Buzzchurch Inspirational Thread

I just had to post this thread! Contains some of the best wisdom on how many of you go about creating your music from start to finish.

BMR Compo

I'm curious to know how many people plan on entering this Compo so I would like anybody who is currently working on a track to comment on this post.

Also I would like to clarify that the compo will be ending on June 21. Please do not vote on any entries tell after that date.

qUebb brought up a nice idea earlier today and I've decided to adopt it. After everyone is finished I will collect all of your presets for Green Milk and compile them into a zip for all to DL on Buzzmusic.de I've made a Truck load worth of presets for Green Milk myself and I'm sure all of you will too. For the winners of the Compo it would be nice to present them with a xspf web player kinda like what Hamst3r does with his Submersible Collections. I haven't been able to get it working so far cause I'm techno crippled so if any of you have a suggestion or wanna help set that up please contact yours truly.

I guess I need to be more clear about the rules here.
They are as follows:
Only Generators allowed are Green Milk, Madbrain's Fm synth and his Dynamite Synth in any combo you like.
No samples and no trackers with one exception ( you can mixdown sounds you create with the given Generators(Green Milk, FM synth, Dynamite Only) for this compo using the wavetable and Cng recorder) If you utilize this method you should be including your before mixdown bmx as well as after in a zip.
You can use any Effects available as long as they do not produce sound they are valid.

Last, This is about learning some Kung Fu skillz with the 3 Generators so don't lose the point.

Rymix's Mod Roots Spotlighted

Rymix has been quite scarce on the scene as of late. I gather his new family is keeping him quite busy. Some of you younger buzzers may not realize his roots in the Modtracker scene so I'm going to get you on your way to being rymixed. I already mentioned how awe inspiring and inspirational his Infector Compo Entry was. His Mods are just as Rockin!

David Gray

All Musicians find that one artist that just blows them away and becomes the one you strive to emulate. David is that one. I truly believe David Gray is my generations Bob Dylan. I'd venture to say that most of us are bedroom musicians. David Gray Started out in a similar way with a guitar some mics and a computer. One interesting factoid; David Gray's Brother-in-law is non other than Phil Hartnoll of Orbital. They collaborated on a track called "Illuminate" in 1999 for the album "Middle of Nowhere". It was surprising to hear the connection between the two. As Musicians we all feed one another with inspiration and creativity or at least that's the idea. Listed are some of my favorite youtube videos for some fun and just maybe he will inspire your music too.

(If you have a Pro Artist that you can't live without please email me about it and I'll research them and feature it here. )

Here is some Videos to watch

"This Years Love"
"The One I love"
(live performance) "lately"

BMR Interview of the Month

In this world you can usually have one of two things, Quantity or Quality.  Magmavander is known for both.  Magma has been releasing at buzzmusic.de since around 2004 as far as I can see and along the way has improved by leaps and bounds.  One thing is for sure, Magma knows how to create a mood and a vibe rarely matched on the charts.  Although Magma isn't a guitarist his music is great to play one to.  I've done a couple jams with him myself and have improved my playing as a result.  Between Nephtali & Magmavander I have a bountiful collection of backing tracks to Jam to.  With no further delay I present the results of his Interview. 

How did you find buzz?

 

I was working for some french paper computer magazine, writing articles and mainly making the free cd provided with the magazine.
Every month I had to choose about 100 freewares, sharewares or commercial demos and make a snaphshot and a short comment for each of it. I found Buzz on Internet but I dont remember where exactly. Maybe something like Download.com or freeware.com.

 

Before using Buzz, I didnt make music. I liked a lot music, I'm a real music lover, but was more involved in Graphics.
I have had an accoustic guitar, but didnt learn music or to play music with it. I just knew two or three songs learned from some friends. I used my guitar mainly to be cool with girls, if you see what I mean ;)
Anyway, I lost my guitar after a few monthes.

