Does making music need to be expensive?
In short, no. Its a common image that many associate with producers; vast mixing tables with 50+ channels, costing thousands, a number of analog rack-mount units, powerful computers, dual-displays, the list goes on. In truth, many producers in these studio are using only a few channels, a laptop, and small midi keyboard. Particularly the DJs creating the dance beats we hear in the charts. …
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I've been nearly completely inactive in my social networks since mid-July or so. Not that I wouldn't have liked to participate, but I have been engrossed in the redaction of the above essay.
When I tackled the project, I thought it would take a few weeks at most, and that I would be able…
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(« Confrontation » by cordalth)
« Polygraph » is intended as a portrait of human relationships turning to the sour, hinting at the necessity of constant kindness and genuineness. The suite lasts about ten minutes and is composed of the following four sections : « Exposition, » «…
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(« Multiac Nylon » by poligraf)
« Sooner Or Later » does not comes from Poligraf's catalogue as such. Rather, it is a piece for solo guitar that I intend to publish on an album of about…
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(« The Miraculous Draft of Fishes » - Artist Unknown - photography by TTaylor)
« Asking For A Miracle » is a short instrumental arranged for acoustic instruments, and written in a time of…
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(« Scylla by William Pye » by mira66)
« In The Vortex » is an energetic instrumental put together while toying with ideas leftover from « Informaëlstrom » and « Leftoverturned. »…
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(« Goldfish Pulling a Snail Cart » by James Pollock)
« Perseverance » is the fourth of the series of segues composed to join the tracks of…
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Whitney Houston Dead...
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(« Detail of a poster for the International Hygiene Exhibition 1911 in Dresden » by Franz von Stuck)
« Understanding » is the third segue in the series that I have written…
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Google Music

After 8hours of uploading, my whole music library has been uploaded.
Google Music, is the newest music player in the media world. It is all web based just like Pandora, without the adds, and you can listen to all you and your friends music (depending on your email contacts and people in your circles) from any internet connect computer in the world. Google Music also allows artist the ability to upload and sell their own music to the…
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(« Dance Of Fire » by SarThePhotographer)
« Purposefulness » is the first of a series of short segues that I have put together in the hopes of joining existing compositions into one continuous piece of music.
In order to preserve the surprise, I won't…
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(« Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India » by James Fergusson)
The third part of « Juggernaut, » entitled « Procession, » evokes the arrival of the crushing force before it unleashes into a frenzy of…
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(Based on « 4D virtual 3x3x3x3 sequential move puzzle, scrambled » by SpinningSpark)
« Integration » is the seventh and final chapter of « The Chrome Lake. »
This instrumental section starts…
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(« Wilesco D36 steamroller » by Morn)
« Steamroller » is the fourth chapter of « Juggernaut. » In the storyline of the suite, it represents the apex of pain, and the metanoia.
The instrumental is one of the most busy pieces of music that I’ve written up to now, and…
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Recording Guitars In Pro Tools
Recently i have just bought a pair of M-Audio BX8A's they are awesome!! I love them so much, but in order for them to work, i needed to buy an Mbox. So i bought one so i can hook up the speakers to it and i can also plug in my guitar directly into it or i can hook up a mic and record like that. But The M-Box came with a weird "pro tools SE" i guess its the lowest you can go haha. But i was messing around and i just plugged my guitar direct in and i found an awesome plug in for sick…
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(« Surface Tension » by darkmatter)
In « Surface, » the sixth chapter of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is gradually returning to activity after having transformed into who they feel like being. Ultimately, they reach the…
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(« Stromschnelle » by Gerhard Rießbeck)
In « Rapids, » the third part of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is being carried from a mostly disappointing river straight into an heretofore…
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(« The Winged Man » by Odilon Redon)
« The Winged Life » takes its name from William Blake's poem « Eternity » :
He who binds himself to a joyContinue
Does the winged life…
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