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bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:27 am

Robert Randolph wrote: Err, she's 19. I would never say she's older.......

my apologies, Robert.

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:30 am

Robert Randolph wrote:I just turned 22, wendy recently turned 18

That year just flew by.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:32 am

nuffink wrote:
Robert Randolph wrote:I just turned 22, wendy recently turned 18
That year just flew by.

do you suspect something is afoot?

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:37 am

vurt wrote:
nuffink wrote:
Robert Randolph wrote:I just turned 22, wendy recently turned 18
That year just flew by.

do you suspect something is afoot?

What with bobby? Nah, I've known him since he was German.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:41 am

nuffink wrote:
vurt wrote:
nuffink wrote:
Robert Randolph wrote:I just turned 22, wendy recently turned 18
That year just flew by.

do you suspect something is afoot?
What with bobby? Nah, I've known him since he was German.

leruffiant · Post by **leruffiant** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:48 am

Since I'm new to this forum I might as well reply to this thread

I'm 23, started playing trombone when I was about 5, that didn't work out to well. Then I started to play guitar at about 11. That was something I REALLY liked - so at about 17 I started upper secondary school in Norway (I guess almost the same as College in Britain), with the main focus on Guitar. After I graduated I went on to study Contemporary Composition, Music in the Media Age, Music in a global perspective, Computing - and now I've moved to Bath, UK to study Creative Music Technology. Starting at the second year I'm hoping that this will give me some formal training to do what I love in life: Composing music in some way or another for a living

So that's me, I guess

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:50 am

a short collage might help out here.. after all, a picture says more than a thousand words

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:51 am

spaceman wrote:a short collage might help out here.. after all, a picture says more than a thousand words

ah?your a tosser i see

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:54 am

Alwyas been interested in sound (as distinct from 'music') ever since hearing Radiophonics Workshop stuff. Never really had any opportunity to explore it, wasnt one of those kids who asked for a guitar at 12. Knew of synthesisers, knew they cost more than fifteen guitars. Sod it, never mind.

At that kind of teenage-band stage my mates were starting their little band/cliques, with the high point of their expectations being owning Vox Continentals and drumming like Mo Tucker. Synths much cheaper; still out of my range though.

In my first year studying my degree I managed to keep enough of my grant aside to afford a second-hand modular synth. Keyboard controller DAC was screwed but then who the hell wanted to play keyboards. Taught myself how to use it. Couldnt afford anything to record to, or effects, or any of the other stuff, although I read about all the stuff coming out in that decade's equivalent of CM and SOS.

Got a job, moved, left synth at parents. Got some access to stuff like CMusic, but it was like being a programmer, and I did that during the day anyways. Kept reading and learning, though.

Got an ulcer at 22, stress-related, spent a few years on the dole. Taught myself jewellery design and other stuff, borrowed money to get an Amiga, but never really did anything concrete. Gradually drifted into employment again having discovered that the internet now had something called the web, and like most other things, taught myself that sort of stuff as well. Of course, noone in the UK knew what it was, so there were no jobs. Two years later every muppet was a 'web designer', and I was working in a bookshop selling them the books that they hoped would back up that claim. Drifted back into computing, supporting the systems for animation students doing 3D. Still no money in it. Got given the task of teaching ProTools for basic spot audio and soundtrack stuff after someone else quit. Had 3 days to learn it. Did so.

Realised how much I enjoyed that stuff. Started accumulating software, and realising that all that stuff I'd never been able to do because of the expense was no longer an issue. Played around with it all.

Kept going. Found KVR. Found a host that I was happy with. Made first 'track' for public consumption ever, ie a KVR competition entry. Kept going, learning more stuff. Got married, split up. Moved, got better job and decent income. Bought more toys, spent much more time working on music-related stuff. Made proper full-length tracks. Got asked to collaborated with people.

Currently under the impression I know what I'm doing and why.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:58 am

@ spaceman

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:03 pm

vurt wrote:
spaceman wrote:a short collage might help out here.. after all, a picture says more than a thousand words

ah?your a tosser i see

wanker.. please

..
calling a wanker a tosser is like calling a belgian a frenchman

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:15 pm

years - status

0 - birth
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4 - noticed bach and rolling stones
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6 - led zeppelin, queen, deep purple, beethoven, etc.
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8 - first computer.. liking it (very much), programming basic
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12 - metallica, slayer, dire straits, more jazz, etc.
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14 - first guitar (finally

)
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17 - band, trained fingers
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18-23 - erm..

mostly weed, studies, country music, more jazz
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music, weed, computer, sex (in that order) and lots of ambient bollocks
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28 - music -> computer =

