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Home music production for fun and profit…. …or…. How the laptop became the new electric guitar. About. Not a lot of musical background. Mother was a middle school music teacher. Played banjo (poorly and briefly). In a couple of “pick up” punk bands in college 1984 - 1988.
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Home music production for fun and profit… …or… How the laptop became the new electric guitar.
About • Not a lot of musical background. • Mother was a middle school music teacher. • Played banjo (poorly and briefly). • In a couple of “pick up” punk bands in college 1984 - 1988. • Discovered electronic music production by accident in 2000. • Joined mp3.com in 2001. • Over 100,000 listens. • Number 1 Ambient song, number 6 Electronic, number 46 overall. • Signed with Raw42 in 2002. • 32 songs published. • 2 compilations • “Global Chilled Volume 1: A Selection of Downtempo Grooves” • “Machinations v4.2: A Selection of IDM & Ambient Techno Tracks” • Other. • 2 self-published releases • “This Is How Flat The World Is” • “The Truth In Everything Rejected”. • Radio play all over the world • US, Canada, Costa Rica, UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Japan, etc.
Laptop Music What Is It? Music produced and performed on the laptop. References in Popular Culture Rebelart: http://www.rebelart.net/i0008.html Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Journal: http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/papers/Stuart.pdf Hip Chips (laptop music festival in NYC): http://www.laptopsounds.org/ Wired Magazine (Issue 10.05): http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.05/laptop.html The Economist (The World In 2002): http://www.moby.com/Essays/html/soundsDifferent.html
How To Get Started Step #1: The Production Software Wide variety. Cubase, Propellerhead Reason, Abletron Live, Fruity Loops, Acid. Demo (Acid + SoundForge). Step #2: CD Manufacturing Wide variety of options. CD-Rs. Discmakers. Photos.com. Quark. Adobe Photoshop. Step #3: Distribution CDBaby. The Orchard. Digital distribution. Online CD stores. Physical stores. Demo (CDBaby). Step #4: Promotion Your web site. Your press kit (vistaprint.com). Radio shows. Music websites (electronicscene.com). Review sites. Promotional gear (cafepress.com). Demo (www.dreamdaze.org).
Next Steps Step #5: Live Performance Typically solitary male performer. Face illumitated by screen. Lost in thought. Occasionally surprised expression. Small finger movements producing sound. So…do something different. Demo (Traktor DJ Studio 2 + Arkaos VJ 3.0). Step #6: Publication (or…where the money is) Typical fee to a non-commercial artist is $5000 - $25,000 for commercials. Fees range up to $150,000 for established artist. Typical fee to a non-commercial artist is $5000 for television and film, but can reach $75,000 for non-indie film. Taxi. Raw42. Demo (Raw42).
The Last Step Step #7: Record contract? Per CD you earn less, but you’re established, so you make more from advertising, T-shirt sales, concerts, and everything else. But…maximize your advance and don’t spend it in the studio! Hell, you don’t need to spend it in the studio; you’ve got a laptop and that’s all you need!
Conclusion Fun hobby. Not a lot of gear required. Can do it in your spare time. Wherever you are. Can get some recognition and earn a few $$$...maybe. QUESTIONS?