MI7®

I've never liked any of these communities on the internet, I've never visited Facebook and I don't like MySpace (even though I now have a page, Yes). But then I stumbled across MI7 when searching for an upgrade to Cubase. I hesitated a lot before putting my music on the net, but some friends kept pushing me so finally I thought, well, I'll try to upload some songs... And that MI7 community seemed okay.

Suddenly some friend requests popped up and by now I must say: What a great community this is! Full of talented and caring people, real professionals alongside with total amateurs like myself, but always there to give uplifting comments but also intelligent advices and tips. I'm truly grateful for your comments! Its great that you all take time to listen, and its great to have different point of views on my stuff. I don't really know what I'm doing, how to perform, write or record music, so its really hard for me to see if my musical ideas have any potential. So I really appreciate any comments.

Now I've already got a better understanding of music and I think I have a clue what to do next to take my music further. I've got to start working with midi, pre-recorded symphonic sounds, a softsampler so I can process the sounds from inside Cubase. I have to learn more theory, more about the instruments I'm using... (on the other hand I got a comment about my music being a unique soundscape, thanks to my rather unconventional use of some instruments. That, of course, depends on me not having a clue about the nature of these instruments). And I will never make any complaints about my gear again, I will just do the best I can with the equipment and knowledge I've got.

Another obstacle for me is my patience. I have very limited time and so much music I want to put down so, I must admit, I don't give every track the time needed by far. I rush through the tracks (5 minutes of music takes me about 2 hours to do, from idea to finished recording), and my fear is this: Since I don't really know how to write notes (or have the patience doing it) I fear the day I'm sitting with a better equipment trying to perform and record my music once again. I hear myself shouting: How on earth did I play that? Or do that? And of course, the quality and details could be much more worked through... Well, maybe my ideas will slow down sometime so I really can work with my existing material and learn more about recording and my equipment...

Oh well, I'm really happy about finding this "musical hobby" at the age of 35 and will keep on trying! I´m constantly uploading new music, I uploaded two (actually four, see my track descriptions) new songs while writing this blog, "The Island of Mereld" and "Mereld burning". Take care and feel free to comment!