yeah it's called a drum machine you dumbass
a5b80f No.15759204
>>15750791
right now? Yes: computers are shit at process oriented or so called second-order musical features (crescendos, slurs, accelerandos, etc.). Within twenty years that technical barrier will probably be breached but we will still need master programmers/computer instrumentalists to draw out the capabilities of such software.
>>15750436
The orchestra and its repertoire is implicitly tied to white european culture in popular consciousness, and will therefore continue to shrink in relevance and popularity until the processes leading to white self-hatred are arrested. Video game music using full orchestras is a novelty that will probably wear off within 50 years, at such time I will be surprised if more than 10 full time orchestras exist worldwide, most of which will be employed by opera companies.
t. faggotwhoknowssomething
f4981b No.15759214
>>15750791
Yes, it would mean not replacing instrumental orchestra with specially-built fairground organs that can be manually played.
e04c04 No.15759229
>>15754667
violin is pretty neat. I've played piano for most of my life, and the better I get at it the more I realize how shit I really am at it. I've been working on the jazzy Super Mario World theme from Super Mario Odyssey for fucking months and I still haven't even come close to perfecting it.
Also, its my goal in life to marry a violist girl, and we can duet together. Too bad I'm too old and shitty to make that happen.
39c353 No.15759230
>>15750791
Orchestras are about watching talented artists perform live as it is about the music. Nobody is impressed by some fatass pushing buttons on a keyboard and nobody ever will be.
0e5ee2 No.15764144
>>15755337
>kid wants to play an instrument
>a white as fuck and really nice instrument no less
>you can get them for reasonably cheap even for a starter
>nah we don't want ar'h kid having no hwite upstandin' hobby so that they may play beautiful songs in the future fuck that nawnsense have a beyblade you lil shit
What the hell.
6e9794 No.15772605
>>15772501
Why would you save a webm of a guy explaining what mutes are
9b53d7 No.15772643
>>15772605
because people dont know what a mute is let along what a trumpet is.
you might say im talking out my ass but after the trumpetboy meme it has become very clear most people dont much aside from the hand few of interments that are constantly used in media.
b87577 No.15772689
>>15772501
If I lived in the middle of nowhere I'd like to learn how to play the trumpet
a3aea9 No.15772742
Orchestral video game music is fucking garbage and always will be, simply because it's yet another way the developers pander to the film faggots. That show that they have, Video Game Music live or whatever the fuck it's called, is straight up and blatant pandering to the same faggots who hold Danny Elfman, John Williams and Hans Zimmer up as musical prodigies despite being fucking hack frauds.
5e1dbb No.15772771
>>15772742
I miss the days when using electronic synths was the rule, rather than the exception. VG music sounds fucking bland, these days.
2aebad No.15772788
Are there any other musicians on /v/? What instruments do you guys play?
Please don't tell me I'm alone
2f2b75 No.15772800
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>>15772788
I dabble with the guitar, and I'm interested in learning the harmonica. What do you play, anon?
btw if anyone has sheet music or tablature for this song I would be grateful if you would share it.
b6b363 No.15772804
>>15772788
I play a mean jazz trombone. I like the oomph and creativity behind the music.
ef20af No.15772826
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>>15750453
why did they post that?
2aebad No.15772841
>>15772800
I play guitar, myself. A bit of drums too. I've always wanted to make a thread where /v/'s musicians could jam and do covers of vidya/anime themes, but I have no idea how many of us there are on here.
9b53d7 No.15772856
>>15772788
played clarinet and bass clarinet.
did orchestration, jazz and was forced to do marching band. nothing is more gay than keeping your wood wet.
3515ad No.15772958
>>15755337
>always had a passionate and genuine love for singing
>did nothing with my life
>tfw I squandered it all away cause I was a dumb little shit
2aebad No.15772984
>>15772958
>not becoming absorbed in your hobby as a coping mechanism for life being shit so you can get autistically good at it
39c353 No.15772987
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Is this now the designated /mu/ thread?
I want to play guitar really bad, I am intermediate at drums and what I would call beginner at piano. I know someone who will lend me their steel string acoustic guitar, but I want to start off playing a classical/gut/nylon-gut guitar because I think that will be more forgiving to me as a beginner vs steel strings that need more tension, cut into your hands, and need a pick.
I am actually considering getting myself a guitalele (6-string uke) because its more or less a classical guitar but a lot smaller thus easier to carry around, might make a good practice guitar before I move onto steel strings.