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30 - now: finally getting decent results

chagzuki · Post by **chagzuki** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:15 pm

Was artistic from birth. Created computer game graphics as a hobby back in the old speccy/C64/ST/Amiga days - Loved computers. Was in Grindcore band 'Pustular Gush' as a teenager - best fun I ever had. Got persuaded by f**king prick teachers to study 'fine art'. Lost my marbles, read too much philosophy, worked too hard, took life too seriously; got a first class degree in something that I never had a genuine interest in and simultaneously lost touch with the emerging technological aspects of art/design. Also developed some nasty health problems which, despite trying every type of treatment, have never been resolved. Carried on painting after university, having to wear a mini-gas mask because of an allergy to certain chemicals. Decided that the 'fine art world' is full of wankers (which I knew before I got involved in it all, but somehow was persuaded that my opinion was naive), and that I didn't want to be one of them. Started playing the piano and decided try to to compose (sustained through long periods of signing on). Got a cheap P2 and started using Making Waves to mess with samples. Moved to Orion, then to Tracktion. After getting back into computers for music, started using graphic software again and managed to get some freelance work. Spent far too long struggling with achieving pro mixes for tunes that were finished some time ago. Did a couple of gigs as a guitar player.

And then yesterday, I finished an album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:18 pm

chagzuki wrote:Was artistic from birth. Created computer game graphics as a hobby back in the old speccy/C64/ST/Amiga days - Loved computers. Was in Grindcore band 'Pustular Gush' as a teenager - best fun I ever had. Got persuaded by f**king prick teachers to study 'fine art'. Lost my marbles, read too much philosophy, worked too hard, took life too seriously; got a first class degree in something that I never had a genuine interest in and simultaneously lost touch with the emerging technological aspects of art/design. Also developed some nasty health problems which, despite trying every type of treatment, have never been resolved. Carried on painting after university, having to wear a mini-gas mask because of an allergy to certain chemicals. Decided that the 'fine art world' is full of wankers (which I knew before I got involved in it all, but somehow was persuaded that my opinion was naive), and that I didn't want to be one of them. Started playing the piano and decided try to to compose (sustained through long periods of signing on). Got a cheap P2 and started using Making Waves to mess with samples. Moved to Orion, then to Tracktion. After getting back into computers for music, started using graphic software again and managed to get some freelance work. Spent far too long struggling with achieving pro mixes for tunes that were finished some time ago. Did a couple of gigs as a guitar player.

And then yesterday, I finished an album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

didn't learn the use of paragraphs at any stage then?:hihi:

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:20 pm

1958 - 1978 - No interest in music beyond the obligatory Wings Greatest Hits and War of the Worlds.

1979 - Saw the Stranglers live. Started going to gigs constantly, seeing as many as 30 bands a week in the early '80's in Sydney.

1981 - Bought a 2nd-hand Roland SH1000 and a bass amp, mainly to keep myself out of the officer's mess bar in the afternoons [drinking way too much].

1985 - First live performance solo as DEATHLY QUIET! in Townsville. Played five songs all done with CV and Gate. Played very regularly thereafter, constantly upgrading to newer hardware.

1987 - Resigned my commission, released a 7" single, got a shitty job and started working harder on music.

1989 - Released a cassette album Transmission. It was krap but I got it done cheap. Later that year I bought a KORG M1 which changed things dramatically.

1991 - Started a collective of electronic based artists. We released a compilation cassette that got distribution in Greece and elsewhere.

1994 - Started industrial club night VIRUS with one of the guys from the collective. responsible for breaking artists like LEAETHER STRIP, X MARKS the PEDWALK and ZERO DEFECTS to Sydney scene.

1995 - Released second DEATHLY QUIET! album on CD with bonus tracks. Recovered manufacturing costs but not the $4000 I spent on recording. First time I was ever pleased with the end product.

1996 - Started working with SiK [other VIRUS guy] as NOVAkILL. Contributed music to an award-winning short film and tracks to several compilations. Played a few gigs in support of comp's.

1999 - SiK showed me Fruityloops v1.7. Revitalised my interest in music which had waned considerably since I scored work as a graphic artist.

2000 - Discovered ORION v1.7 which overcame all the issues I was having with Fruity and it supported this weird-arse VST stuff.

2003 - Released HARD TECH for a HARD WORLD in Germany and USA. Its about to be released in Russia.

2004 - Follow-up album almost ready to go using fewer VSTi than before to much greater effect. Deleriously happy with new material and recent production improvements.

A Short History Of You?