 

For my job I first found a commercial software, Acid, and I tried it and made two songs in one afternoon.
I was proud of what I've done with Acid, I have kept the mp3 of these songs. This was my first contact with music making.
But quickly I understood that making music with loops is very easy but very frustrating because you didnt really "write" the music. That said, I dont mean that making music with samples is bad. By example I'm a fan of Daft Punk for their creativity in sampled music use.

 

And then I found Buzz. I installed it, made the tutorial bmx, the one with :
"You pressed the Play icon and didn't hear my Tutorial Song?
No wonder! Because you'll write this song!"
writed in the "blah-blah" part of Buzz. I immediately understand the incredible power of Buzz and the infinite possibilities it offers. After ten minutes of use I become a Buzz addict.

 

Buzz changed my life, really. It offers me a fantastic way of expression and makes me discover the Buzz community.
A great community.

 

 

 

Any major Influences buzz musicians and or Pro artists.

 

The Buzz musician that influenced me the most is th0ke. He helped me a lot understand Buzz and music.
He is a major influence to me. I dont know what would happen without th0ke.
I guess I am not the only one in this case :)
Also I cant forget people like Shytan, monoton, Tinga and schoeder.
People like Hamster also makes me understand that Buzz can produce high quality level music.
Anyway, every buzzers inspired me, in a way or in another...
So, sorry for those I forget here.

 

I have many many influences in music.
Of course, first of all, jazz musicians influenced me a lot.
I like jazz when it try to explore some new ways in music, less when it's a "traditionalised" jazz..
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, St Germain, Gato Barbieri, Weather Report, Magma (?), Mc Coy Tyner, the acid jazz and electro jazz scene are an inspiration source. And people like Courtney Pine. But there is a lot of other jazz artist I like. Brasilian music is an influence too.

 

In classical Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, all these "impressionist" musicians influenced me a lot. And also Gustav Mahler. Same for Soundtrack music.

 

All the electronic music scene influenced me. Drum&Bass, Trip Hop, dark techno and also House music. Same for black music. And rock/pop too. I dont have enough place here to write all the name of artists that influenced me.

 

In fact, to tell the truth, I like any genre of music if it's good.

 

Where do you find inspiration?

 

Good question. Difficult to answer. One of my latest song, "Rendez-vous", was inspired by my job. Every morning I'm on a beach, in south France, and it's a beautiful place. Every morning I see paradise. That influenced me for this song. A song like "Cherry Tree Flower" was inspired by the incoming of the spring and by the trees with flowers. Song like "Never Come Back" was written in a dark time in my life. I guess that my mood is my major source of inspiration. But I have no rules about inspiration... You cant have "inspiration on demand". It cames, it goes...

 

But Buzz is an eternal source of inspiration :o)

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Theme Song added to BMR

This so called Theme Song was one of the best Jams to come out of Buzzmusic.de in the past couple Months.  I'm sure you will agree this is the definitive "Buzz Theme Song". 

The original Song is sited here;

mini_house_jam_vocal_mix (correct one)

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"I'll make you Famous!"

Well not so much but I can add you to the Buzz Musicians List here at BMR.  If you think that I'm overlooking you just hit me up and I'll make sure your linked up promptly. 

Also would like to invite all those who think they can co-author with me here to  please step up to the plate.  BMR is not  Zaphoids Blog.  It is your site and your spotlight to shine on.  Help make this Site worth adding to your Google News Readers.  Help me search out the best music in the coffers of Buzzmusic.de and elsewhere.  Lets make BMR like a buzzchurch/Choir on steriods! 
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Infector Compo Remembered

Somehow the Infector Compo Totally slipped my mind.  I listened to all the entries and I gotta say I was blown away by Rymix's Entry - The Lament
Here is the Zipped Archive as well. 

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New Version of Green Milk

Noise Generation added to Green Milk. Will come in handy for the Compo. here is an example bmx.

Kibibu's Idea

Thank you for the bug reports guys. Unfortunately I wrote that first draft half asleep in a daze. I won't be blogging that late again for fear of being beat senseless with bug reports. That'll teach me! Anyway, Kibibu helped me see the light about simplification of the compo. I did get alittle cryptic there didn't I? BMR Compo thread on buzzchurch
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First Compo!