2f2b75 No.15773011
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For those of you who play guitar, consider checking out gametabs.net if you want some tabs for playing vidya music. embed related is one such tab from the site played by the guy who tabbed it.
https://www.gametabs.net/gamecube/zelda-the-wind-waker/the-legendary-hero/kabukibear
481110 No.15773049
>>15750436
>he turned out to be a composer
>composers like it cause its pretty easy to compose
Are you sure you weren't talking to a conductor?
367ada No.15773190
>>15750791
The human touch. Humans will always be able to do something unique and special to instruments that a machine will never be able to replicate. It's my opinion that while drums are the easiest to synthesize, they're also the easiest to tell when they're fake, because they're missing that human element.
39c353 No.15773381
>>15773190
You can easily tell when a band uses a drum machine because real drummers aren't machines and aren't perfectly times 100 percent of the time. Some drummers are, but those are exceptional. Humans have timing irregularities, and this is what gives a songs rythmic backing more "character" in my opinion. Machines lack characteristics that make music as much an art as it is an act of human achievement. Drums are the most organic instruments, they are often believed to be the first instruments and rhythm and timing are often believed to come from a humans heartbeat or footsteps, or dance steps.
In fact, the most talented electronic composers are the ones that intentionally introduce irregular timings and semitones in their works to give a sense of organism. Because its what humans like listening too. Humans do not like overly clinical sound. We think it sounds boring. Unless the entire point of your work is to convey a soulless, industrial, or artificial soundscape, which can be good in that sense, fully electronic timing and composition isn't going to sound good.
ebc2a3 No.15773395
>>15773381
I wish I had the ears to distinguish synthetic from genuine, as far as music goes. I'm hoping people like you are around longer than I am, since I don't think I'll ever be able to save the music industry myself.
39c353 No.15773397
>>15773395
Just learn to play some drums and start visiting live shows, even if its marching bands, and you too will develop the "ear"
ebc2a3 No.15773409
>>15773397
Well I certainly am not going to learn how to play an instrument, haven't the time for that. Maybe I'll see if there are any live music restaurants to visit.
39c353 No.15773426
>>15773409
Drums are the one instrument that's easy to learn but hard to master. Its all about timing. Get yourself a drum kit and you'll be jamming in about an hour fam. Its nothing like piano or guitar that requires you to re-learn how to use your fingers
fe8f95 No.15773524
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>>15772788 (heil'd)
Played percussion throughout my school years: glockenspiel, snare/bass drum, cymbols, chimes, plus all that random shit some songs would ask for like anvil (just a thick iron wheel that you'd hit with a hammer), marracas, cabasa, etc.
Marching band was a lot of fun as a drummer. Playing snare solos at high school 'Merican Football games in between plays was probably my favorite part. I also played in a Steel Drum band at one point, basically 55'gal oil drums with the lids dented in a particular way to create that unique tropical sound.
Haven't done anything musical since my school days though. But I'll have a habit of pencil drumming on my legs and desk until the day I die.
7bf7c3 No.15773536
>>15772742
t. retarded faggot that thinks 10 years ago is a long period of time
Just because modern video game orchestras are blatant copies of the shit Hollywood pushes out doesn't mean it was always that way. They did use to have some soul in the music and you could hear it audibly and clearly
91bb03 No.15774912
>>15772987
If you start on steel string, you'll get the whole callous-building experience out of the way in 3 weeks to a month tops, and it's better for building early the finger/hand strength to be able to perform certain chords later. Unless you specifically want to be playing the type of music commonly played with classical or gut guitars I would recommend starting with steel, also you can fingerpick just fine with steel string if that's what you want to do but I think picking is a skill one should learn to be a well-rounded guitarist anyway.
Not saying it's better or anything but I learned steel acoustic first and every other kind of guitar feels very easy to play to me.
a3aea9 No.15774944
>>15773536
I bet you're of the opinion that "John Williams' older stuff is better than his newer stuff".
d8ad4d No.15775029
>>15772788
I've dicked around on the keyboard for a couple years, but now I've gotten a proper digital piano and I'm taking lessons. It's fun.
9ab15f No.15775134
Why not mix both synthetic instruments with real ones?
7bf7c3 No.15775442
>>15774944
I don't even know or care who that is, but you should stop pretending that the orchestral scores in older vidya have always been shit when they haven't until they all decided to copy Hans Zimmer and other Hollywood composers in the early 10's
9ab15f No.15775472
>>15775442
>I don't even know or care who that is
7bf7c3 No.15775528
>>15775472
I looked him up and he's a film composer. I only really know or care about vidya composers like Hitoshi Sakimoto (who made the soundtracks for my favorite games Muramasa: the Demon Blade (and other Vanillaware games really), Vagrant Story and the Ogre Battle games), Yoko Shimomura (Parasite Eve) and Michiru Yamane (who worked on a good deal of the Castlevania games). I never really watched movies at all, even when I was young so it's kinda natural I don't know or care who John Williams is.
d34dd9 No.15775632
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>>15754656
I second this. Then again, Geoff Knorr usually does very thorough research when he chooses a melody to adapt for a Civ game.
