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the artists of Firesyne shed light on
their musical project
 Hey,
this is Nick, and here's my take on Firesyne.
When Jim presented me with the opportunity to work on this
project, I couldn't pass it up.
First of all, it would give me some experience on the
production side of music.
I completely enjoy the full freedom I have over making music.
Hell, I don't even have to go out of my house to do this.
The second reason why I jumped on this project is that it's
unearthing old ideas of Jim and I doing a project together stemming
back from high school.
So far I've had a lot of fun and by just doing one song, I've
found out that I didn't make a mistake.
My biggest responsibility in the Firesyne project is on the
other side of the music, namely production.
Right now we're just using very basic equipment.
I've got a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Platinum with the Live
Drive interface for the sound card.
For anyone who doesn't know, this is where you plug your
guitars, mics, keys, and drum machines in order to record onto the
computer.
For the recording software, I'm using Cakewalk Express, which
came with the sound card.
Like I said, real basic, it's not like I'm sitting behind a
56 channel mixing board (although how cool would that be!).
Putting together a song on the computer is really easy.
It's just like using a word precessor, except you're cutting,
pasting, dragging, and dropping sound instead of words.
For the mixing you just noodle around until you find what
sounds good, it helps to save time and getting frustrated if you
know what you want to hear, but that comes with experience.
Keep checking back on the Livewire for more on the making of
Firesyne.
Also, if you have any questions, I'll try and answer them,
but I can make no promises.
Until then, cheers and beers. |
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(Ibanez RG Series)Background: Picked up guitar almost 3yrs ago, mostly self taught, Influences include Dave Mustaine, Old Metallica, basic blues background, some Zakk Wylde Favorite artists: Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Tool, Alice in Chains, Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivian, Dream Theater, Sanctuary, Black Sabbath, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Eric Clapton, Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde, Ministry, NIN, Soundgarden, Marty Friedman, Chris Poland, STP, I Mother Earth, Randy Rhoads |