Music discussion is very lacking here for. Compared to reddit. And yeah I know, ‘just post then’. But when I search for music communities here they’re empty. And it makes sense because no-one is posting. So kind of a catch 22.
now i dont exactly know how all this lemmy stuff works but… to all you musos out there, can you join me and search for music under communities (I’m using summit app) and just at a minimum subscribe to all the ones that you would be interested in(if they were popping off)?
At least that way when one of us posts, the rest of us will actually see it (I suspect).
Anyway. Keep making the world more fun for everyone else.
P.s if your not a musician, but you like golf or something, subscribe to the golf communities even if they’re empty.
I’m a musician and that doesnt play much any more. I actually found something from the good old days of reddit when cleaning my parents house… A CD… That was sent to me by a stranger from reddit as a music swap. I think the idea is awesome and as much as I love the ability to listen to everything streaming, sitting down and listening to that CD invoked amazing memories I forgot about, and I even found a few bangers I didn’t vibe with all those years ago. Long story short, I wanna do music swaps with people and not just playlists, actual physical music. Don’t know if anyone will read this or how I would even physically send someone music now, but if you’re interested post or DM me and we can figure something out!
I play a bunch of instruments at least good enough to jam around a campfire. I also am in the middle of designing and building an analog drone based instrument with multiple oscillator types, a swimming pool of onboard effects, filters and other doodads.
I found a synth diy community the other day that I plan to start posting to soon.
Are you aware of “Look Mum No Computer” on YouTube? If not, you may find it useful.
I am. His channel, Paul in the Lab, and Music From Outer Space are where I tell people to start if they show an interest.
Your description of a “swimming pool of onboard effects” has reminded me of a project I did in university (for an engineering and product design degree). We were each given a laser pointer and a light sensor and told to make a musical instrument with it. After a chat with a music professor we decided to go for a somewhat loose interpretation of “instrument” and shone the laser through a bowl of water. The bowl itself was clear too, so the laser shone right through and we could pick up its position on the other side. We then mapped the x and y axes to pitch and volume so that splashing the water turned into a kind of random whalesong generator
Useful for actually making music? No, not really. It was a lot of fun though
Guitar for 25 years with some bass and drums in there too, play in one band atm but always on the lookout for new stuff. I should play more.
It’s a shame the music communities here aren’t as vibrant as reddit but far less people over here. I live in hope that it’ll get busier!
Sub to communities you wanna see pop off and that’s how they get more active.
I’d love to have a music theory comm. Like discussing some passages and analyzing things beyond the basics
My partner is a professional musician and maybe this would finally get me to convince her to join Lemmy
I would happily contribute to this, lmk if we decide on a specific community to all join in on, I think it would be cool if it was musician’s interests in general. Like I’m an audio engineer as well as a guitarist so it would fun to have a space to have deep conversations about both, as well as other musical niches people have an interest in.
- Used to play viola back in school. Lost it around fall 2019, early winter 2020 during a forced move.
- I currently have an acoustic guitar I got recently. Really need to actually play it now that I have time instead of letting it sit in the case. Learn it instead of procrastinating.
- I should follow music communities to find more music, but I don’t because IDK.
- I don’t post because I feel like whenever I do post on a site like this that I need to respond to everyone who replies, which adds mental gymnastics I don’t wanna play with .
I’m a bassist in a few bands. Wish there was more bass discussion here on Lemmy.
If you’re into prog rock, check out one of my band’s songs: frog rock
Have you followed/subbed to the bass communities on Lemmy? The more people do it, the more they’ll talk there. Just gotta take the first baby steps.
It’s posting that really gets the ball rolling. Spread out over days/weeks helps a lot.
if you can’t tell from my username. I am also a bassist.
I’ve been getting into some transcription groups of FB. That might be a good community here? I get bored real quick of photos of pedal boards, ampeg/orange stacks, Rickenbackers and alcoholism memes
I love acoustic and classical guitar. Never could make electric work for me. Maybe had I learned jazz things would be different. Just too hippie
I think finding an electric guitar tone you like is half the battle.
If you’re just playing clean guitar through a clean amp, it’s probably going to be boring for the most part.
Crank the gain up on the amp and/or get a few choice pedals, and you can make it sound like anything you want.
I like fucking around with delays and reverbs sometimes, and just make crazy ambient soundscapes.
For someone that’s keen on classical I would suggest going a very different direction for electric. Low gain, humbucker pickups, neck pickup, flatwound strings, plenty of mids in the mix, and only a gentle amount of reverb for that super-rich soft jazzy tone. A guitar with a bigsby tailpiece is great for applying subtle vibrato to whole chords too, which is not easily achieved on a classical
Lol to telling someone who’s playing acoustic that a clean tone is boring
I said “if.”
And there’s a big difference between electric guitar with clean tone, and an unamplified acoustic.