2aebad No.15775646
>>15775134
Not a bad compromise, especially if you just don't have all the instruments you want. I view real vs synthetic instruments like hand-drawn animation vs CG. You're gonna need CG in the right places, but god forbid if every anime ends up looking like Kemono Friends and the art of drawing cute anime girls dies out because the other method is more cost effective. The U.S. is already filled with too many people whose life goal is to consume instead of create.
8070cb No.15775670
>>15772540
Can play pic related rather decently along with the rest of low brass. I'm probably playing too much to be keep up with my studies since as you said music is excellent for coping
>>15772788
See those pedestals infront with all that crap? Percussionists have to handle all of that too
8070cb No.15775673
>>15775670
lol, got those replies switched up
f322ff No.15775716
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>>15772788
I play the diatonic and chromatic harmonicas, guitar, 5-strings banjo, low and tin whistles, chromatic and diatonic accordions, (((jew's harp))), mandolin, violin, keyboard, Anglo and English concertinas, bass guitar, but none at a professional level. I had a bagpipe but she unfortunately died. I write music using FLStudio because I can't read sheet music.
>>15772800
Diatonic harmonicas are cheap and can be carried in your pocket. You can find professional-tier harmonicas for $40 and very good beginner harmonicas for $15-$20.
Embed related is a great breathing exercise you can do at any level: imitating a train by blowing twice in the first few holes, then drawing air twice, repeat at different speeds. To imitate the train whistle draw air through the 4th hole.
8070cb No.15775849
>>15750436
>its pretty easy to compose and is nice if you want to take it easy for a bit as well as your allowed to be a bit creative with the original song and put your own spin on it which is iffy with the classics
The consumers of vg music don't know shit about the genres outside the related OSTs so when they go to one of these concerts they're only really clapping for that nice tune they heard when playing that fun video game.
Additionally, compared with the classical orchestral pieces vg music is very simple so they aren't very sensitive to what parts you decide to move around or modify.
ef20af No.15775886
>>15774967
>Singular they
>"Somebody left their umbrella in the office. Would they please collect it?"
why did 42be76 post that?
b58f94 No.15775912
>>15772788
I practice bass guitar on the regular, but I also know the basics of playing keyboard and I've taken enough jazz courses to know a little bit about improv and theory type shit. I mostly do it to unwind but I wish I had someone else to play with sometimes. I don't own a real keyboard anymore, I used to fuck around on a cheap Casio my parents got for me when I was a kid. I learned clarinet in middle school, biggest mistake of my life; I still wish I had picked double bass or literally anything else.
2aebad No.15776091
Anybody got any recordings? Let's laugh at how shit we are.
I made an attempt at White Summer. Hybrid picking is a bitch.
https://files.catbox.moe/l9qmzd.mp3
In terms of vidya songs, I've been wanting to learn Monsoon Jungle from WL4. Already learned Devils Never Cry and the opening bass line from Toxic Wasteland, also from WL4
a33b3c No.15776149
>>15772788
Started chorus, then moved to piano, then played percussion for concert and marching band. Though I am mostly dedicated to piano/keyboard, I have been exposed to classical, jazz, rock, and more. While the composition aspect is okay with me, I have problems with mixing.
I always have a fascination with synthesizers ever since I have played the Classic Sonic games, but Tim Follin was the reason why I went back to composing with FamiTracker. Now, I am doing that and listening to some House, Techno, Fusion-Jazz, and old vidya OSTs for fun.
>>15776091
Working on a demotape for /agdg/, this track is cover of 2nd webm. With chiptune, I mixed them out as stereo to make it more full.
https://my.mixtape.moe/dslbln.mp3
Really nice, anon. I've always wanted to form a band during my school days.
958801 No.15776218
2aebad No.15776487
>>15776149
That's a baller fucking cover. You using that for a game project?
b23314 No.15776620
>>15772788
Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, and Piano; Recently been trying to get into slide guitar, but none of my guitars are setup for it. Gonna buy a cheap one and just fuck with the action and leave it perma-G open, fucking love travis picking though.
