my advice?
Read "the Manual:How to have a number one the easy way" by The Timelords aka
The KLF. Its weird, very funny and explains a lot, hehehe.
Well I never got a no.1 but all the stuff I got on a cd until now was based
on the "golden rules" so... ;)))
Anyway, U can find it online... check
ftp://jumper.mcc.ac.uk/pub/ttl/KLF/Misc/the-manual.txt
And as for "what to do" actually... ie "should I make a record or what"?
Well my answer it do what U really feel like doing and do it naturally.
I mean: do not waste time and money in a studio if ya dont have any ideas on
how the machines work. Don't buy an expensive pc if ya cant even make 4
tracks mod tunes on the crappy pc U have. Try doing something with the few
gear U have (if you have any! ;))
I did my first stuff about 10 yrs ago on a double cassette recorder. I used
the "pause" to create ugly cut-up tapes. Then I evolved into using 3
cassette recorders liked with a crappy cable taken from a pocket Sharp
computer. I also experimented using sounds from a Commodore 64. Then I added
a crappy keyboard that looked like a toy. Then a mixer, that allowed me to
use also a turntable and later the cd player. Later I bought a 486 pc and
made the first pc stuff in WAV format using only the software provided by
Creative Labs with the SB16 card.
Ah, I used (and still use) the same crappy Sharp cable to link my soundcard
to a sound source. :) Then I switched to Fasttracker and XM format. Soon I
will buy a new pc with a decent soundcard and a decent processor too. And a
burner or a minidisc, maybe.
But all this and other less important passages happened gradually. :)
bye,
Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista
*1997 Now!*
...'nuff said!! 8)
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