Now, I have a really low opinion of the musician ads on craigslist. Not long after I started I found an ad on craigslist from a band looking for a versatile rock guitar player. I should know by know that as soon as I make a real plan, shit goes sideways. I knuckled down and committed to hitting those deadlines. So I worked out a project plan – with milestones and deadlines! – for a new initiative that would allow me to narrow my scope, create music, and try to share it with as many people as possible. The only thing worse than having too little time for music is not having any time at all. I could simplify a lot of things in my life by just putting the music thing on hold for a while…but I just can’t do that. Saying it out loud helped me realized that I’ve been depressed and living in denial about this for a long time. The issue, if I haven’t made it clear enough already, is that my schedule is just too unpredictable. Finding collaborators is exhausting, and starting a band with purpose of writing and performing originals takes large blocks of time that I’m unlikely to have any time soon.
#Galaxy dx7 patches download
If you’re interested, you can download it from my sample library Posted in Music Tagged DX7 Leave a comment The Hands of Fate
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This patch is definitely going to be featured on my next track. But the fun really started when I ran it through my MoogerFooger low pass filter and added some reverb. I landed on a metallic guitar-like sound that made me think of a bunch of robots battling out in a dystopian future. Recently I decided to give it another go, and this time I’m much happier with the results.
I just rely on other people’s patches because I’m never all that excited about my own. Don’t get me wrong- I love this synth, and use it on most of my recordings. Every few months I decide to get serious about programming it, spend a day or two re-learning what I learned last time, and then move on to actually making music. The synth has one small LCD display and a single control for adjusting the value of a parameter. Reviews of the classic Yamaha DX7 FM synth agree on one thing: programming it can be a real pain. Posted in Thoughts Tagged thoughts on process Leave a comment New Toys I’ll put the plan together tomorrow, for sure. I can convince myself that blogging IS productive, and stave off the voices of self doubt for one more day. In fact, I should be working on a plan now, but I decided to procrastinate and write this blog post instead. Planning is hard, though, and I tend to look for excuses to avoid it. The best defense to this is to have a solid plan, a clear idea of what I need to do in my next session. I rarely get things done on days like this, and I end up going to bed frustrated and convinced that I was stupid to ever think I could pull of being a musician at all. My day dreams are vague and not fully fleshed out, and I often find myself wasting a sizeable chunk of time trying to figure out what I want to work on. I spend so much of my time during the day thinking about what I am going to do once I’m in the studio that you’d think I’d carry enough momentum to get over the hump and actually do something productive.
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Overcoming the desire to just watch TV and go to bed is the biggest challenge I face as an artist.
The house is quiet, I have no other pressing obligations…and my brain is completely fried. More often than not the only time I can set aside a few hours for music is in the evening after my day job is done and my son has gone to bed.
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