Oh well, here we go..
Hello Everypony! I finally hopped into the chat tonight and since the reception there was quite nice.. I guess it won't hurt to introduce myself here
I've been following the whole "pony phenomenom" since about March or April, and really enjoy all the amazing creative output this community is producing. And actually, this made me want to contribute..
I've been "making" music for roughly twenty years now, but do not consider myself as particularly good (at least not even half as good as the number would suggest). I've played and sung in a few small bands, had several solo performances on various concerts (the biggest one had about 1000 listeners and most were much, much smaller) and actually mostly make music by myself, just because I liked it. I simply play piano or guitar, and sing to it. I've not done any concerts for years at this point, simply because I never had the time to commit to a band or a project beside university. But frankly, I finally want to get something done again.
So what am I looking for? Well, on the one hoof I'm looking for people that can help me with the whole "producing music" stuff, which is a bit overwhelming to me right now... "Just" getting a good acoustic guitar sound recorded, working with a drum machine, and maybe getting a decent sounding bass line would be awesome for a start. Making orchestral scores always intrigued me, but I wouldn't know how to start. On the other hoof I just love meeting interesting people, and anything beyond that will most certainly just happen to happen
If it comes to that, I'd definitely love to do some collab work.
Looking at the equipment side, I got an Audiofire Interface, an "ok" condenser mic, several guitars (electric and acoustic) and an old keyboard. So far I've been using Reaper as a DAW, since I didn't want to drop several hundred Euros on something to later find out that it's been the wrong program.
Aside from all the music stuff, I got a Diploma in Psychology (pretty much equals a Master of Science) and am currently becoming a Psychotherapist. This gobbles up most of my time and money right now, but since that's not subject to change any time soon, I don't plan to let it keep me from making music..
Gosh. Now that become quite a post I reckon..
Since pretty much the first thing I was asked for in the chat was a sample, I'm just gonna throw the Youtube link in here.. I really hope that's ok. Actually, I think it's kinda subpar, but at least it's something to show (and don't artists just always complain about any recording being subpar?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636WX5bHiu8
), and I have four guitars: a cheapo Strat copy, an Alvarez 6 string acoustic, an Ovation Elite 12 string acoustic, and some random Ibanez starter bass.
