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sloganvirst: It still needs some sort of visual thing to work doesn't it? I've never used Youtube for uploading before, as you can tell. :)

The mic I am using is only a cheap one anyway, from a rockband kit and then using the logitek drivers with Audacity
Pick some sort of picture from the interwebs or create just an image with a text that says your song's title or something. I had the same problem, so I just started looking for good pics on DeviantArt and ask the artists whether I could use their image in a YT upload. Then open any video editing program like Windows Movie Maker, put your audio in there and let the image be visible as long as the song plays or something.

And as for the recording quality - on YT there's lots of musicians including rather popular ones who use absolute low-end hardware, even webcams, to record their performance. So that's not really an issue.

Edit: Oh yeah, also Newgrounds has a decent audio portal. You don't need a pic or video to upload your stuff there. It takes some luck to get many plays there, occasionally people will downrate stuff for no reason (which is a little disappointing at first) but there's always a chance that many people will hear your stuff there. When uploading audio there you agree to a creative commons license but that's a good thing in my experience. Thanks to this a decent amount of my tracks can be heard in YT videos.
Post edited December 15, 2012 by F4LL0UT
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F4LL0UT: Pick some sort of picture from the interwebs or create just an image with a text that says your song's title or something. I had the same problem, so I just started looking for good pics on DeviantArt and ask the artists whether I could use their image in a YT upload. Then open any video editing program like Windows Movie Maker, put your audio in there and let the image be visible as long as the song plays or something.

And as for the recording quality - on YT there's lots of musicians including rather popular ones who use absolute low-end hardware, even webcams, to record their performance. So that's not really an issue.

Edit: Oh yeah, also Newgrounds has a decent audio portal. You don't need a pic or video to upload your stuff there. It takes some luck to get many plays there, occasionally people will downrate stuff for no reason (which is a little disappointing at first) but there's always a chance that many people will hear your stuff there. When uploading audio there you agree to a creative commons license but that's a good thing in my experience. Thanks to this a decent amount of my tracks can be heard in YT videos.
I'm only a drummer too, so I haven't written much of my own material. :-| Some other dude on youtube who does covers like I got some of his videos taken down for "copyright" reasons, so I'm not sure it would let me.
I'm a composer, but my workstation recently decided that rendering audio tracks was too much work and quit on me. Luckily, the hard drives made it, so I'm not forced to sift through backup files to rebuild.

The only music I have on the internet is a piece I did for the still-incomplete open source remake of Imperialism. You can find it along with some of my artwork here.
Post edited December 15, 2012 by Veneteaou
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sloganvirst: I'm only a drummer too, so I haven't written much of my own material. :-| Some other dude on youtube who does covers like I got some of his videos taken down for "copyright" reasons, so I'm not sure it would let me.
That's why I only cover game music. The composers usually retain all rights to their stuff and normally aren't douchebags like some pop or rock artists. :P
I haven't been performing for about a year and a half-two years due to life stuff (band broke up, moved across country, got married, and all that jazz). But, I have recorded a song or two since then.

I have a variety of stuff I've done, and can give a page to it. This link has:

The Remedy (Haters and Hypocrites)- Melodic Christian Metal/hardcore (100% me)
Liar - Hard Rock/Metal (Vocals/Lyrics only)
The Waiting - Acoustic (100% me)
Defiled - Death metal/Melodic metal (Clean/Gritty vocals)
Always There - Rock Ballad (Vocals/Lyrics)
Pieces - Acoustic (100% me)

I also have an old page with a funny song called "Microwave" that you should check out. People usually laugh at it :)

On a different note, I also do impressions and voices. I may a lot of weird faces while making the voices, lol... I can also do well over 20 more, but I was just trying to do instant transitions from one voice to another, off the top of my head.

I have a vocal audition I did for a animated series. It's still in developement, so nothing's released yet. I have the parts of 2 main characters and random secondary/background characters.

Guys in blue- What recommendations would you give a guy who would love to do voices in video games? Any suggestions?
Post edited December 15, 2012 by Braussie
I, uhh, slap the keys on a piano and sounds come out and it makes me smile. Does that count?
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Adzeth: I, uhh, slap the keys on a piano and sounds come out and it makes me smile. Does that count?
It does. It's what I did until a girl I had a crush on forced me into recording something I could show her after I bragged about playing the piano. The girl's gone, I've become a semi-professional musician in the process though. :P
Until about 18 months ago, I led a band called Odd Normality. We were a three piece instrumental rock band. I wrote the music for it and it was a lot of fun.

YouTube channel
Facebook page - Has a few more videos than the YouTube channel.

We managed to record an album called "A Taste of What Was" before I moved and the band disappeared. You can find it on CD Baby, , [url=http://www.amazon.com/A-Taste-of-What-Was/dp/B0072TAVU6/]Amazon and some other places.

I've been thinking about finding an Indie music bundle to see if they would accept the album. I can find some extras to include with it. We had about 2 or 2 1/2 hours of music, but only got to record a little more than 30 minutes worth.
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Azilut: I play a theremin, but not well enough that I would inflict it on any of you. :p
Awesome! I have one that was built from a kit decades ago. A little different from a real theremin. Not as good, but still fun to play.
Post edited December 15, 2012 by adambiser
I play rhythm octave mandola in a ceilidh band (and with friends and at sessions for fun).

I also play a fair few other instruments with varying degrees of proficiency both recreationally and for silly recording projects (mostly just for fun). I also make a bit of computer generated music, but mainly for the purposes of arranging with an intention of either re-recording the parts with real instruments or performing it with the aforementioned band.

A dodgy arrangement done for the band I'm in: http://soundcloud.com/a_sleepy_company/tal-tal-heights-kraken-7-5/s-0J4up
We as a band haven't done any recording yet (the whole point of a ceilidh band is live music) but we hope to at some point, even if only as demos to give people an idea of what we sound like.
Post edited December 16, 2012 by SirPrimalform
I played guitar until I fractured the middle finger on my left hand. :-(
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DieRuhe: I played guitar until I fractured the middle finger on my left hand. :-(
Damn... didn't it heal properly?
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Azilut: I play a theremin, but not well enough that I would inflict it on any of you. :p
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adambiser: Awesome! I have one that was built from a kit decades ago. A little different from a real theremin. Not as good, but still fun to play.
Mine's a Moog Etherwave. Not the professional model, though (no sense buying a performance-grade instrument until I'm good enough to perform).

I did give one stage performance with it. We were doing a stage production of Shakespeare's "as you like it", and the director had this weird (and hilarious) tendency to take my sarcastic suggestions seriously. By the end of it, I was playing the theremin on-stage while wearing a karate gi, a luchador mask and a viking helmet.

God I miss theatre...
I do the typical three, have been since before I was actually into music; and they all make me want to die.

It's a hilarious exercise in self-aggrandisement.

Banjo is 100% more enjoyable.
Post edited December 16, 2012 by wizardtypething
I've been a wannabe musician for about 5, 6 years or so (actively; if counted from the very beginning, then about 11 years. Although it is still very much just a hobby, for the most part). I'll post some stuff later, because I'm currently at my GF's. I'll remember when I get home since this thread is now in my recent topics.
I have composed my own tracks for ages now, my most recent release ReversE is an all electronic/ambient album and accompanies my recent indie game release of the same name! Will post both links for you :)

Bandcamp
ReversE the game

would love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Also wondering if there would be any interest in putting a game up like ReversE on GoG too? Sorry to go off the music topic a bit. xD