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Some good advice. The list and more music related goodness can be found on Music Thing.
1. Like Kraftwerk, have a non-music day every week or so (Anonymous computer musician)
2. If things go wrong, just maintain that you were playing jazz (Max/MSP enthusiast)
3. Play less (Guitarist, and lots of other people)
4. When learning to play a piece of music, play it first so slowly that you don't get a single note wrong. Then slowly increase the speed. Then, play louder than normal at the proper speed and you'll play more confidently (A bass player and a synth tweaker)
5. When editing, don't cut the breath off before someone starts talking or singing (Guitarist)
6. Finish the first draft (Bass plyer)
7. It's essential to begin every recording by asking 'Are we Recording?' (Guitarist - is that you, Peter?)
8. Before you start for the day, go for a long walk (Computer musician)
9. Listen. Listen very carefully. No. REALLY listen. (A guitarist, although 115 people used the word 'listen' in their tips)
10. Wear earplugs (Drummer)
11. Hit it hard, ye massive ponce (Drummer)
12. Grab some string and bend it. If it doesn't sound right move up a fret and try again. (Guitarist)
13. Start now, don't wait (Keyboard player)
14. Get into the groove / Boy, you've got to prove / Your love to me (Guitarist)
15. Retune your guitar, so you don't know the notes, then try making music with only your ears as guides (Keyboard player)
16. Tune your guitar, play in time (Guitarist)
17. Do it in triplets! (Programmer)
18. Make, go sleep and check again tomorrow... (Synth tweaker)
19. You may think you're playing your instrument, but what you're really playing is the audience (Studio engineer)
20. Keep your cigarette lighter away from my drummer - He'll set fire to anything that burns (Nord Modular enthusiast)
21. Do something every day. Even if all you do is make a beat or write some lyrics or a bassline or whatever, do something. Even if you just have a few minutes a day to spare, the material you have quickly builds up (Field recordist)
22. "Play more things that make me dance around and less things that make me sit and look miserable in a plastic chair" - Brian Eno (Guitarist)
23. Learning any instrument is about scales. Scales. Scales. Scales. The trick is to make learning the scales interesting. Which is hard. And I've never done it. Which is a shame (Studio engineer)
24. Never listen to the same loop for longer than 10 minutes (Beat maker)
25. Write as many songs as you can and pick the best (Guitarist)
(Thanks for the link John!)
I love it when artists do things like this. Sigur Rós has recently uploaded the full movie Heima for their fans on YouTube. There is also an unreleased clip that can be downloaded from their website. Respect.
From the official site: "Last year, in the endless magic hour of the Icelandic summer, Sigur Rós played a series of concerts around their homeland. Combining both the biggest and smallest shows of their career, the entire tour was filmed, and now provides a unique insight into one of the world’s shyest and least understood bands captured live in their natural habitat."
"Shot using a largely Icelandic crew (to minimise Eurovision-style scenic-wonder overload), ‘Heima’ - which means both “at home” and “homeland” - is an attempt to make a film every bit as big, beautiful and unfettered as a Sigur Rós album. As such it was always going to be something of a grand folie, but one, which taking in no fewer than 15 locations around Iceland (including the country’s largest ever concert at the band’s Reykjavik homecoming), is never less than epic in its ambition."
Links: Official Movie Site Sigur Rós Band Site Youtube Link
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It would be the logical thing to do, being that band movies really don't fare well with the viewing public. Good for them. My respect for them grows.
this film is so beautiful...from the music, to the landscape, to just the way they shot it..it's just amazing.
Well this is an interesting piece of news. Sébastien Tellier, of the beautiful song La Ritournelle, will be representing France for Eurovision this year. I don't really know what to make of this, except can we beat Ireland's popular and scandalous entry this year...
More Sébastien Tellier to represent France Ireland gets its Eurovision Turkey
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i love it can i PLAY you?
Nice & contradictory.
Fantastic. I'd add what guitarist Chris Spedding once told me: "If you make a mistake, repeat it. That way it looks like you meant to play it."