Actually, Autotune is now seen as a meme because of how overkilled it was.
Although it is an extremely useful tool to adjusting your voice pitch subtlely, the robotic sound use of it has died.
Here's a video with a better explaination of it.

At 12/3/09 10:12 AM, amaterasu wrote: "Remember class, its not about who did it first - it's who did it right."

Smart teacher. I like this quote as well as the other one

Wow, definately gets me thinking of how I want to go about making money off my music. I might just do it the way I plan on doing it now: completely independantly. That way if it bombs, it's out of my pocket, and I won't end up owing a label thousands of dollars (that I may not even need to pay back). If the album is successful and my band makes it big, then I might go for a major label knowing that I'll probably make it as a recouped band and get my royalty checks.
This gave me an idea, I'm currently going through Indie Pool which isn't a label, but allows independant bands to distribute their albums to top music stores (they do much more as well). I'll ask the rep that I'm doing this through how the system works and see if it's better than a major label. IF they are better, than I would recommend them for anyone, and see if there's something like Indie Pool in other countries so that other independant artists won't have to risk getting bullshitted by major labels.
I'll tell you the outcome later.

At 11/29/09 06:02 PM, Kirbyfemur wrote: Mine took me a while. I'll go through my musical career to get to it:

Mine is very similar to your story, Listened to moonlight sonata when I was a baby and the first instrument I picked up was a toy harmonica at 4 years old and I played a medley of Chopin, Bach and Mozart. That's when my parents decided to enroll me in music.
At first I was indifferent about it at the time, I enjoyed learning many different instruments, but to have the feel for the music I played at the time didn't spark on me.
I wasn't until I moved to where I am now that I realized that I have much more musical potential than I was letting myself believe. And now I try very hard to reach that potential and hopefully become the success I dreamed of being since I was 7, although the reasons for my success at 7 were simply for fame, and now I want success for the music.

Yeah I couldn't make the deadline, sorry I'll have to drop out.
But I promise you, I'll be around for the next RaC and it will be awesome.

Damn, I missed the deadline, didn't I?
Oh well, that'll give me till summer to work on my epic scottish metal song.

I just finished writing out the bagpipe part of the song I'll be doing for the contest, the rest will be easy, but hell this is the first actual bagpipe tune I've written in years.
Tomorrow's kind of a town holiday thing, so I'll have a recording of the bagpipes up on Saturday.

At 11/17/09 02:16 PM, NeonProject wrote: If you want me to look through your pieces before the deadline and give you pointers on how to get better scores send me a link to your track via PM. I will only be able to give you feedback twice and me giving you that feedback may not guarantee you perfects scores from all judges.

Could we have done this in the previous contests? That would have been very useful.

Couldn't find a pic, but I know of people like Jay Leno and such like that that are against the Medicare system, and use their influence to propogate that "Medicare is bad, just ask any Canadian, they hate it too."
I love the medicare system.

After a few minutes of deep thought, I decided I would do a 2-3 parter involving the liberation of scotland in the 1200's. Doesn't matter if I can submit them all or not, it would just be an extremely fun project to do.
So...
Artist: PMUTA
Song: FREEDOM!!!!
Country: Scotland
Genre: Metal
Hell yeah!

Artist: PMUTA
Song: TBA
Genre: METAL
Country: Scotland
Please don't be taken, I just finally got my bagpipes up and working in perfect condition.
It is time for the dawn of...
SCOTTISH METAL!!!!

At 9/26/09 09:26 PM, PeterSatera wrote: Thats pretty impressive, I can work vst's etc and played trombone and keyboard myself, I didnt keep them up though. The one thing about VST is that bagpipes are god damn awful on them, no matter what ones you get. So you may get a better result than me purely because you have a genuine instrument he needs.

For me, that playthrough I recorded was aweful, I'm glad you liked it though.
I've actually started writing some renditions hoping that one could be used for the game, one rendition would be solo pipes, another rendition would be like a usual pipe band, and the last rendition will sound like a bagpipe orchestra type thing.

Yeah, My fraternal twin brother.
I told him to stay away from the forums. He said OK

2:15
I knew I was entering a nightmare as soon as I saw them say OMG!
I feel greatly disturbed.

At 9/26/09 04:15 PM, PeterSatera wrote: Anything at all. =D

Good, cause I didn't bother waiting for a reply.
Here's a quick (and rough) playing of Green Hills of Tyrol

Green Hills of Tyrol Bagpipes, by Pure-Metal-UTA Type: SongGenre: Classical

Be sure to read the commentary!
:D

At 9/26/09 09:49 AM, PeterSatera wrote: Hey Metal. Any chance we could hear you play the bagpipes?