Currently working on a demotape, and bouncing from open mic to open mic, got unrelated recordings though to test out the interface
https://soundcloud.com/zawazawazawachameleon/nimbus-afternoon
https://soundcloud.com/zawazawazawachameleon/the-bone-yard
Other tracks I got with actual instruments are mixed a lil' better, happy my studio is finished though
Got a bunch of nylon jazz recordings floating around, but I'm too lazy to dig em' out
>>15776149
Good shit my dude, didn't I see you kicking around the /agdg/ threads a while ago? If you're who I think you are, your shits gotten tighter
>>15776091
That's pretty clean, all things considered, I can't hybrid worth a damn with a pick, I rike it.
33d8df No.15776642
>>15772788
Guitar but I can only play tabs and I don't know shit about music theory.
I tried learning a couple times but I hate every since resource there is.
You just need to fucking teach the thing, there's no need to spread your biography over the entire book.
f322ff No.15776760
>>15776642
Tabs are plenty enough. Heck, I'm not even using tabs nowadays and just work everything out by ear.
6912b8 No.15776763
>>15750436
I kinda had my reservations regarding video game music orchestras and/or concerts, but anything that keeps orchestras and good musicians alive it's worth it.
Also, nice thread, OP.
>>15773536
>Ogre Battle 64
I love you, anon. That game was a pleasure to play mostly because of the music.
>>15750791
There's still a human element that can't be reproduced via synths/samples yet (I recommend you going to see a live orchestra and see for yourself), but just as digital tools for graphic art and animation, digitalization gave cheaper and more accessible tools for solo/poor artists to make stuff and just fool around. It's nice that you can compose for an orchestra and test for yourself how could it sound without hiring a bunch of musicians first.
>>15772788 (nice)
I play guitar and some Keyboards, but it's been more than a year since I stopped playing because I have to study for my "grade exam" to become a lawyer, and I have no time. I miss fiddling around with VSTs and learning harmony, I really do.
>>15772987
I would recommend you to get a standard Acoustic Guitar with Nylon Strings (a cheap one does the trick, you don't need to get crazy), learn the basics, have some fun and then get into some derivatives like the Ukelele/Banjo/Mandolin or Acoustic guitars with Steel Strings depending on your playstyle and favorite music genres.
>>15773011 (noice)
Thanks for the tip, mate.
>>15776091
>"I made an attempt at White Summer. Hybrid picking is a bitch."
It sounds comfy as hell. I'd like to drive a truck in the desert while listening to this.
Have some shit from my old days, laugh at will.
https://soundcloud.com/holofonoro/sebasti-n-aguilera-escena-en
https://soundcloud.com/holofonoro/sebastan-aguilera-terapia
https://soundcloud.com/holofonoro/holofonoro-caverna-de-pincoyas
>>15776642
I can't help you too much wiht material since 99% of what I have is in spanish. I do recommend you getting a teacher if you can afford it, though. I learned more from a teacher on 3 months than what I learned in the previous 10 years on my own.
a33b3c No.15776780
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>>15776487
No, but,I was making a soundtrack for a friend's project last year, but he was not able get to the audio engine working. His original game was essentially Fire Emblem on Sea. So, I tried my best to match that feeling of being on the ocean. Here's the battle theme I made for it.
>>15776553
I really appreciate it. I rarely do covers, but when I hear something that is possible to do on limited hardware I give it a shot.
>>15776620
Yeah, the problem is that I still do not have a pair of open back headphones. Hopefully, I can save up the money to get a pair.
>>15776642
When it comes to music theory, it is best to work that into the level of music you are playing. That way you do not feel overwhelmed and you have fun playing and learning.
2aebad No.15776931
33d8df No.15776962
>>15776760
When you play by ear at least you get used to recognizing sounds and whatnot. I can't fret a note without either remembering it from memory or looking it up on the tab.
At least the FOSS version of the meme program is helping me get somewhat faster bit by bit.
>>15776763
I was thinking of getting a teacher, though I'm kind of fucked for time with uni and trying to get a job.
>>15776780
>When it comes to music theory, it is best to work that into the level of music you are playing.
I have no idea how to go about doing that though.
I did kind of learn timing and what some of the symbols mean, but I always forget what notes are which.
2aebad No.15776968
>>15776780
This is giving me flashbacks to when the GBA was hot shit and I would play my games with headphones on, listening to music that was just like this. Great work, anon.
>>15776763
That second one is really nice. Your style kind of reminds me of Kotaro Oshio. He has a nice mix of folk guitar tinged in classical modes and chords. The Wind Song is a good example of this.