I’ve played guitar on and off since I was about 7, but I’m still amateurish at best. I got some lessons in my late teens from a co-worker that got me good enough to bash out chords in the church band. Played bass briefly in a band after quitting the church in the early nineties, but didn’t really touch an instrument again until the divorce in '09. I’ve been playing ukulele since then after getting some cheap ones for my kids and learning it myself to teach them and fell in love with it. I used to go busking with it 5-6 days a week singing and playing covers when I was unemployed and broke, but that ended about ten years ago when I had to get a real job.
I’ve never considered myself a musician, though.
Guy plays guitar and uke. Teaches kids music, gigged every day. Doesn’t consider himself a musician. I think you’re a more active musician than most professionals lol.
I appreciate the thought, but I’ve been around actual musicians, and I’m not that.
I have only the most rudimentary knowledge of music theory, have only ever written one song, which was terrible, and didn’t actually end up teaching my kids ukulele.
These days I just fiddle about with my ukes on my couch. If I ever get over my inertia, I’ve been thinking of putting up some youtube clips of my covers, but don’t hold your breath.
Guitar here.
Maybe we can decide on one sub we can all inhabit? There’s not enough folks on Lemmy to keep niche communities alive. If we just pick a general (any instrument) community it might be functional. Instrument specific communities could branch off when they have enough people
Yeah that’s why I recommend subbing to a bunch and over time the winner will reveal itself
I’m a musician with dreams of opening a donations based label and covering a different genre every album. Currently releasing a mixtape where each song is a different genre.
Most recent release was on July 4th to protest all the horseshit going on in America: https://youtu.be/RsS5mFz-WgA
Also have a video explaining my dream a bit more here: https://youtu.be/1SROCLSPY9U
Your video is an interesting concept. I do wonder though about switching genres each album. I get why, but as a consumer you’d have to let them know what to expect. That it’s all about exploration. Because let’s say your 2nd album pops off and goes viral for its hiphop. If you make your next album classical choir acapellas, you are essentially alienating your audience. Unless they know you pulling some weird shit from the beginning like ‘I love robots’ on netflix. You know what I mean? Feel like you’d lose momentum across time unless your audience expressly follows you because they want to see you explore in every direction.
But who am I to say anything, Im just a dude replying on the internet
I already have it all planned out. I know which album will lead into which and have ways I will play off it. I do switch as drastically as rock to Hip Hop but none of them are niche genres like choir lol.
I’m essentially creating love letters to all these different genres that have influenced me, and they’re all genres with bigger fanbases. I’m trying to tie them together through lyrical content.
I used to play saxophone, clarinet and flute for years, but then I moved to Australia and I didn’t bring any of them with me. They’re expensive here, too, so I can’t bring myself to buy another…
Though now I have an Irish low whistle, I haven’t had a chance to really get in to it because of changing jobs, moving houses, etc etc. The lack of buttons is challenging.
I admit, though, I have a longing to just get back in to a community band again just to be surrounded by music again.
You in Melbourne? What kind of music do you like listening to?
Sure am. I listen to a lot of different genres and it really depends on my mood and the sound of the song. I can’t pinpoint any specific type of music, even my partner is confused. Now I’ve just been listening to 80s and 90s Elton John, Shania Twain, etc for nostalgia… But I’ll listen to pop, rock, metal, heavy metal, Irish trad, folk, calm instrumental music, occasional j-pop, jazz,…
Yeah that counts. Have you found a boopbox community on reddit?
No, I didn’t make any music when I used Reddit, and I didn’t even know about Beepbox, so I wasn’t exactly searching for one. Haven’t found a community about it on Lemmy yet
I play the guitar, but mostly I just learn tricky songs and I try to play them. I would happily read about music though.
I’ve been working on playing the chords and melody at the same time on my guitar for my own songs. So haaaard. But slowly im getting there
Bassist and vocalist here! Production and mixing too. Really love synths too.
Massive rush fan, if its not obvious
Bedroom guitarist with too many pedals checking in
There is a guitar pedal community on Lemmy go search and sub to it. Lemmi see that pedalboard!
Was subbed to it before we got kicked off lemm.ee. But yeah I should rejoin and give it a post.
You probably don’t want to know about this then: https://www.ehx.com/products/tri-parallel-mixer/
Three parallel effects chains… Absolute overkill.
Hey bro anytime you’re done with my EH Small Stone, y’know. Feel free to bring it back.
Sorry, traded it in for this guy. Will bring it over next time we have a beer and a bud.
I traded in my pedal collection for a GT-3 decades ago, and I won’t look back.
I get option paralysis when I don’t keep things dedicated to one pedal-one sound. I had a GT-1000 for about a year and never felt at home with it. Way happier with a small watt tube amp and dedicated pedals.
