by Johnathan L. Groom

Created on: June 01, 2011   Last Updated: December 22, 2011

If a human is not inclined to be (to themselves, or others) talented at music, it is always okay.  There are many steps that one can take to become a musical hit, or at least learn to be creative in the process.  Included are important suggestions, possibilities, and advice for the singer in everyone. 

The latest edition of Fruityloops has arrived!

Watching a small, user-friendly program like Fruityloops transform itself into the now popular FL Studio has been a long process, and has provided private and budget-based artists with the chance to go from wishing on a star to slowly (over the years) becoming one, much like the program itself.  Remembering and hearing the original sound waves in the less-than-theatrical environment, and seeing them become a top shelf addition proportionate to that of any personal studio with a Motif 6 or similar data keyboard has made everyone proud.  Korg fans, be prepared.

If a person were to make music as an extra-curricular activity, working on it for several years, they can honestly tell you how very technical it is at times, and how it is worth it.  A regular practice and common daytime study for some people is something like that of an old woman threading her crochet, while allowing the fabric to do much more than it's desired result.  The instrumentals created keep musicians warm at night.

The basis for this originally can come from a music teacher, even in elementary school.  A suggestion of making a demo of music can lead to the start of a thirteen year old musician.  If a child began relaying one recorded cassette tape with a sample off to another in a stereo synthesizer tape player, and continued swapping and recording over the tapes, they would have the desired number of music tracks wanted.  That would have been great for about a year, until the discovery of programs like the Music Generator for the first Playstation, which is much better because of its ability to arrange tracks and record them through a line-in going from the console to the stereo itself, improving the sound quality significantly.  Although these methods are creative, many musicians are still not satisfied.

People like to toy with music.  Toying with it just this way for awhile can take a musician from making songs through a microphone with a previously recorded sample karaoke style, to slowly using computer software.  That is how most find Fruitloops V.3. 

Consider an hour of remaking and remastering a hi-hat on CoolEdit2.1 a hobby, and forgetting the banana bread in the oven.  It can be quite the multi-tasking phenomena!

You must love music to participate in the use of most of these program applications, and for some, this is a favorite extra-curricular activity.  For others, music is not as important, but will surely survive the changing times, for it is the moment at hand being represented that is truly, and always shall be, timeless.

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