=D

Yeah definately, what kind of song do you want to hear?

At 9/25/09 02:19 AM, Alamadu wrote: Ok so pure-metal-UTA you just made me facepalm

Like I said, it's not a credible source, I'm just going with what my sister told me. I do think it makes sense.

I heard something completely different, I have no credible source so don't take my word for it.
I was told that the books were written as a way to promote the drug lords at that time, and that everything in the book had some sort of relation to some sort of drug.
For example: Following the white rabbit represented cocaine, the drinks that made her shrink and grow big were uppers and downers, the caterpillar with his hukka pipe represented opium... and that's all I can remember.
Like I said, I have no credible sources, I only heard this from my sister. But it does make sense.

I would have posted this yesterday but my computer was being kind of screwy, but I fixed that now.
I even copied the message I was going to post haha

I play bagpipes!
But my reed is kinda fucked right now, so I'll have to try to get that working. But as soon as I get it working, I'll give it a shot.
I have a few questions, though. What specific type of war music are you looking for? The Marches (Like Scotland the Brave) are the ones that are supposed to give the most impact, but the Retreat marches sound amazing (have you ever listen to Green Hills of Tyrol?)
If you're not looking for those types, I also know and can learn slow marches, jigs, reels, hornpipes, and others. I have a book that's filled with songs that last up to 15 minutes or more, and the other book has 2-3 minute songs.
So yeah, just PM me if you want me to take a shot at it, and specify what song or type of song you're looking for.

At 9/4/09 08:48 PM, Luxury-Yacht wrote:

At 9/4/09 08:39 PM, Pure-Metal-UTA wrote:

At 9/4/09 08:24 PM, Luxury-Yacht wrote: While I do agree that too much money is being spent on their rehabilitation activities, I do NOT agree that they should be denied rehabilitation and a chance to redeem themselves to society for committing a crime and serving time at such a young age.

If they come out and they haven't changed one bit, then I would say that that was a serious waste of taxpayer's money.

They came out of JAIL, not REHAB. BIG DIFFERENCE. Jail is a violent place, and often just results in people becoming even more violent after they spend time there.

I'm sure the article said that they went to rehab. They wouldn't give privelages in a real jail... would they?

Unless you want them spending decades in jail, still soaking up taxpayer money for a far longer stretch of time than what their rehab would require, or having them put to death at taxpayer expense and denying them an opportunity to repent and try to live as compassionate people, then the only option is rehab while they still have a chance to be molded into normal people.

The way I see it, to them, they're not getting punished or rehabilitated. They're getting rewarded for their actions. Free TV, Computer, all at the taxpayer's expense. That doesn't seem right. If you want children to learn for their mistakes, then you need to punish them. Let them know how real justice is done rather than spoiling them.

Well, I agree that they ARE being let off a bit easily. They should be given harsh punishment and made to know that what they did was horrible, but they have to be released SOMETIME, you know? They've spent the second half of their lives being incarcerated. Maybe they should be given the attention and money it requires to rehabilitate the mentally ill.

I agree with you here, but I only hope that they're given a more harsh environment so they do change, otherwise, this whole thing won't work, and they'll come out the same as they went in.

If they want to be good, it wouldn't cost teh God damned money because they would apparently have some sort of inherent urge to be good people despite years of abuse.

The thing is, they DON'T want to be good, they were still found bullying the other inmates.
Even then, Some of the taxpayers are paying money so two rotten kids can have luxeries that the payer's can't even afford. None of that seems right at all.

OF FUCKING COURSE THEY DON'T "WANT" TO BE GOOD, THEY KILLED SOMEONE AND SPENT ABOUT A DECADE IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON IMPRISONMENT. In that kind of environment, it's bully or be bullied. They obviously chose to bully because it came naturally to them, and that needs to be remedied.

I see what you mean, but the way I see it, they don't care if it's a bully or be bullied place, they would bully no matter what kind of place they're in. Even if they were in a Absolute 0 tolerance area.

My arguments are based on the assumption that they still get privelages like TV and Computer

I agree that they should not be pampered, but I still believe that they should be given a chance to show that they can exist as people without being violent.

