richard13
(RichardMiller)
(RichardMiller)
| Member Since: | Sunday, November 09 2008 @ 08:11 AM CST |
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| Location: | , Ontario Canada |
| Song Comments: | 510 |
| Song Votes: | 74 |
| Forum Posts: | 41 |
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Bio:
I have long been a lover of music but, other than an elementary school introduction to playing the violin, I have no music training. I taught myself to play guitar (by ear) years ago but reached that point where I knew that to progress any further I would have to get serious and spend a lot of time and energy practicing. Unfortunately, my time was somewhat tight at the time so I quit playing at all and concentrated on other things.
When I bought a new computer about 2 years ago I also got a copy of GarageBand and started having some fun arranging the supplied Apple loops into generally breezy and usually percussive music. I eventually arranged about 40 tunes, of which maybe two dozen are passable and maybe 12 or 14 are pretty good (if I do say so myself).
I joined MacJams in the hope that some knowledgeable people would be able to tell me either that my little tunes are not bad, considering the limitations of the software (and the use of loops), or that I'm wasting my time and should give up before I start spending money on a keyboard or something.
Apparently, if you can get past the fact that all these tunes (so far) are made with loops only*, they ARE pretty good, after much re-mix tinkering following suggestions from fellow MacJammers. They seem to be fairly highly rated by a discriminating few.
Anyway, feel free to have a listen, download them if you like, and please leave a comment.
Cheers, Richard
Update: Glorious Noise (LIOLI 9) is loops only except for two vocal tracks.
18Sept09: Lollapalooza is loop-free: my first post that is MIDI-only.
I have long been a lover of music but, other than an elementary school introduction to playing the violin, I have no music training. I taught myself to play guitar (by ear) years ago but reached that point where I knew that to progress any further I would have to get serious and spend a lot of time and energy practicing. Unfortunately, my time was somewhat tight at the time so I quit playing at all and concentrated on other things.
When I bought a new computer about 2 years ago I also got a copy of GarageBand and started having some fun arranging the supplied Apple loops into generally breezy and usually percussive music. I eventually arranged about 40 tunes, of which maybe two dozen are passable and maybe 12 or 14 are pretty good (if I do say so myself).
I joined MacJams in the hope that some knowledgeable people would be able to tell me either that my little tunes are not bad, considering the limitations of the software (and the use of loops), or that I'm wasting my time and should give up before I start spending money on a keyboard or something.
Apparently, if you can get past the fact that all these tunes (so far) are made with loops only*, they ARE pretty good, after much re-mix tinkering following suggestions from fellow MacJammers. They seem to be fairly highly rated by a discriminating few.
Anyway, feel free to have a listen, download them if you like, and please leave a comment.
Cheers, Richard
Update: Glorious Noise (LIOLI 9) is loops only except for two vocal tracks.
18Sept09: Lollapalooza is loop-free: my first post that is MIDI-only.
