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I bought some cords recently and like them alot – never thought I’d go for cords but I think I’m converted!
don’t you do what ‘the kids’ do these days and wear them half way down your arse with skid-mark pants sticking out the top?
I find clothes sizes confusing – half the time I’ll see something I like, try it on and it’ll fit…then turns out it’s girl’s clothes…like bras and stuff!
agreed, Mustaine….what a cock!! I’d probably like Megadeth if he wasn’t in them. And Slayer…YES!!
It pleases me to see that Manowar are still going strong and still flying the flag for true Warriors of Metal…bless em! They must all be in their 50s now!
@Gazatronium-Ethane 416738 wrote:
YOU WERE IN PANIC CELL?!?! DA FUCK!!!!!
No, not me – the drummer I played with yrs ago is with them now. He sent me this photo a while back of him on stage when they supported Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer & Anthrax at Sonisphere last year…was wild seeing about 20,000 metallers in front of him!
Manowar…haha – they’re classic…very silly, but they kinda get away with it! WE-ARE-MANOWAR!!!!
@Kodama 416459 wrote:
Ahh yeah, I know of Panic Cell. Sorry to hear about the lead guitarist – that must have been horrible. : Got any music up online or anything?
I don’t have any of the original stuff we did unfortunately – lost a load of stuff from moving about too much. The earlier demos were all on cassette (CDs were expensive back then). There was a CD done a while back in memory of the guitarist, kinda like a best-of, which I have in a box somewhere – I’ll dig it out and upload some on my website.
I just remembered we supported Napalm Death in this tiny little club. They were all really boring, didn’t drink, smoke etc!
Does Manowar come under Power Metal?
@Kodama 416432 wrote:
What was your band called? Did you release anything?
Beggar’s Opera mate – we only had demos at the time but played lots of gigs all over. I left in 93 but they carried on for a few yrs after employing a better singer/guitarist than I was – came close to being signed but then it all went to shit for various reasons…then the lead guitarist died! The drummer plays for a band called Panic Cell now who’re pretty good and relatively well-known.
was a true metaller in the 80s – denim and leather. Was in a thrash metal band for 4yrs and toured Germany back in ’91. Had an extensive collection of LPs too which have all been lost 🙁 Techno and goa took over in the 90s. Now I just love it all (going to Sonisphere this year).
I just about remember seeing it on the cinema…I was 8! The effects back then were unreal, in fact even to this day I reckon they’re pretty good. I had one of a handheld Tron computer game in the 80s – you’d hold it up to your eyes like binoculars and shoot stuff – hours of fun!
@p0ly 412335 wrote:
I’ve read every one of your posts, you are a prat and everyone would agree.
hahahaha!
@Iacchus 401528 wrote:
Yes to making ambient
My main advice to everyone ever is DONT USE REASON! No offence to the Reason fanboys I know why people like it, it was my first sequencer myself, but pretty much everyone outgrows the software fairly quickly, the lack of hardware/vst support is a massive drag and using two sequencers at once with rewire breaks your workflow and is a massive pain in the arse. Also you wont be able to record your guitar into it, it’s a black box and hates the outside world.
Acid pro isnt bad it’s got a bad reputation but Rusko does all his work in acid pro it can do everything the others can too its just best for stuff like mashup
I’ve worked with the all the sequencers over the years and to be honest I think Ableton Live wins hands down. Despite being initially designed for live performance it does everything all the other sequencers do and a lot of things a lot better. It’s built in effects arent as good as they are in say Logic but you can get great VST effects and Ableton is by far the easiest sequencer to manipulate audio in, I can work a lot faster in it and at the end of the day that is what is important when the one thing that makes a track better is time, and lots of it
Also if you’re serious get a hardware synth. Software synths are ok but just dont cut the mustard for professional production they always lack the warm rich sound you get from a real analogue modelling synth. I think dubstep is the only genre where the professionals can get away with software synths (and most dubstep basslines still sound pretty flat to me most of the time), if you’re doing anything trancey you need a synth with big polyphony and it’s own internal processor.
I wouldnt recommend and actual analogue synth (like a moog) they are really only good for making simple but fat noises and they’re a bugger to use, for ambient you’ll be wanting complex pads etc so an analogue modelling synth will be far more useful.
I can recommend u some ok software VSTs tho if u want to learn the ropes before u commit to a buy. Albino 2 and z3ta are ok and easy to get to grips with, you’ll get better noises out of NI Massive and Absynth but they’re harder to get your head round.
And try not to use presets you’ll need to learn to program synths eventually might as well start now 😉
thanks for the info – is any of your stuff available to download/stream? Would be interested to hear it.
so is cubase generally recommended over something like acidpro? Acidpro seems relatively straight forward – haven’t seen cubase. Bearing in mind I’m not setting out to be a pioneer or get signed…I’m just interested, good with computers, like music and wanna give it a try.
is there really that much difference between analogue and digital…or is it like comparing mp3 to cd? I’ve read there are more sound possibilities with analogue, but am I ever likely to use up all the possibilities I can get with digital?
does anyone else make tunes using just a computer and no other equipment?
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