>>15776642
>I can only play tabs
Same here. I can't read sheet music at all. I learn by ear most of the time. I'll look up a chord chart or some tabs if I can't make out what I'm hearing. Reading sheet music isn't totally required, especially if you have a decent ear. You should learn your chords though, specifically your jazz chords. A lot of anime OP's/ED's have tons of jazz chords thrown in them, even the rock songs. Plus it's neat as fuck if you can mix jazz chords with conventional chord progressions.
I cracked the base of my thumb nail laying down guitar for this.
https://files.catbox.moe/am6z9a.mp3
5e6bd5 No.15777057
a33b3c No.15777072
Soundcloud embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>15776962
Well, I don't know what advice to give then. How I started was I played really simple songs like nursery rhymes or simplified versions of popular songs. It works for keyboard and guitar since I had band practice there and it was a nice complement to my lessons, but that was music school.
>>15776968
That's funny, because I actually made tracks that should be able to play back on a Game Boy like embed. Also, nice job on the guitar. A jazz band that I have been listening to lately is Casiopea and they have close ties to Sega in the music department, highly recommend you listen to them.
>>15776763
You really liked my track, Downward Flow. Hope you are still enjoying it.
2aebad No.15777083
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>>15777072
>Casiopea
Ah shit my nigga, these dudes? I've already jumped into that rabbit hole. Midnight Rendezvous is ridiculously fun to play to. Went down the City Pop rabbit hole too. 4 A.M. by Taeko Ohnuki was my first love.
bf40d8 No.15777090
>>15776780
>I really appreciate it.
I've been listening to it on loop for an hour now, you done good.
>I rarely do covers, but when I hear something that is possible to do on limited hardware I give it a shot.
What platform? I assumed it was a .mod or .xm
a33b3c No.15777121
>>15777083
That figures. My favorites from them is Dazzling, Keepers, Asayake, Take Me, and Domino Line the fucking bass and drum solo in that one. Here is some of their collabs with Sega.
>>15777090
No, .ftm. I've tried to get into OpenMPT, but the problem is that I have to learn it all over again just like FamiTracker, years ago. So, next year, I have to put in some time to learn that and FLStudio.
bf40d8 No.15778372
>>15777121
Oh, is it using the Namco expansion chip or something?
shit i thought i pressed submit hours ago
a33b3c No.15779316
>>15778372
I used the N163, VRC7, and the 2A03 chips for the cover.
ec7788 No.15779374
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>15750791
The natural vibration/frequencies of instruments made with quality material stimulate virtue. Seeing vid related live will literally unfuck your shit up.
Look into Verdi's 'A' (432Hz).
8c0231 No.15781186
>>15776149
>"https://my.mixtape.moe/dslbln.mp3"
This is a fucking good cover, anon. Thanks for sharing it and the original song. I love stuff like the early Yellow Magic Orchestra and I didn't know that song.
>>15776620
>"Got a bunch of nylon jazz recordings floating around, but I'm too lazy to dig em' out"
Please share them. I'd love to listen to some Jazz played with a nylon string guitar
>>15776780
This sounds great, anon. Comfy as fuck.
I'll try to learn how to use deflemask again without having a headache
>>15777083
>Casiopea
Thanks for sharing them, that song was fucking excelent. Between things like this and Taeko Ohnuki I have to ask: are japanese the kings of comfy?
2aebad No.15782019
>>15781186
>are japanese the kings of comfy?
Yes they are. In terms of music, the UK, Italy, and Japan have been my greatest sources of inspiration. They have a knack for taking things the West creates and improving it tenfold.
b4295a No.15783615
>>15782019
>>15781186
>sing in native language over foreign music
>>muh japanese version is better
do you know how far up your own ass you are?
2aebad No.15783746
>>15783615
>sing in native language over foreign music
That isn't what's happening in any of those songs though. Unless you meant we gave them the modern instruments and you're likening that to simply laying down a vocal track over pre-arranged music like some sort of nigger rapper
f56f15 No.15783892
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Piano is the instrument of kings
8c2420 No.15783900
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>>15782019
>Italy, Japan
Yes, more of this.
8c0231 No.15789559
cc1221 No.15799385
>>15776091
>>15776149
>>15776620
>>15776763
>>15776780
>>15776968
>>15777072
Good shit anons. Outside of the soundcloud links already posted, if you have any other public collections you would be willing to share, I'd love it.
ca6db7 No.15799439
>>15757441
Mad Maestro from the sounds of it. Seems western "professional" critics weren't big on it, so we never saw any of the three sequels it got in Japan.