18 Threads for 18 Musicians


KingCrimson776 used to think Music for 18 Musicians was "too repetitive"

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Simple Genre Tree
Only include genres and subgenres that you care for. Think about your top 100 or top 200. If there are only one album in your top 100 that is in X genre, X genre probably shouldn't be included in this highly abridged version of your genre tree.

Using http://rateyourmusic.com/rgenre/ as a starting point and work my way down, I got mine:

Electronic
Hip Hop
Musical Theatre and Entertainment > Cabaret
New Age
Pop
Pop > Dance-Pop
Pop > Teen Pop
Rock
Rock > Alternative Rock
Rock > Metal
Rock > Metal > Black Metal
Rock > Metal > Power Metal
Rock > Metal > Progressive Metal
Rock > Post-Punk

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Artists ranked by number of albums on my hard drive.

1. Nightwish - 16 albums/EP
2. Blind Guardian - 14 albums/EP
3. Opeth - 11 albums
4. Diana Krall - 11 albums
5. Dream Theater - 11 albums/EP
6. Ulver - 11 albums/EP
7. Debbie Gibson - 9 albums
8. Paysage d'Hiver - 9 albums
9. Children of Bodom - 9 albums
10. David Bowie - 8 albums

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How to get started if you want to make electronic music
If you like to play the tune yourself, in real time, get a Yamaha YPT-230 Premium Keyboard for $123.97. Features include High Quality Digital Effects, 385 natural sounding voices (voices mean instruments), 13 drum kits, 102 built-in songs, and 61 keys.

When I got started I didn't record my ideas using software or a piano roll view. I just did it the most intuitive way to a musician, and that is to play the songs and record them using a microphone (plugged to a computer, so yeah you still at least need an audio recording program such as the freeware Audacity, or the more widely used Adobe Audition CS6 / Cool Edit Pro). You get room noise, yes, but you're a novice and it's the songs that matters, not the production or how professional it will sound.

If you prefer working on a computer, or simply can't play an instrument (ability to play the keyboard is required in most electronic music), you can start with either Reaper, Ableton Live, or FL Studio. All three programs have been

Reaper allows you to use the full thing for 60 days for free. Ableton Live, yes, full functionality for 30 days. FL Studio seems to offer most functions for free except that you can't actually save your file.

So, if you really mean to make electronic music (I kinda doubt it, since you only have 4 ratings), try these. These softwares don't cost you anything to try. They have modern, attractive interface and that in itself should inspire you to create some compelling and creative music.

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Mary Winchester vs. My Mom

Round One
Mary's favorite Beatles song is Hey Jude / Revolution.
My Mom's favorite Beach Boys song is God Only Knows.

Winner: My Mom.

Round Two:
Mary was killed by Yellow-Eyed Demon.
My Mom can't be killed by any demons or angels.

Winner: My Mom.

Round Three:
When Led Zeppelin released Mothership, Mary was dead.
When Led Zeppelin released Mothership, my mom was alive and well.

Winner: My Mom.

Round Four:
Mary didn't follow Misha Collins' twitter.
My Mom doesn't follow Misha Collins' twitter either.

Winner: Tie.

Round Five:
Mary has two sons. One of them is the vessel of Lucifer and the other is watched over by angels.

My Mom's son (me) is the only object that actually exists in the entire universe, and is watched over by angels, demons, black smoke, Jacob, Death and Horatio Caine (I know Horatio usually cares for women and children but he makes an exception for me).

Winner: My Mom.