I am the music man, I come from far away.

[Revolution]

Anyone else play any instruments on here? Picked up something new during lockdown?

Produce electronic music or anything?

That's has been one huge positive for me in the lockdown. I've procuded music for a long time but I've got a fuck load done recently.

[Lewis]

Do you reckon they still play that at kids' parties? Psychoville probably ruined Superman for them.

[Spikey M]

Get the lyrics right you thunderous minge.

[Revolution]

Get the lyrics right you thunderous minge.


Why the fuck do you care so passionately about the lyrics to a kids song lmao

[Revolution]

Do you reckon they still play that at kids' parties? Psychoville probably ruined Superman for them.

Nothing topped three lions on the shirt at school discos at the end of the night.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I attempted saxophone and drums when I was younger but sacked them off.

The older I get the more I'd love to play the piano though.

[Don]

I thought a harmonica would be the easiest one to pick up but turns out I can barely fucking blow into a single hole without leaking air into the others so it's been a fucking shambles at the early stages.

Do plucked string instruments (or even a keyboard) require you to be able to read sheet music or should I make the jump?

[Revolution]

I thought a harmonica would be the easiest one to pick up but turns out I can barely fucking blow into a single hole without leaking air into the others so it's been a fucking shambles at the early stages.

Do plucked string instruments (or even a keyboard) require you to be able to read sheet music or should I make the jump?

If you like hip hop get a trial of ableton and serato sample. Just fucking sample other people playing instruments and you're on your way.

[Don]

I don't own a laptop/PC any more so that sounds like a lot of faff at this stage.

You gonna post up some bangers and mash or what?

[Revolution]

Not really a banger but this track did alright

https://youtu.be/0o4jOtUqmWM

[mugbull]

I produce lots but during the lockdown I've not been able to pump out a single tune. Haven't been to a set in a few months at this point, which is probably why i have no inspiration atm

[mugbull]

Not really a banger but this track did alright

https://youtu.be/0o4jOtUqmWM

That's nice, sounds straight off of girl doing homework

[Don]

Ya that's that dece shit.

[Revolution]

That's nice, sounds straight off of girl doing homework

Thanks. To be honest the only reason it did so well is because of the record label "lost fiction". They are The Nations (chill nation / trap nation) sub label.

Get your soundcloud up then.

[phonics]

175k views and the rest have like 80. Even the label you mentioned maxes out at like 3k.

How'd you manage that?

[Revolution]

175k views and the rest have like 80.

How'd you manage that?

My other tracks have done okay on apple music and spotify. YouTube is a bastard. But the track got put on some youtube editorial instrumental hip hop playlist and the streams went mad.

I suspect that was label pulling power as the nations have a huge youtube presence.

[phonics]

I hope you have ad sense turned on.

edit: lol I just looked it up and 100 thousand views is like 100 quid. What an absolutely broken economy.

[Revolution]

I hope you have ad sense turned on.

edit: lol I just looked it up and 100 thousand views is like 100 quid. What an absolutely broken economy.

YouTube pay is the fucking worst. Spotify not much better. Apple music seems okay. Had about 1million streams across all platforms. Earned fuck all.

[Baz]

YouTube payouts used to be a lot better. I had two £60 cheques off them back in the day and that was for like 30k views each.

[Don]

My 1m views Wale vid was uploaded in 2010. How much moolah did I miss out on?

[Shindig]

It's shit the bed since the lockdown, I'm told.

[phonics]

My 1m views Wale vid was uploaded in 2010. How much moolah did I miss out on?

A grand but by now the algorithm would have deleted the Wale song and sent him that money.

[Spikey M]

Why the fuck do you care so passionately about the lyrics to a kids song lmao

It's a family party anthem, you cunt.

[Giggles]

Played drums mostly, and some bass guitar, for years.

[Don]

A grand but by now the algorithm would have deleted the Wale song and sent him that money.

Sweet fuck. It's still on there as he only released it as some freestyle tweet so I'll begin court proceedings.

[Luca]

I played saxophone throughout school, and (as you all know) have DJed for many years, although that sort of fell off when I began a professional career. Decided to get back into it for fun, though, so perhaps I'll have some content to post.

[Revolution]

It's a family party anthem, you cunt.

Sad twat

[Jimmy Floyd]

I am a world class lazy shite acoustic strummer and used to be able to sing. I'm better at the piano than either of those, but can't be arsed to practise anymore and only have space for a keyboard in my flat.

I've always wanted to get good at the guitar, but have really hit a ceiling as my fingers are just too lumbering to do barre chord changes quickly. Left index is like a white Shola Ameobi ffs.

[Spikey M]

Sad twat

I'll play your arsehole like a slide whistle lad.

[mo]

I play bass, on and off. Mostly off nowadays. I was inspired to dig the old acoustic guitar out of the loft yesterday actually so the fingers on my left hand are now incredibly painful.

[Raoul Duke]

I play guitar. I'm pretty crap but can bash out a tune.

My dream would be to learn piano but have never really had space for one. It's on my wishlist for whoever I buy a house.

[Vercetti]

I'm finally attempting to learn the guitar. Safe to say, I'm terrible at it.

To be fair to me, though, I only bought it eight years ago.

[Boydy]

I play guitar. I'm pretty crap but can bash out a tune.

My dream would be to learn piano but have never really had space for one. It's on my wishlist for whoever I buy a house.

You can buy me a house.

[SvN]

I tried to play the guitar for about 6 months, but I couldn't do certain basic chords because of my Mahow claw.

