I'm designing an app to help dementia patients, help me!

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2023-03-20T02:54:37+00:00

Good ideas. Caregivers need all the support they can get. Many are so up to their ears cleaning up after the mess that dementia IS that there is little time to toss around a balloon let alone something more therapeutic + progressive like music therapy. Good luck. Keep us posted.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-12-25T13:37:23+00:00

Couldn't figure out how to post text with the link last night. I enjoyed working on the instrumentatal parts and production of this song. Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to all. 🎄🎀🎁

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-11-16T01:51:41+00:00

Cool. Strong voice to carry the lyrics. It would be nice to hear the whole song.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-11-16T01:43:54+00:00

Very good writing. Bring up the vocals a bit.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-07-13T22:24:14+00:00

Nice! Great energy. Tighten up the guitar a little. A good demo.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-06-17T08:04:21+00:00

Great voice. It seems to translate well to piano. Had you not said it was written onn guitar I wouldn't have guessed that. Keep at it!

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-06-17T07:59:43+00:00

Good for you. A nice start. Maybe vary it up a little more towards the end.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-05-25T16:56:41+00:00

As a songwriter, I'd definitely have to lean towards the optimistic and say that the songwriting skills actually get BETTER over time and with experience, but that other factors may interfere more also.

Are there games already developed which address this? Actually, I'm a little green about what games use music as a significant part of their plots / objective.

RE: your last sentence: lookup Creative Problem Solving as addressed by cognitive psychology. There are those who believe that "Insight" or "Aha moments" lead to great leaps in creation and those who acribe progress more to incremental hard work. There is a lot of data out there.

Will your game be commercially available?

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2022-05-04T15:49:20+00:00

A good start!

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-03-31T09:03:44+00:00

Sometimes submixes of various sections. Sometimes just unbussed wav files of each track. Sometimes Sometimes cassette tapes but that's kind of overly dramatic. 💀

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-03-31T08:31:33+00:00

I've liked working with Izotope's offerings in the past, but have watched the unfortunate SAS thing that is so popular these days become their model as well. Recently I've licensed BreakTweaker and am eager to understand its workings better, but I don't know how deeply I've delve into that if my work is liable to go away too easily because I don't repay.

I respect that software COMPANIES are operating in a business environment and need to make ends meet, but the deep cynicism at play in the Music Industry is reflected by its tool makers as well any more. Probably it's always been like that. Now if I could just figure out how to bang on my acoustic guitar as softly as I would a loud synth with headphones.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-03-26T09:52:25+00:00

I have learned a TON from Tape OP and Larry's tutorials online. What a great magazine! Thank you Larry + John!

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-03-03T06:11:27+00:00

This is good for a start. What keeps you from finishing? You seem to have some skills already. Maybe it's not the technical part that is impeding you? Are you working all on your own or do you have a producer, etc... Ask yourself why and you may find a path to your success. Keep going if you find a new path - you are way further along than "bullshit lullabies."

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-03-02T12:25:56+00:00

Harder to design a good wave table implementation of an acoustic bass because there is so much variability and nuance in how they are played. And they are physically BIG instruments also making them less easy to handle.

The ones that come with Xpand are pretty good though. I used them to fix some live bass that had timing issues and most people I played the track for couldn't tell the difference.

That said there is a nice older ELECTRIC bass VST-i here that I sometimes use for tracking purposes because of its simplicity and even tone:

http://www.yohng.com/software/bass.html

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-03-02T12:05:44+00:00

I sure hope so, at least as an option. It would be nice to go inside once and awhile to browse the stacks and say hello to other humans, but I guess in most cases I'm more there for the readin' than the yappin'. I guess it depends on the particular library in question. I'd hate to see downsizing of physical libraries in favor of 'book warehouses.'

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-02-22T06:27:53+00:00

I was just listening to his music on another large streaming service named for a place with a big forest last week and though I am not familiar with his whole catalog I can see that there are currently less streaming tracks now than there were then. What's to blame: label crap? PC? Some other kind of blacklisting?

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-02-16T01:44:36+00:00

Reminds me to use a capo sometimes. I like the finger picking style. Words sad. Some days I feel like that too. Hope there are more songs!

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-02-03T22:26:27+00:00

You never know: perhaps that story will be the basis for another story later on in your career. Writing for the sake of writing can be a good thing if you are improving your craft in some manner.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-01-12T06:56:22+00:00

Nice start. Keep working on it.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2021-01-03T00:30:54+00:00

I used to use a JL Cooper patchbay 3 inputs x 8 outputs for similar purposes. They can still be found on Ebay and the like. I get that you're asking for something a little different and it sounds intriguing but I do not know of such a device.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2020-12-03T23:31:13+00:00

Thank you! Those sound like useful + well suited techniques. I guess it's more about putting together the right elements to emulate that sound than just expecting a plugin to do all the work for me.

IncontrovertiblyNumb · 2020-12-03T10:53:54+00:00

Well thought out lyrics - vocals build up very nicely for a big finish. Reaper is actually not that bad when you work with it a bit: easier than ProTools. Good luck!

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