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Hi!

What a great community! I'm an up and coming musician who's been writing music his whole life but never took it seriously until a year and a half ago when a near death experience kind of opened my eyes to what's important and I quit my engineering job to pursue a life of music.

Beginners luck got me to some huge studios and working with some great people but unfortunately, I'm not yet good enough. I can write great songs and have an ear for quality but can't sing very well yet and can't play without making a ton mistakes.

But I'm on it. Whether this is a brilliant or utterly stupid decision remains to be seen but so far....its the latter :(

But I'm on it. And I don't intend to quit :)

Hi!

hi ! yep. this site is awesome

seriously? u quit ur job?

preety much same conditoin, here, too......im not familiar with any musical instrument + i dont think i can sing...... but i write lyrice..... just need someone to play fair with them ^_~

Welcome aboard! To use an old question: Off the top of your head, what are your top five desert island albums?

Hi! I did, but in fairness, I hated my job. I got paid a lot to do nothing and I know that in today's economy that's a careless thing to do, I didn't do it lightly.

I was faced with a predicament: what would you do if you only had 4-5 months to live? At 28 years old, that's a tough question to face. What would you answer with? But I'm healthy and free of that now btw :)

And listen to me, don't let anyone tell you you can't sing. There is NO such thing as talent. Anyone can become good at anything, just hard work and practice. Maybe you can't sound like some singers out there but that doesn't mean you can't sound good...or great. The right practice techniques can go a long way. If you'd like, I can show you some links to great daily practicing :)



My taste in music is a bit more controversial. It doesn't matter to me who's popular and who isn't, who's writing the song, the marketing, the technique, it doesn't matter if they're mainstream or not....none of that matters. Just the music and how it communicates to me.

That said :)

1. Achtung Baby! - U2
2. Viva la Vida - Coldplay
3. This is War - 30 Seconds to Mars
4. Kirite - Mitsuda
5. Dark Beautiful Fantasy - Kanye West

Are you, by any chance, 14 years old?

No. But this is why it seems to be controversial; it seems to be a problem for some people (especially in the music community) that some of my all time favourites are mainstream bands or musicians.

I have worked in the music industry for over a year now and I've been lucky enough to be invited to some of the biggest studios in the world. I'm musically educated and I know more about mixing, mastering and producing than some who've worked at it for years. I understand music, the making of it and the history of it. Once you move from the audience to the production to the backstage, you begin to stop judging music for everything but its own merit.

I'm trained and I've explored every kind of music. From motown and jazz, to shoegazing and stadium rock, from Baroque to gangsta rap, from icelandic experimental to j-pop, from Afrikaan gospel to broadway showtunes. I get Pink Floyd, I get Bruce Springsteen, I get David Bowie and Queen and Jeff Buckley, Robert Smith, Neil Young, Ewan MacColl, Zepplin, Coltrane, BB King, Beatles, Cat Stevens, The Who, Hendrix, Marley, Davis, Beethoven, Schonberg, Eno.

I get them and I appreciate them. But I can't help what I like; only be honest about it.

That doesn't make your musical tastes more 'refined' or more 'mature' than mine. You'd think a forum like this one would understand that and be more open to discussion than to being derogatory.

I never said it did. I'm merely pointing out that your all time favorites bear a striking resemblance to what a teenage girl's all time favorites might be. You're the one with an inferiority complex because you happen to like bland, commercialized pop music in the face of a community that you perceive as having somewhat wildly divergent tastes in experimental and exotic genres. I never said that was a bad thing either, I just implied my humor at the idea of controversiality in your taste. I'm glad you "get" so many artists, for no other reason other than that I can only assume doing so must enrich your experience as you rock out to Coldplay.

Ok. Thank you for posting.

Why so defensive?

First you preface your top5 by stating you don't care about marketing or mainstream popularity then list off 5 mainstream, heavily marketed acts. The only controversial element to your tastes is how you chose to present and justify your choices. -You- are the only one to presume this forum was packed with elitist snobs.

Relax.

Regardless of that, what's your main angle into music? Are you looking to become more of a performer or producer? How are you making a living in the industry if as you've said you can't really sing or play an instrument that well? How substantial was the idea of being a musician prior to that near death experience?

Why is this list controversial? It seems like everybody and their mother loves that Kanye album (I still don't understand why, but that's just me). I've never heard of 30 Second to Mars or Mitsuda though. Who are they?