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Re: Any other youth here at LD?



But lyrics are funnier than music alone. Its been my experience that chicks REALLY dig comedians.

Me and my former co-partner in crime, the guitar god Jeffee Earth, grew so weary of instrumentals when we were teenagers we started writing lyrics to already established instrumentals. I just remember "Pipeline" and "Walk Don't Run" was really silly.

chaz


----- Original Message ----- From: "Gmail" <k3zz21@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Any other youth here at LD?


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?


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Matt Davignon
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www.ribosomemusic.com
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