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Is starting young (13) a good idea?
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ZakFenlon
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 12:28:18
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hey im just wondering if it is a bonus to start to make music young.
i started when i was 13 playing with acid 4 ect , but then i moved on to cubaseSX3 , i can sometimes write good riffs n breaks n stuff but i wonder even if i am working to the best of my ability, has my brain fully evolved yet |
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smehoparanoya
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 12:41
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The brain has a long way to go throughout our whole physical life. The earlier you start, the more you learn and faster you evolve
 Monitoring devices, know where you go
Mass media, total control
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Data overflow, virtual suicide
This information, is disinformation
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Fuzulu
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 13:17
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ofcourse its a very good idea ... ur very lucky |
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Tomos
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 13:18
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Your influences and style and understanding of music will change throughout your life, it tends to slow down as you get older. I have noticed myself listening to less and less new music (pop, rock etc.) mainly because it all sounds the same to me. After a lifetime of listening, you do tend to hear the same thinly disguised chords and melodies over and over again.
I read a very interesting book, which I recommend to everyone called 'This is your brain on music'
http://tinyurl.com/69cw32
Which does mention that as you get older you are less open to new music. The adult brain is less dynamic, it is slower at learning (but it is not impossible) and your tastes tend to become engrained and less flexible.
The idea of scales and pleasing melodies is a learned process - it isn't in built from birth. So the more you expose yourself to varied styles and music from around the world, the more experience you have to draw upon.
Because so many bedroom producers with no formal music training are appearing, I've found that musical rules are being totally ignored in a lot of urban music - especially in the UK where grime/garage/dub step and very raw sounding styles exist. Some of the notes are completely wrong - but the more you listen, the more the brain adapts to understand it. Personally, I don't like this trend.
I think that my musical taste at age 13 was pretty good, but completely different to now (age 25). I make better informed decisions about notes, melodies and progression, but I do get a bit frustrated by not understanding why people are going on about these fabulous new styles of music that totally pass me by. |
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Mike A
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 14:15
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Is starting young (13) a good idea? |
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kajola
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 15:36
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Boobytrip
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 15:48
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 yes, of courso. Why wait ? You have more time than most people who work, younger artists tend to be more creative than older ones because they have not yet developed working habits and you will have more years of fun making music. |
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sly
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 18:59
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i'm almost jealous reading this 
if i had started in your age...
yes mate, it's the best idea to start as early as possible!
but my advice is to focus on music, not only on psytrance. i think 13 is a bit young for that kind of scene. don't party too much, learn all that technical and musical stuff fundamently instead and you gonna be the best producer ever (maybe)... |
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Mike A
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 19:50
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I started at 13 - and I'm glad I did so.
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cr1st0
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 20:21
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I think is the best age to start.
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ZakFenlon
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 22:08
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orange
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 22:23
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Alex Roudos
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Posted : Apr 20, 2008 22:54
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It's definitely good NOW........but definitely not good when i was 13 because there was no electronic dance music yet(house music was born in 1985) nor computers of course, able to reproduce musically nothing more than a today's ringtone 
A friend told me once that the biggest mistake we make is that we believe we live, when in reality we are sleeping in the waiting room of life. |
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Chemogen
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Posted : Apr 21, 2008 00:21
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Christ dude, I wish I were into something as cool as Psytrance when I was 13.
You definitely have the right ideas...Just expand on everything you've got in that track, your rythms and structure are great, but now start appealing to the psychedelic mind with broader, textured soundscapes and you're set. That sound effect melody you have in space stomper is very, very cool.
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ZakFenlon
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Posted : Apr 21, 2008 00:25
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On 2008-04-20 22:23, orange wrote:
for a 13 year old kid... u rock!a word of advice is to broaden ur musical skills on different styles than just electronic music!
go for it u got it!
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thanx for ur warm word dude , im actually 15 , i started wen i was 13 , i will up load an old track lol if u want, i have very wide musical skills, i write punk and alot of metal also drum n bass , so yeah i have a very wide knlowledge base, |
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