Decided to buy a drum kit soon

[boston asphalt2]

so that I can write all my own music. I came up with an idea for music, but I cant find anyone who wants to lay down the other parts, so I guess I need to do it myself!


MY ideas is this: to write a sort of concept album that is basically from the point of view of different people who interact with a child with autism. Parents, school teachers, doctors. Break it into groups and such. Anyone have any ideas they think I should consider with this? Like direction or names for stuff, etc? It will take me forever to pull this stuff together, but I think it would be a fun one man project. Plus, never having had formal music lessons, I am sure it will come out interesting, with a good deal of dissonance at parts (but hey, that works sometimes)

NOt really sure why I shared here, but it is offtopic and it will all be written on Warwick basses, so it has some relevancy.

 

[Charmand G]

Sounds very interesting, as I`m involved in a group that makes rock music for children. Children with autism has a different view on life than regular children, so you might have endless possibilities with your project.

You can create drums in your recording software, if you use one, but sure; a cheap drum kit can always do.

 

[mala]

Absolutely, the sampled drums are quite good today and cheap as well. Good luck / mats

 

[saxonbass]

I used to programme my own drums from a Yamaha sequencer - but a dedicated drum machine will probably be even easier. It doesn't have to sound mechanical - I used to set one element with absolutely "spot on" timing - such as the bass drum, and then punch everything else in by hand - so you get tiny differences in timing and volume - which give it that authentic "feel". You can also quantise the results as an experiment - to make it more or less accurate.

If you connect it all up with MIDI, you can start with a simple guide track - like the bass drum, and experiment with fills and stuff as your track develops. Despite all the drummer jokes, I think that getting a reasonable level of competency on a real drum kit will take a long time - you may also decide you like it and end up selling your Warwicks!

I've never used a computer for recording (I did all mine on a 4 track cassette - which is quite a discipline) - or used sampled drum sounds - but I assume all the above applies.

Good luck - home recording is great fun - but you can end up forgetting to sleep and forgetting to go to bed!

 

[Malk]

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