[linux-audio-user] Mailing list for general music making questions?

[Levi Burton]

I have always been fascinated by the creative process.  It seems everyone has 
a different way of discovering what works for them and what does not.  
Sometimes I sit and wonder to myself, "This is a pop song, but what makes it 
a pop song?" or, "This is a sad song, but what _makes_ it a sad song?".  
Being someone with no music theory background, this type of information would 
greatly improve the creative process for me.

The amount of variables to be explored when making music is staggering.  
Everyone has different skills, different equipment and different attitudes 
when it comes to making music.  For instance, a sound engineer specializing 
in guitars would more than likely have a _very_ good idea of what not to do 
and what _to_ do for anything that wants to have great sounding guitars; they 
will have lots of experience with many different combinations of amps, 
guitars and people.  Usually, these engineers discover the "right" 
combination through years of discovery (although, they may be hesitant to 
share what they have learned for whatever reasons, ego will usually solve 
this if they are that good).  

We all want to just get on with the creative process in the most efficient 
way, obviously.  Having a channel for discussing all these processes would be 
absolutely golden.  Everyone wins.

Anyway, what I have just talked about I'm sure is obvious to everyone, but I 
just wanted to share my $0.02.

-Levi


On Tuesday 18 February 2003 06:00 am, Darren Landrum wrote:
> Hey, all. I thought of something today that I think would be of good use
> to many folks.
> I was wondering, is there a mailing list somewhere for people to talk to
> and educate each other on such things as music production, software use,
> micing technique, best drum kits, or anything in between?
> If not, how useful do you think this would be to those of you on this
> mailing list? I was also thinking it would be a good place to announce new
> recordings of songs.
> If enough people would like this, I have my domain on a new server with
> mailing list software that's actually worth something, and I would be
> willing to start and host it. Since this is just a mailing list, and those
> are generally fairly low-maintenance, this would not foreshadow any of my
> work on the Open Music Resource Library (such as it is right now).
> Thoughts and opinions?
>
> Regards,
> Darren Landrum

-- 
Levi Burton
http://www.puresimplicity.net/~ldb/