The struggle of Gps learning music and sheetmusic

[Gps]

Time to dust off this topic.

The way I hear music ( tracks) has changed some once again.

I am starting to hear the difference as in what is played as the basslines and what is done by the Kick drum (percussion).

Some simple example, the start of Visage - Fade to Grey.
I lost count on how many times I have listened to this track, its one of my favorites, but now all of a sudden lol
How they change the sound by prob just changing a filter. Details like this were lost on me before.
I am talking about the fat synth sound, which starts at 0.18 and then at 0.24 the lowpass filter ? kicks in ? and then opens again ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZiJQL9OLqI

In some tracks I also start to pick out the multiple basslines playing.

And to top it off, if I hear a track I slowly start to have an idea on what the kick and hi hat are doing and how that might look in lmms.

[brandystarbrite]

Time to dust off this topic.
Some simple example, the start of Visage - Fade to Grey.

That music was released in 1980?
Wooah!

[Gps]

Blue monday, 1983 another synth hit form that period.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYH8DsU2WCk

And or how the synth became very popular: ( in the uk )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1P93r9xes

It was called synth pop.

OMD, Human League, Depeche mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

Alphaville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO3IEDRsP2Q

Another reason why the 80 are some what interesting to us, Cubase on an AtariST. ( the difference between this and what we do with LMMS, is that the AtariST did not make any sound, the sound comes from midi machines. The Atari is only the midi sequencer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8G6QWUT-4U

[musikbear]

And or how the synth became very popular: ( in the uk )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1P93r9xes

Oh thats look like a super find! Im going to watch that! Thanks
Not a surprise that Depeche Mode shows up after 30 sekd :p

Yes Visage, the one hit wonder f2g, but i have never seen that video with it before- Must be a later thing. The orr. was the one with the 'clay' makeup, and the different cloths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI
I think there is an additional bass with the synth, so not 100% sure its 'just' a filter

Steve Strange -yes indeed :p
(He was btw in Bowies 'ashes to ashes' Walking in front of the digger -Strange again.. )

[Gps]

Interesting, I did not know that was the original vid.

And lol at him walking in the ashes to ashes vid. That another one of my favorite tracks.

I saw some life performance which made me wonder if he can actual sing. Or does anybody have an idea what wrong with this?
It makes me twitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ8jVfa-dRk

And for those that had not noticed yet, the lyrics in English and French are the same.
Fade to grey fondu au gris
One man on a loney platform Un homme dans une gare isolée

[musikbear]

which made me wonder if he can actual sing : It makes me twitch.

Ooo i would say that you can be about pretty sure that mr Strange is in a state of halfway kite to moon orbiter, in other words High.. -Also on this live-take... weather or not he actually could sing, or Thats all studio magic on the record :p -Idk.

[Gps]

That prob explains it

[Gps]

Watching a few vids like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEhTJ6TRXCw

I wonder if would have fully understand what is going on, only a few month ago. I doubt it.

The melody and or the bassline off beat.
Creating a nice melody by going from on the beat off beat.

[brandystarbrite]

Watching a few vids like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEhTJ6TRXCw

I wonder if would have fully understand what is going on, only a few month ago. I doubt it.

The melody and or the bassline off beat.
Creating a nice melody by going from on the beat off beat.

Interesting vid.

But don't worry, about all of these things so much.
Each track is almost made differently, from each other.
A bass melody used in one track, will in most cases, not work well in another song etc.
The same goes with melodies.
You treat each music track differently, as if each track were a different letter of the alphabet.

Go with the flow of the track dude.
Go with the flows.

[Gps]

Go with the flow is a good advise.

The biggest problems I have with lmms are not lmms related. It just has to do with me and never serious playing any instrument.

I hope I make sense when I say that part of what I thought of as melody, is the bassline. ( not played by the lead instruments )
So basically I had problems making and finding the flow in a song.

This disco classic might make clear what I am on about. ( the part were I suddenly saw the light )
There is hardly a melody in this track but there is this, to me awesome, (loop) bassline. (1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qms17ZEZ7M8