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hello everyone, i thought it pertinent to introduce myself

i'm a singer/songwriter from sydney, australia. i'm always looking for good music to inspire me. this seemed like a suitable place to go to. my favourite albums atm are kid a, for emma, forever ago, and david bowie's "low". my main influences are psychedelic, ambient, folk, post rock and progressive. i really like abstract lyrics and poetry; i hate straightforward lyrics.

i'm one of those "starving artists" in that i can never seem to find a steady job while regularly venturing for gigs, paid or not. most are the latter, for now. right now i'm in a bit of a slump since my pc with protools is screwed up, so i can't record.

i will probably mainly be using this site to post my lyrics and ask for advice.. don't have a lot of time on my hands.

anyway HELLO HERP DERP :beer:

Welcome.

What are your instruments of choice?

at the moment i'm mainly a singer/guitarist. i use keys for figuring out musical theory. my sense of dynamics and taste is musically mature (from what my uni lecturers told me) but my ability in theory is lacking. i've been singing "my whole life", i've only played guitar for two or so years, but luckily i love it enough to have learned quickly.

my myspace/youtubes are the same urls as my username on this forum. don't worry, i'll be sticking around, i just didn't want to spam 15 posts.

And your musical preferences?

i kind of inferred that with my influences, didn't i?

Wow, from friendly to defensive in one post :p:

These are just labels that you can apply to an X number of bands and artists. Do you have any favorites besides Bowie, Bon Iver and Radiohead?

I was referring to specific music preferences, other than the few you named. It's what we do here. Good luck fitting in, though.






Idiot.

Welcome, OceanAndSilence,
I listened to "Babel"--very heartfelt, and I liked the increase in energy and intensity as you picked up the song. I enjoy abstract lyrics, too, but actually right now am writing lyrics that are intentionally almost completely devoid of metaphors and symbolism--about as straightforward as I can make them :)! So it should be fun for me to listen/read your work for a change of pace!

I imagine it is lovely where you are (Australia). All I see around me is row after row after row after row after row after row after row of corn and soybeans (with an occasional livestock confinement to break up the monotony of agricultural monocultures).
--Erica

oh my, you pressed enter a few times for effect!

as for my preferences, they're eclectic. i like many bands, and musicians, but i don't see the point of listing them. are my preferences a definition of me? sorry for not doing what you wanted, sugar. i don't think it's an issue of fitting in as much as it is an expression of individuality (and if that's what you meant by "fitting in", then i will fit in nicely). thank you for your kind words to a new member.

thanks. i wish i lived in that sort of area... i live in suburban sydney. i'm sure it's no smogfest like some parts of america, but it's getting there.

Does being so individual mean disregarding anyone who takes an interest in you?

You're new here, awwsugar wanted to show an interest in you and welcome you to the site & you basically threw it back in her face.

Keep on doing that & no you won't fit in here.

ok, check this **** out. you bend over to harvest your radishes.

radiohead, muse, neil young, chopin, tchaikovsky, beethoven, brahms, camille saint-saens, bach, phillip glass, eric serra, tim minchin, portishead, bobby mcferrin, don mclean, the beatles, freddy fender, martin ***e, al green, van morrison, etta james, carolyn king, mgmt, bjork, screamin' jay hawkins, flight of the conchords, joy division, talking heads, pink floyd, bon iver, jeff buckley, led zep, outkast, damien rice, ccr, tangerine dream, kraftwerk, the cure, ratatat, this will destroy you, carbon based lifeforms, mogwai, godspeed you! black emperor, frank zappa, 10cc, nobuo uematsu, daft punk, lisa hannigan, tripod, cat stevens, joni mitchell, the beautiful girls, pete murray, cold chisel, steve perry, jack johnson, the doors, stevie wonder, david bowie, queen, simon and garfunkel, the pixies, bob dylan, bob marley, the strokes, weezer, fleetwood mac, the arcade fire, john farnham, sidney bechet. probably a few more that i do not recall.

i find listings things like this pretentious, because many of the people i've "talked music" with use music as a social plateau rather than appreciating the music for what it is. granted, i don't believe that would happen here, but i still don't like making lists.

are you happy now?

p.s. second page, score!

Shit's been checked, you sir do indeed have quite the electic taste. It looks as though you don't dive too deep into any one genre looking at the artists you've listed, but even so it's a pleasure to have you on the forum.

you're right, i haven't delved deeply into any genre, i don't want to pigeon-hole my preferences before i even start. my main goal is to only create songs in a manner that encapsulates their context, which can be done by utilizing all song facets meticulously.

right now i want to focus on music that is ambient/experimental, maybe even electronica like aphex or autechre... taking away rhythmic percussive elements usually allows us to lose the sense of time, and listen. i like that feeling.

Ah, so you've already made one. My apologies for overlooking this. You've started off roughly here already? Usually hard to do, but not lately because there seems to be a string of overly sensitive posters floating about. I might be included in that lineup. Your list shows we've got a few in common, so I'll be seeing you on the boards. Welcome.

Hello again OceanAndSilence,
I agree with you very much about enjoying music for what it is and not using it as a social plateau. I think my last post about music on MB was about the "Inchworm" song and how it is one of my all-time favorites! There seem to be a lot of Tool groupies here, but none of those songs move me like the "Inchworm" song does :)

I think MB is a great place to learn about genres and their history and development. I suspect you'll find a lot of useful info here. I, for example, know pretty much nothing about musicians and music other than classical music, so I've enjoyed reading about death metal and rap on MB (there are stickies at the top of each section that provide descriptions of genres). Also, members' journals are a great place to learn about music you may not have heard before (although it sounds like you've heard a lot).

Sorry about the smog in Suburban Sydney. One positive about Iowa is that it is so cold in winter (-30 degrees F, excluding windchill) that we don't have a lot of people or cars or smog. Of course, all the runoff from the manure and fertilizer here is contributing to the "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, so "we" do our fair share of polluting the world.

of course! just because i'm new to these forums doesn't mean i'm new to forums.

thanks for your kind words peeps, i've been a wee bit busy lately so haven't had the time to chillax here.