Ok guys..... to liven things up, I purpose a little experiment/challenge to all the Low Yat Musicians here.

What I purpose is to meet in a public area, say The Apartment or something, and then we all bring our laptops and whatever equipment needed to compose, perform and record and original composition.
With the easy availability of desktop recording, beat making, emulation on decently powerful laptops, I think this shouldn't be a problem whatsoever.
By say 2 or 3 hours time, we should be able to produce something that we can be proud of and be part of a great experiment.

So in order to speed things up, we shall put the cut off point at the end of August to have this session. I purpose 16th of August, 12pm at The Apartment at the Curve.

We each have to list down the equipment and software we are using that day, as well as what we specialize in I will start first:

Hardware:
Acer Gemstone 5920G with OS/X Leopard and Vista Dual boot
Line6 UX2
Epiphone Zakk Wylde Custom Les Paul

Software:
Adobe Audition 3.0
Line6 Tonelab
Amplitube 2.0
Guitar Rig 3.0
Garage Band

Skills:
Guitar Playing
Multi-Track Recording

So, if you're interested, just list like the above, and list the date that you can make it.

Hope to see you all soon!

this is interesting.

u forgot we need speakers and alot of power plugs.

since u're already playing guitars, i'll opt for something else.

Hardware:
Asus laptop
M audio firewire 410
M audio Axiom25
M audio finger trigger
Roland headphones

Software:
Reason 3.0 (with lots of refills)
Pro Tools 7.4 M powered
Adobe Audition

Skills:
non existent

holy sh*t...

so means you guys gonna be seen playing / recording with your guitars at the curve ?

good good i like ...not shy attitude

Can non-participants just come and hang out?

Can. But if anybody can "drop some beats", that would be excellent.
Bassist also welcome and can tumpang my UX2, as that has dual inputs.

Vocalists are also invited. Best if they can bring their own mics as well.

And echo, I'll just file you under guitar playing, because you can pwn me any time!

where or what is 'The Apartment'?
and aug 16 is elvis anniversary...

The Apartment is a restaurant in Curve which has a decent outside area (smoking) with electrical sockets for laptops and stuff. Probably decent WiFi too. Serves alcohol, so that might contribute to the creative process

And if it's Elvis's anniv, we should make it an Elvis theme
Maybe a remix of an Elvis song?

where exactly at the curve? since got smoking area i guess outside somewhere?
i go the curve most sundays and dont recall seeing any The Apartment

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jul 30 2008, 11:28 PM

Right before you get to Big Apple Donuts is The Apartment. TGIF is next door.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/su1/2171294665/

oh, near that fountain thingie where they have a giant chess set? the area where nobody really goes to?

^
nono you've got it wrong.
its directly opposite cineleisure's entrance (the big fountain)
its next to ittalianies(same owner)

eh...so its somewhere in between italiennes and tgif?

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jul 30 2008, 11:59 PM

yeah, it's right beside TGIF

bringing teh SGs? <3

if i do come, it will either be the orville or classic...
the double neck is tempting tho, but i think i will die halfway carrying it

be a good chance to test out my Boss micro BR tho.

dude..you are getting old

the apartment is famous for their ikea looking concept ..

so.. let me get it right.
you guys are gonna play guitars in front of your laptops, with your DJ-earphones on, outside a cafe ?

that's kinda geek, isn't it..? wouldn't a studio be more the place to do that ? i dunno..

A studio would just confine us in a single room with loads of readily available equipment.
My idea, is that since it's all laptops and semi-portable equipment, it's POSSIBLE to make music in an open environment then a sterile studio environment.
We'll probably hook it up to a small 4 channel mixer and a speaker.

Also, I just realize that if it's a big group, the owner's will most likely kick is out if we order only one cup of coffee
So if there are any other ideas for venues or perhaps someone could sponsor us? That would be great.

hmm, doing it at the public will definitely invite undesirable stares. The worst part came when some of them asked to 'fondle' ur beloved instruments.

But it does sounds interesting to do that in a cafe.

delay this to early september...

that time , my music school / jamming studio will be open in ss2 ..(opening most probably on sept 1st) ..

not only you will have a bunch of equipments , free internet ..you guys get to rape some of my guitars ..and my next shipment ( looking @ Jackson Stars )

how does that sound ? its right above a mamak too ..

September I'll be in Europe.
From 12th until the 5th of October.