[Boydy]

I've been thinking of buying a guitar to try to learn. Electric, probably, so I can plug in headphones. Don't want to annoy my neighbours with my shit.

[Vercetti]

I've been owning the E string, the last couple of days.

Shame I can't just stick with that, without the other five laughing at me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

D is the string that does me in. It's never quite where I need it to be.

[-james-]

I have a Roland TR-8S drum machine. Or rhythm performer as it it calls itself. There's no way of making it not sound wanky.

It's really good fun to fuck about on but about 6 months in I still haven't really got a clue what I'm doing. There's the technical aspect of it, which is knowing what all the settings do, and the creative aspect of putting it all together coherently, which is something my brain just isn't made for.

I think I find it a bit too organic and clean sounding, and I should have gone for a Machinedrum (https://youtu.be/XNirDv_epic), so I'm thinking of trading at some point.

[Vercetti]

D is the string that does me in. It's never quite where I need it to be.

Don't get me started on that little bitch. I ventured into the realms of two strings, last night, and D kept sticking his nose in where it wasn't wanted. Nothing to do with my clumsy strumming.

[Revolution]

I have a Roland TR-8S drum machine. Or rhythm performer as it it calls itself. There's no way of making it not sound wanky.

It's really good fun to fuck about on but about 6 months in I still haven't really got a clue what I'm doing. There's the technical aspect of it, which is knowing what all the settings do, and the creative aspect of putting it all together coherently, which is something my brain just isn't made for.

I think I find it a bit too organic and clean sounding, and I should have gone for a Machinedrum (https://youtu.be/XNirDv_epic), so I'm thinking of trading at some point.

I've never been tempted to get a drum machine.

As for hardware I dont have too much. I have an Sp404sx and I used to have a PO33.

I am always tempted by the teenage engineering OP1 or Ableton push.

[Pepe]

If you are going to learn guitar, be a man and learn classical guitar.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I tried to start learning flamenco once and got about half an hour in before realising that getting my head around compás would require a brain transplant.

[Lofty]

I have fiddled with Garageband on the ipad but nothing resulting, I have a beautiful 80's japanese Fender Strat I inherited that I have had set up again with a set of elixirs on but drifted off playing because I have an ongoing think where my hands peel like bastards including the finger tips. Want to start again while that has calmed down but I'm no great shakes. Always felt pressure as a kid because my Dad is god's gift to music.

[Spoonsky]

That's nice, sounds straight off of girl doing homework

:D

#justmillenialthings

[Spoonsky]

I've played classical piano for ten years, and recently started playing guitar, I can sing a couple of Simon & Garfunkle songs but not much more. Been practicing both pretty inconsistently since I've been in quarantine. Piano's one of the best things in my life though, my financial goal in life is to be able to afford a nice piano where I live.

[Pepe]

You'll live in your piano?

[Boydy]

:D

Pepe.

[Spikey M]

:D

[Spoonsky]

https://magazine.world-pass.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PianoHouse1.jpg

It's a lofty financial goal, I admit.

[Luca]

When he moves to New York for work, he’ll have to.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The high watermark of my piano career was nailing this down for about a year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KsF8-32rwI

Can barely play any of it now without taking handfuls of notes with me. Still think Joplin wrote the finest piano music there is, an opinion which violently triggers everyone in my uber-musical family.

[Boydy]

I've been thinking of buying a guitar to try to learn. Electric, probably, so I can plug in headphones. Don't want to annoy my neighbours with my shit.

Now I'm thinking keyboard instead.

[Giggles]

Now I'm thinking keyboard instead.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/76/a3/2a76a37b488d1b836b0b532fdb15579d.jpg

[Kikó]

I play guitar. Pretty average on anything non-chord but playing more in lockdown.

[Adramelch]

I play the guitar (electric for the most part). Been playing it on and off for a lot of years now, but over the last few years it's mostly limited to learning songs that I like and playing them to the extent of my abilities, rather than properly practising with hand exercises etc. I can play basically most rhythm and some limited lead stuff.

[Spikey M]

The thread title is still making me angry. Someone sort it.

[Revolution]

The thread title is still making me angry. Someone sort it.

You do realise there are countless versions that state "I come from far away" instead of "I come from down your way". So the title should stay if nothing else, just to fuck you off.

[Spikey M]

You do realise there are countless versions that state "I come from far away" instead of "I come from down your way". So the title should stay if nothing else, just to fuck you off.

Listen here, soppy bollocks. I can't remember which of the several brands of weirdo you were, or how you were driven away last time, but this Return of the Spac act you've got going on is top notch. Now, leave it out lad.

[Giggles]

Fanny licker dog.

[Revolution]

Listen here, soppy bollocks. I can't remember which of the several brands of weirdo you were, or how you were driven away last time, but this Return of the Spac act you've got going on is top notch. Now, leave it out lad.

No doubt I'm a spac. But least I'm not having some kinda autistic meltdown over a forum thread title so stop being a little school girl bitch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://media1.tenor.com/images/7260ad7de2d77fa3b597026aee82b391/tenor.gif?itemid=9265562

[Spikey M]

No doubt I'm a spac. But least I'm not having some kinda autistic meltdown over a forum thread title so stop being a little school girl bitch.

I'm not actually serious lad. Just bored. Very, very bored.

[Revolution]

I'm not actually serious lad. Just bored. Very, very bored.

Yeh honestly I'm the same lol

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fight, dickheads.

[Baz]

Anyone who plays guitar, or wants to, the Guitar Pro app is free on Google Play and iOS at the moment. Usually £4.99