I didn't say that they should be given the death pentaly, I said that they should be given a longer sentence. Based on your arguments, yeah, they shouldn't be as drastic as I said they should be, but they should still be in there longer than the sentence they were given. That way, they would be more improved.

At 9/4/09 08:24 PM, Luxury-Yacht wrote: While I do agree that too much money is being spent on their rehabilitation activities, I do NOT agree that they should be denied rehabilitation and a chance to redeem themselves to society for committing a crime and serving time at such a young age.

If they come out and they haven't changed one bit, then I would say that that was a serious waste of taxpayer's money.

Unless you want them spending decades in jail, still soaking up taxpayer money for a far longer stretch of time than what their rehab would require, or having them put to death at taxpayer expense and denying them an opportunity to repent and try to live as compassionate people, then the only option is rehab while they still have a chance to be molded into normal people.

The way I see it, to them, they're not getting punished or rehabilitated. They're getting rewarded for their actions. Free TV, Computer, all at the taxpayer's expense. That doesn't seem right. If you want children to learn for their mistakes, then you need to punish them. Let them know how real justice is done rather than spoiling them.

If they want to be good, it wouldn't cost teh God damned money because they would apparently have some sort of inherent urge to be good people despite years of abuse.

The thing is, they DON'T want to be good, they were still found bullying the other inmates.
Even then, Some of the taxpayers are paying money so two rotten kids can have luxeries that the payer's can't even afford. None of that seems right at all.

My arguments are based on the assumption that they still get privelages like TV and Computer

Alright I actually read the article.

that IS BRUTAL. Not just what they did, but their "punishment"
If I were the law, I'd give those kids until they were 40 until they got out. AND I would take their privelages away. Even though they already did because they were attacking the other prisoners.
I also wouldn't give them anonomity, IF they were given privelages, that way when they get out, they can feel the real punishment.
So yeah, fuck those kids.

At 9/4/09 07:44 PM, ZenOfAnger wrote: Thoughts? Comments?

That's brutal. Brutality can be awesome.
However, were they torturing eachother? Or... were other people doing that to them?
Another Note: If I were sent to rehap, I'd hope they had more to do than just dance lessons and cooking. I wouldn't so much mind the video games, but that can get boring.

At 8/31/09 01:27 PM, ChocEliteBar wrote: It's Bungie, not Google. Bungie clearly explains this somewhere on their site...

Find me the link please, I know it's on there somewhere, but I can't find it.

If Disney buys out Bungie, they'll use Bungie to get to Microsoft, considering that X-Box is connected to microsoft and Halo is a top game on X-box. So once they buy out bungie, they'll be getting a share of the benefits Microsoft gets, and they'll use that to their advantage and buy out microsoft. And then they'll go for Google. Then, they'll rule pretty much everything.
Worst case senario, probably lots of loopholes.

First of all: Congratulations! It's awesome to see an NG musician take music to the level you have. I'm close to releasing an album, but this is YOUR thread, not mine. So congratulations!

At 5/4/09 08:10 AM, Kingbastard wrote: hope so man, these are tough times, musically and monetarily speaking... I need to catch a break, it's hard work tying to promote everything yourself in such a saturated market.

I know what you mean. that's where you get connections. Ask your friends to help you promote, they may go to sites that you don't, and they can help you promote on those sites. That's really helpful.
Also, just recently I found a site that helps independant artists distribute their tracks to major stores (I think it's only in Canada, but it's worth looking at)
Indie Pool

Alright, I just found out what to do.
You send an application to the Canadian Copyright office and they look over it and then they send you a certificate of copyright.
More info here

At 8/25/09 10:58 PM, boney-man wrote: well, it seems you're from canada, and i don't know how it works there, but in the US we just have to send a tangible copy of the work (your album, in this case) to the copyright office, with an application and a fee, and if it's all good, then bam, you get your official copyright certificate in the mail.

That's good to hear, I'll look into that right away and tell you if it works the same here.

At 8/25/09 12:50 PM, ZStriefel wrote: you need you music copyrighted or you need a distribution deal? cause they're not tied together.

I need it copyrighted. The distribution deals come after.

I guess I forgot to mention that I need my music licensed for physical distribution. I know that my music is licensed when it's put on iTunes and such.

So as some of you may know, my band is just about ready to release an album. However, I do not want to go through any copyright issues upon releasing the album. so I'm going to need a license for my music so it doesn't get stolen.
So I need recommendations, because I googled to see if any would come up, but I didn't. What licensors would you recommend for a heavy metal band?