Unless you can set up shop by Sept. 6, I think it's August or October onwards.

yeap..it should be up by 29-30th august..you guys can have your jamming / gathering too..

transportation wise..
its a kayu nasi kandar there..so its about 5-10 minutes walk from taman bahagia LRT station ..shouldn't be a prob

This post has been edited by gapnap: Jul 31 2008, 04:31 PM

nasi kandar there?
its somewhat setup right? cos that day around 5-6am i was wondering wtf i was hearing some live drums from up there.

nolah ..havent ...right above nasi kandar is vocal heaven ..the noise is from there i guess..

mine is above the banana leaf curry house..same row with kayu ..upper side ..now i am worried about the gangsters coming to collect the protection fee...i don't mind paying a little bit ..but.. believe it or not there are like 6 different gangs there asking for ang pow..and i cannot afford 6.

no worries gap - i'm sure the tough guys here will protect you...coz been following this thread for a while and it seems that some of them here have very rich dads, protection money? hmm...sure no problem one...

btw gapnap - when u think your studio could start operationing (got such word huh?) ... could get the guys from i-bands to check it out too...

oh..about the session..gambatte! if i'm a lot lot younger i might wanna join...

well..our schedule is to get everything done by 21st August ...Opening maybe 1st Sept , or Merdeka ..

Hmmmmmmmm..... but then again, the whole idea is NOT to have it in a studio environment, but in an open, public area

Maybe we can have our jam session there the next time, but for this experiment, maybe not........ sorry Gap, but I hope you understand the nature of this project.

and then ask the boss of the apartment to provide free food and drinks in return for some *entertainment*

Hahahhaha...... does anybody know anyone in Apartment we can hit up? Or any other cafe/restaurant?

oh don't worry .. no need apologize ..just a suggestion ..carry on the apartment project..i will try to drop by if i can ..but no recordings...i am abit shy to record in the public ..hehe i can be the cheerleader

Hahahaha.... throw in a riff or 2 why not!

If we can push it to early September, it will be the first public debut of the Razorback as well

making noise in open, public area? hmm....what's the 'purpose' actually? just make sure no one bring banners resembling pics of Anwar Ibrahim or his peers ya...true blue van likes to wander around nowadays

It's a music experiment......
It's making AND recording music in an environment that is usually reserved for the Sterile studio.
I want to see if recording and writing music in the open is more conducive and free then in a sterile studio.

Nothing Political or other motives whatsoever.

rrr...i think making loud music in public area normally needs some sort of permit...no matter how honest the motive is...heck, even doing congregation in closed areas, esp. when it involves 'disturbance' to the public (aka public nuisance) most of the times you need some sort of permit...so yeah, do check first with your elders, councilmen or any inspector sahab etc first...

just a precautionary advice here, no ill intention

This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 2 2008, 12:30 PM

Well, if we are bringing in 100w tube amps and a full drum kit, yeah...... we'd be worried.

But the only speakers we will be using are headphones and a small set of monitor speakers. Nothing big at all.

Very interesting...
Dont mind if i drop by the apartment to watch and learn?

Well, at the moment, not much people signing up, so it looks like this has been pushed back. Will inform when the thing is happening, but obviously not this month

well i got a nice big place to do this if u guys wanna come by bt jelutong. my downstairs hall is totally empty. but strictly BYOC (bring your own chair) and BYOB (bring your own booze)

and the neightbours have not move in yet. yeah. can do that the whole day, and u can do potluck BBQ also, etc..etc..etc...

1 question, is the whole idea to create something 'new' or to show people how we compose & produce?

it's so easy if i re-compose a song i already did myself.. so what's the guideline if we need something new?

if it's just to show how to produce and such, then it's ok..

btw, can TS please update at 1st post on event date+time+venue and who's coming.. that'll be more easier and cool!

uhm.. just wanna say, music is not "noise"... that being said, i'm sure the cafe owner will be more than happy to have people giving free entertainment for his cafe(no need to pay you "oh-so-very-expensive" musicians)
purpose? to promote LYN maybe?

passerby: where are you guys from? what band/group/company?
blacktrix: we're from LYN forum Musicians section

sound interesting any updates?

Nope. Nobody signed up..... so I'm postphoning the event.

oh bugger it does sound like fun.

hmm.. yeah sounds like fun but i dont have time for it currently.. work sucks.. and if i can go dunno wat to bring either.. gud luck guys.. will monitor your progress from here..

bring whatever u think u need lor.. if dun have can pinjam i think ;p share and spread the love.

haha.. yeah, sharing is caring lol

ooh sounds like fun! too bad i hardly know how to use the new gears i have yet... T_T

Macbook Pro 2.4 Ghz C2D
M-audio Oxygen 8 v2

Logic Pro studio
Soundtrack Pro
GarageBand

Skills: Fail at everything because I just got all those equipments hahaha
If someone would kindly give me a crash course, i would join xD

oh u have the oxygen 8v2. i miss my old one. sold it off though.

cant really teach u as ure using softwares im not familiar with.

Just found out this cool thread, Blacktrix this really a great sessions as i wanted to learn how to use all these like FruityLoops, Cubase, Reason, Sonar, Kore, AbletonLive, Logic whatever music producing softwares, i need a starting point to start off. When is the next date, can i come by to watch and learn from you guys?

yeah fun and cool ;p