I wanna thank the buzzchurch community for all the attention I've been getting on my intro thread.  To celebrate the wheels starting to roll on the blog I'm  starting  the first compo.  Here are the (simplified)rules of engagement as follows; Kibibu GreenMilk, Madbrain's Dynamite + 4fm2f. All effects and Peers are welcome.

Submit your entries to buzzmusic.de with BMR in the Title.  Actively Vote for all entries!  Only ratings of 8-10 will be included as a zip and featured for Download here at BMR. 
Please don't vote for yourself and be honest to everyone. Besides there is no reward other than the glory and skill honing. This Compo will run for One Month. Absolutely no MP3 entries accepted obviously.   Ready set start your Buzz engines!




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Nephtali Sips on Jamaican Rum

Well not really but his music sure does give you a warm buzz inside, no pun intended.  Sometimes browsing the charts at buzzmusic can be tiresome and disappointing.  I don't think I have to tell you about how varied the skill and talent level can be.  When Nephtali pops on to the charts I know I'm in for a treat.  He has consistently released some top notch Electronic  Reggae . For those that play guitar, his tracks make great practice sessions to practice your chops with. 

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Musicians Jam from long distances. Sound Familiar?

I heard this story on Npr while driving to work this morning.  The story features a site called Jamglue.com where you can colaborate with people over the net to compose music.  I think its geared toward people who play instruments.  I almost thought they were going to mention the Tracking scene but I was disappointed on that note.  It's Funny that this new site is getting all the publicity seeing that Tracking sites such ashornet.org used to host the same thing  Modarchive.org and Buzzmusic.de does this very type of Jam collaboration.  WE just call it a remix.    
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Rodoid remix Compo

.  Rodoid is yet another Netlabel based in France dedicated to providing Free music through the Creative Commons License.  They hosted a remix competition in coop with Arteradio.com. I'm posting a neat zipped package of all the mp3 entries.  More Free Music, Sweet!

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Simple and Effective, Thats Th0ke!

I've come to know Th0ke well since my first releases at buzzmusic.de   If you want to learn how to be an Effective Buzz composer he is the guy to learn from. He has very Eclectic tastes so you never know what he is going to come up with next. Recently he released some educational and quite fun bmw source material over at buzzchurch

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Sleep Disorders be gone!

Raven has become a synonym for excellence in two main things; Teaching music theory and generating some very relaxing euphoric Ambient tracks. I want to point you to two songs in particular. The first is a Monologue meant for some sort of sleep therapy sessions. He wrote a beautiful ambient piece to go under the mans voice and I must say it feels like your floating in space. The second is my favorite! It's Called " Perspective is Everything" It can only be described as Cosmic Philosophy in music form. He has been accused of being influenced by the Cocteau Twins on this one. This song is Heavenly! I just had to let you see for yourself.

Who Cares? I do!

Bad Title. Awesome Song! This is some Quality Electronica from a new Artist on Buzzmusic.de. I'm looking forward to hearing some quality music from Binary Baby. Song has some catchy high bass stabs and Acidic Swells riding atop an airy atmosphere underneath with some downbeat breaks driving it along. Check his site out for all his goodies.

Picking apart "Suddenly"

Used some interesting Chord voices in this little ditty. It's broken into 4 parts. prog 1 : G6sus2 /G6-3/Em/Dmaj/Em/Dmaj Prog2: GMaj7/Em7/GMaj7/F#m-5add11/Em
Prog3: GMaj7/Em7/Cmaj/A7sus4 Prog4:CMaj7sus2(Eighth fret)/Am (barred 5thfret)/Dadd9(10th fret voicing)/Bm. You might think that many chords are crazy for one song but its really not. All of those long named chords all fit nicely inside the Key of G. I only want to point out that voicing your chords in interesting ways really can brighten up a song. Check out the song here.

I used Madbrains FM synth for the Modulated effects on the lead. FSM Infector was used to drive the chord progression on top of the guitar track.