Technology is just way too cool!

[Dave Bryce]

So, I'm sitting here today doing character voices for a solitaire game for the internet. I am working with Alphajerk - it's his project. He is in North Carolina, I am in LA. He is working on a PC, I am working on a Mac. He is emailing me his animations and dialogue, and I am looking at them and doing the voices, which I am recording, editing, converting to .WAV files, and emailing back to him. Once in a while, we are speaking on the phone, but we are mostly communicating by email.

 

Alpha and I have never laid eyes on each other - our relationship exists solely as a result of these forums. I basically "auditioned" for him by emailing him an MP3 of some other voice-over work that I had done. The final result will be a double solitaire game that folks can play with other people across the internet anywhere in the world.

 

This is just way too much fun...so much of this would not have been possible/affordable even a few short years ago. It is just amazing how much excellent technology is available to us these days, isn't it?

 

Who else is doing projects that has them jazzed about technology? Let's hear about it!

 

dB

[Graham English]

I recently laid down some Clav and Hammond for a buddy of mine across the continent. He emailed the track to me, I laid it down and emailed the final result for approval. Of course he dug it http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif and I put a quality version in the mail the next day. That was cool!

[Guest]

I did one collaboration over the internet, we basically worked by trading wav files on my server, adding parts here and there. Problem is we didn't know when to stop, the final version was kinda silly but there were some nice tracks on the way.

 

The best thing that's happened because of technology is I've met some excellent artists through the internet.

 

I got along so well with one guy on the BBs that I drove up to Santa Cruz to record with him. We didn't hit it off in person as well as I expected but the respect was certainly there and the music we made is really cool.

 

We recorded about 26 minutes of music in two nights, a lot of fun.

 

If you're interested the the songs are all really short (like 2 minutes) you can download them here:

http://www.besonic.com/pitchforkandnotesleb

 

notesleb is my screen name on most forums.

 

However, I've also met people on the BBs that when meeting them in person was not only disappointed but disgusted at the way they viewed life and music. It's weird there is so much that just doesn't translate in writing. Most of my experiences have been good though, I've met some great musicians and can say I call a few of them friends now.

 

P.S.

Voice overs? Is that what wannabe tech guys who couldn't cut it as players do to make money?

 

Wait a minute, I don't have any need for a NanoPiano thing http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

 

 

This message has been edited by truth@jamfree.com on 04-20-2001 at 11:16 PM

[Gus Lozada]

Man, this thread seems to be made for me and my band fellows...

 

I do live in Torreon, Coahuila, México. My guitar Player lives about 6 hours driving from here. My Lead Vocalist lives about 18 driving hours from here. Forget it, he never comes driving...

 

I make all the computer stuff music, then encode it to REAL AUDIO (for faster delivery) and send it via e-mail to my pals, so they can write some lyrics and guitar arrangements. The guitar player has a mini studio running ACID through it, so he can record some lines in *.wav format and burn them in a CD which later he mails me. The lead singer sends me via e-mail its raw REAL audio lines just to give me an idea about the melody.

 

Then I assemble everything in my studio. ACID, CakeWalk, CUBASE... whatever is required to solve the puzzle.

 

We have only met at my studio ONCE in about one year!! and that was mainly because we played in this city.

 

I recorded the vocalist lines and some other guitar stuff in my Laptop while we met for playing in the cities we are called to gig at... Very Interesting, don't you think so? Something like a miracle...

 

God bless music technology... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gif

[dansouth]

GusTraX - must be working! Your stuff sounds GREAT!!!

[joegerardi]

I did the .MID transcription Of Emo's Piano Concerto No. 1 for him at the request of Will Alexander and it was entirely over the 'net. We corresponded reqularly for months until it was just the way Emo wanted it. The whole thing was a gas to do.

[makalei]

what about this for an idea if you were composing a film score in la. and the cost and quality of the musicians isn't that great you could hire musicians from another country like germany or something and do all that work over the internet. maybe someday

 

This message has been edited by makalei@ij.net on 04-21-2001 at 07:22 AM

[Guest]

what about this for an idea if you were composing a film score in la. and the cost and

quality of the musicians isn't that great you could hire musicians from another country

like germany or something

 

This is what I don't like about the internet. You should always support your local musicians first. For example, I make it a point to shop at the store in my immediate neighborhood because it helps to improve and support the quality of my neighborhood. If you can't find good players in your area you haven't looked hard enough. If the musicians cost too much you don't have enough money to do the project and should call it quits. The practice of trying to get musicians at a bargain and/or from another economy is simply WRONG. Who the hell are you to play economic games with a professional musician's livelyhood?

 

This extends beyond music, I'm equally against hiring cheap labor in Mexico in favor of skilled craftsmen in the US.