Music discussion is very lacking here for. Compared to reddit. And yeah I know, ‘just post then’. But when I search for music communities here they’re empty. And it makes sense because no-one is posting. So kind of a catch 22.

now i dont exactly know how all this lemmy stuff works but… to all you musos out there, can you join me and search for music under communities (I’m using summit app) and just at a minimum subscribe to all the ones that you would be interested in(if they were popping off)?

At least that way when one of us posts, the rest of us will actually see it (I suspect).

Anyway. Keep making the world more fun for everyone else.

P.s if your not a musician, but you like golf or something, subscribe to the golf communities even if they’re empty.

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    I’m a musician with dreams of opening a donations based label and covering a different genre every album. Currently releasing a mixtape where each song is a different genre.

    Most recent release was on July 4th to protest all the horseshit going on in America: https://youtu.be/RsS5mFz-WgA

    Also have a video explaining my dream a bit more here: https://youtu.be/1SROCLSPY9U

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    I used to play saxophone, clarinet and flute for years, but then I moved to Australia and I didn’t bring any of them with me. They’re expensive here, too, so I can’t bring myself to buy another…

    Though now I have an Irish low whistle, I haven’t had a chance to really get in to it because of changing jobs, moving houses, etc etc. The lack of buttons is challenging.

    I admit, though, I have a longing to just get back in to a community band again just to be surrounded by music again.

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    I love acoustic and classical guitar. Never could make electric work for me. Maybe had I learned jazz things would be different. Just too hippie

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    I’m a bassist in a few bands. Wish there was more bass discussion here on Lemmy.

    If you’re into prog rock, check out one of my band’s songs: frog rock

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      Have you followed/subbed to the bass communities on Lemmy? The more people do it, the more they’ll talk there. Just gotta take the first baby steps.

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    Uh, I know how to use BeepBox (nice for making music for my games) and I just started learning to use Strudel, does that count? I have a piano (keyboard) but I don’t really release music I just make it sometimes when I’m bored. I guess that counts as amateur musician

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    I play guitar, piano and bass? recently got one and started building basic competency skills.

    I’ve been playing for like 15 years, terrible still but that’s what makes it fun for me.

    I’m interested in recording things but just get too overwhelmed with thinking about using midi drums or synths, the fun part for me is playing over things not necessarily mixing and mastering them. It is something I’m overall interested in.

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      Have a look at ‘addictive drums’ it has a bunch of preset midi grooves that you can play along to and mix and match. It’s pretty plug and play and may be a comfy way into dipping your toes into midi

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        that’s fine but it also kind of sounds terrible or too “plastic”, I’m thinking of buy an electric drum set and learning drums and through learning I’ll be able to pick through the samples I like using and in turn that ends up kind of pre-mixing some of my drum recordings (if it gets to that)

        I know what you mean though, I’m on Linux so the options for those I’m not sure is the same as windows. addictive drums might just not work

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    I play classical style guitar. I joined a community here, but I was the only post.

    I agree that it’s rough out there finding communities with common interests.

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      Please join more. Even if they are empty. That way one day there will be 40 people who have joined and people naturally start talking. My Lemmy inbox has 40 unread messages now. We are here, we just don’t have a spot yet. So search for music, guitar, your local area, and sub to the empty communities that you’d like to see filled and active.

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    Long time musician here!

    Back in Reddit days I did prawl through music-making related communities, but found that discussion tended to stick to pretty trivial spheres. Figured that general music maker communities don’t work. You want jazz drumming / pure data / microtonal techniques level specialised communities to keep it interesting. Otherwise it’s just ‘recommend a beginner-friendly daw’ over and over.

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      There are some good ones on reddit that I still frequent because I’m not seeing it here yet. Like /r/livesound is amazing for audio engineering. I know these nerds(like me) gotta be here. But I don’t hear from them. So we gotta put a lil effort in and start somewhere.

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    I have submitted to knives and scuba communities here even though they’re small. Fortunately, I still get responses. So I urge you guys to post in your empty communities or create your own

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    I’m something of a musician myself, and it saddens me that I can’t find any active music production or audio engineering communities on Lemmy.

    BTW, would be interesting having a community dedicated to free licensed/copyleft/0cc/creative commons/non profit music.

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      They’re only ‘not active’ because no one has subbed yet. That’s what this post is about. I don’t know what the critical mass number is but even a community that reaches 10 is something. The more you sub to, the more instances it gets posted to. The more people see it, comment and sub.

      Just( who ever is reading this) take 5 mins and start subbing to your interests. Instead of waiting for the community to assemble itself.

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    I’m a semi-professional choral singer! I very frequently sing on a volunteer basis in a symphony chorus with a professional orchestra. And also sing with a smaller 12-person choir, really tight harmonies and blending. It’s a lot of fun.

    Sometimes I get paid, but that’s rare.

    I’ve gotten to sing some pretty awesome stuff (Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, video game concerts, Verdi’s Requiem, etc. etc. etc.) and gotten to meet some pretty cool people (including my wife)!

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      I’ve been singing for quite a while. Also gotten to do some cool things like singing Requiems and stuff. I mainly do volunteer but would love to get paid someday.

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        My sister was in a local youth chorus when I came home from college, and told me about the adult version. I found out when auditions were, tried out, got in, and have been loving it ever since!

        I had sung in church choirs growing up, but now regret very much not singing during high school and choir. A lot of my fellow choir people have great memories of singing in school choirs.

        Turns out choirs are a great way to meet a significant other. Other than my wife and I, there are several married couples who met in this chorus (including a couple of married men)! As I tell guys looking to meet people: if you can carry a tune, have a vague understanding of music notation, and live near a medium or large city, you can probably find a volunteer choir. There are a lot of them, they always need people (especially tenors and basses), and are often full of very intelligent and interesting women, some of whom are probably single. 😂