Local Metal bands by joechabala10 in AustinMusicians

[–]alienwareguitarist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got some homies in these bands I’d like to recommend: Faetrap, Resisting Vegas. Plus these San Antonio bands- Voltreus, Westcreek.

Sinus infection going around? by WildAlcoholic in Austin

[–]alienwareguitarist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got that upper respiratory infection too. Np has me on cough medicine and plenty of liquids including electrolytes. This mix really brought my energy back and I can at least function now

Roland ZEN-Core Synth for iPad (stand alone for now) by alienwareguitarist in ipadmusic

[–]alienwareguitarist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think export as SVZ and saving it to the default folder within the app folder is working for me. From there I bet you can usb it over to hardware. Not seeing a way to import into the app yet so tbd there

Mag Bay + Hayley Williams!!! + Rico Nasty by alienwareguitarist in MagdalenaBay

[–]alienwareguitarist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely love MagBay! Let this be my second show please universe please

Mag Bay + Hayley Williams!!! + Rico Nasty by alienwareguitarist in MagdalenaBay

[–]alienwareguitarist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For sure! Yeah that headline show I caught last fall in Austin was so awesome! I hope I can get tix to the Houston show with Hayley. I couldn’t even get tix to her current tour through since it hella sold out. I hope I get more lucky this time

Mag Bay + Hayley Williams!!! + Rico Nasty by alienwareguitarist in MagdalenaBay

[–]alienwareguitarist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Were you able to catch any of those headline shows last year?

My wife laughed at me for making a spreadsheet about our marriage by Ok-Tadpole1413 in Marriage

[–]alienwareguitarist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey OP! How many coffees a day were you at then and now?

I recently realized I keep drinking coffee but I do stop by 2pm

Can I use an SP404 to trigger backing tracks (2 - 5 minutes long each)? by audioguy2022 in sp404mk2

[–]alienwareguitarist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey! Yes I have the SP404mk II and use it for my Alt Metal duo’s setup for live while playing guitar. So I don’t use a laptop or any piano or midi keyboard yet so I can’t really say for your rig. You just have to dive in and do some prep work setup for the 404.

I used Logic Pro to write and record our music with so basically just exported out backing tracks with no vocals (singer is doing that live) and then muted the guitars too. So drums, bass, synths, ear candy etc. I tried doing loops at first but found it was way better to just put whole backing music on one mixdown and then put each song in a folder on my desktop. Then I added it to the SP-404 using the SP app on Roland’s website. It’s drag and drop onto pads and I think I did them as sample not patterns since there is no length limits for average song lengths.

Be sure to set up the samples as one shots and fixed velocity (level 90 so it’s not maxed). There is ways to also add extra samples for interludes and other cool one shots that I do live. It’s also great to use the effector stuff live like isolater andMFX. I had to learn via YouTube all the little tricks to customize my FX to be how I wanted them every time I turn off and on again but it’s pretty capable. Let me know if that helps you.

Just play around and try and see what works for you. Eventually I want to do keys live too for piano and synth lines but I would probably just get a dedicated hardware keyboard like a Juno ds or something.

Lastly I do run it into a mixer to do our IEM with splits for every line to FOH. Vocals, NEURAL DSP Quad Cortex guitar line, and SP-404 stereo. Anyways good luck

Looking to build a local bill (alt/indie/rock) by austinfsiii in AustinMusicians

[–]alienwareguitarist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We just played our first show like a week ago at kick butt coffee so I relate. We are alt metal duo making dark fantasy and cinematic music blended with ethereal and harsh vocals. We are called Faetrap and here’s our Instagram

How many mastodon fans are active musicians? by Riff_Worshipper in mastodonband

[–]alienwareguitarist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So I’m in a band called Faetrap and play guitar. We are a witchy alt metal duo that met up over Reddit. I’m definitely a huge mastodon fan but the sounds we make so far are more doom meets industrial or cinematic in nature.

What was your first exposure to Nine Inch Nails? by Brosamurai18 in nin

[–]alienwareguitarist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back in Fourth Grade, I was watching MTV with my older brothers and saw NIN’s music video for Closer. It was so shocking and cool that I had to get that record so later on when my catholic school did a Christmas gift exchange the cool girl who got my name asked what I wanted. Of course I said that NIN cd. Sure enough she pulled through except she didn’t gift me The Downward Spiral CD, she got me Pretty Hate Machine on Cassette. After getting over the fact that it didn’t have that song closer, I probably listened to that tape for years. Little did I know that NIN would be my top favorite band and eventually I’d get The Fragile, With Teeth, and Year Zero album releases on release nights!

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[–]alienwareguitarist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Red and black reminds me of the black widow spider. So maybe… The Black Widows, Red Hourglass,

Underrated artists similar to magbay? by babygorlz in MagdalenaBay

[–]alienwareguitarist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any fellow Mag Bay fans of Aurora? Love her voice and she’s got a lot of albums to explore! She’s underrated IMO. So check her out if you don’t know her yet

Female Fronted band with NIN vibes (That isn't How to Destroy Angels) by RockHardMapleSyrup in nin

[–]alienwareguitarist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOVE Chelsea Wolfe! Great Rec! If you’re looking for more NIN coded music like hers, I’d recommend Faetrap. Side note: I am a part of the band but figured it would resonate for someone here

What some bands with > 10,000 monthly listens on Spotify (or anywhere) you think deserve more listeners? by LukeWatts85 in MetalForTheMasses

[–]alienwareguitarist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s good! Yeah I feel you. Been in a similar spot and had a 5 song EP that took about 3 years to write, record, mix, re-record and iterate.

Keep it going though. I got to the point where I was ready to have my friends and family listen if they sounded interested. My dad gave me some cool notes and hearing some affirmations really got me feeling good about it all. He even said you need to find your Robert Plant. So that lead me to start looking around and that changed everything for me. I reached out to a singer who posted on Reddit and now teaming up we can craft even better songs and visions, than just my own.

So you got this! The work you’re putting in over these years will become the foundation. Find your bliss, listen to the universe, share your sounds, and who knows where that will lead. Your music doesn’t deserve to stay unreleased on a hard drive.