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These days its a little of both. I personally am a producer (sorta) and have a lot of friends that want to do what I do and theres also a lot that want to get famous. Some want both. I, however, dont make music with the intention of having someone put lyrics over it. I actually prefer to keep it instrumental. I cant speak for what everyone likes because I tend to stay separated from them in taste. From what I observe, people at my school dont really like radio pop music anymore (including me) because its just too bland its the same thing over an over. People seem to be moving towards the internet famous artist. I listen to almost 100% instrumental electronic music of many subgenres, which is where i get a lot of inspiration. I dont know very many people at all that play instruments but thats because I never look for them. I think I have an odd phobia of other musicians. Kaylon On Feb 25, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com> wrote: > kay'lon rushing <k3zz21@gmail.com> was like: >> Just wondering if there are any other teenagers here at LD or am I just >> one >> of a very small group? So far it seems like everyone has graduated >> colloge >> already haha. > > Hey Kay'lon, > > I'm surprised that you didn't see more teenage responses, but I guess > it makes sense. Think of it as a complement - you're a bit ahead of > the curve for your age! That's not to say you have the interests of > old people - more that most people your age probably haven't > encountered live looping yet. I bet you'll find the field getting less > lonely as you get older - certainly within the next 4-5 years. > > When I was a teenager, most of the other musicians my age were content > to play an instrument and in the genre they liked. (Me too - to be > frank.) "Being good" at the time involved being able to make your > hands move quickly and knowing how to play a lot of well-known songs. > I didn't start meeting people who were exploring expanding their > instrument setups or developing their own sound palette until their > early 20s. And let's face it - the technology costs money. > > I'm curious - what are people your age interested in doing in music > these days? I graduated in the 90s - at the time, bands in which > people played instruments seemed to still have hope of getting > well-known someday. The culture of music has changed since then in > simultaneously different directions. On one hand, the music you hear > on tv & radio is much more oriented on the singer or rapper, with very > little attention paid to the people who actually make the music. On > the other hand, the internet has created opportunities to hear music > in such a way that MTV and corporate radio might not be the primary > pipelines that they were when I was in high school. Do you meet a lot > of kids who play instruments, or is it mostly people who want to be > the "personality" and have the music happen behind the scenes. Do you > meet folks your age who want to be producers? > > > -- > Matt Davignon > mattdavignon@gmail.com > www.ribosomemusic.com > Podcast! http://ribosomematt.podomatic.com > http://www.youtube.com/user/ribosomematt >