n00b Corner! Introduce yourself here!

[Acky]

Hi and Good Morning, I'm Acky from Scotland 52 year and been a Chemicals fan since their inception. I've travelled far and wide to loose my mind at their gigs. Im just back from London, was at The Printworks to witness them and their blistering DJ set where they blew the roof of the building with....pease and love to all Brother & Sisters

[Csar]

Hi Acky snd welcome to the forum. Nice you found your way to out little chemical refuge. Following them for so long, you must have some nice anecdotes to share, I guess.

[sulky]

Hey! I'm quite active on the Piku Playground discord server and thought I'd finally muster up the courage to make an account on here too

about me, I'm a teenager who basically grew up with the chems because of my awesome parents and I've loved music for my whole life! I have this little drum machine and 303 clone groovebox and a chord synthesizer (roland t-8 and j-6 respectively) which my friend and I recently used for this live performance at my school! it went ok lol

from what i've seen this forum is awesome and I can't wait to chat! excited for nrtl too!

[Enjoyed]

I have this little drum machine and 303 clone groovebox and a chord synthesizer (roland t-8 and j-6 respectively) which my friend and I recently used for this live performance at my school! it went ok lol

That's so awesome!

I remember somehow convincing a "rock" band that I was in at school (we played a lot of Dreamtheater and Metallica covers) to do a cover version of Galvanize. It also went ok!

Anywho, welcome!! Perfect timing with news of new music starting to seep out. There'll be lots of chatter over the next months for sure!

[rynostar]

I have this little drum machine and 303 clone groovebox and a chord synthesizer (roland t-8 and j-6 respectively) which my friend and I recently used for this live performance at my school

First off, Welcome to brother/sister/sibling hood! Ha! you got the inverted NRTL colours avatar. Nice!  

I remember in a music production class in high school trying to recreate Setting Sun on an old Roland DS-20. It sounded like a bad chip-tune / midi / amiga version. Keep it up!  

[sulky]

Anywho, welcome!! Perfect timing with news of new music starting to seep out. There'll be lots of chatter over the next months for sure!

Thanks! I can't wait!

First off, Welcome to brother/sister/sibling hood! Ha! you got the inverted NRTL colours avatar. Nice! 

I remember in a music production class in high school trying to recreate Setting Sun on an old Roland DS-20. It sounded like a bad chip-tune / midi / amiga version. Keep it up! 

Relatable, I'm trying to recreate Impact by Orbital on my little box and the bassline is pretty much there but the drum sounds are so different it's hard to make it sound good lol

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

[jukethebox]

hi. i got into chemical brothers thanks to my friend, who is also on this forum.

since then, ive gotten quite interested in electronic music(and just music in general)
and im probably(hopefully) going to do it for gcse, the academic qualification system in the uk.

[Enjoyed]

hi. i got into chemical brothers thanks to my friend, who is also on this forum.

since then, ive gotten quite interested in electronic music(and just music in general)
and im probably(hopefully) going to do it for gcse, the academic qualification system in the uk.

Welcome!

As someone who studied Music GCSE, and then went on to A Level Music & Music Technology, and then a BA in Creative Music Technology - I'm very excited for your potential journey!

What other electronic music have you got into since you discovered the Chems?

[sulky]

hi. i got into chemical brothers thanks to my friend, who is also on this forum.

since then, ive gotten quite interested in electronic music(and just music in general)
and im probably(hopefully) going to do it for gcse, the academic qualification system in the uk.

Hey!! I'm his friend!

I also got him into orbital, among other things (we're seeing them live on the 6th!) but I'll let him explain

I'm going to to do music GCSE too, so hopefully we're in the same class.

[jukethebox]

Welcome!

As someone who studied Music GCSE, and then went on to A Level Music & Music Technology, and then a BA in Creative Music Technology - I'm very excited for your potential journey!

What other electronic music have you got into since you discovered the Chems?

yeah, so as sulky said, he also got me into orbital, and we're gonna see them on april 6th, as he already said.

so, about your music gcse, do you have any tips?

[Enjoyed]

so, about your music gcse, do you have any tips?

Try to find something you enjoy about every piece of music that you listen to. Even if it's a crap pop song you totally hate, try to appreciate why others might enjoy it - or better still - find something you enjoy about it yourself.

We studied Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin' On' album for A-Level music tech, and I thought it was the most boring shit ever (especially as we were comparing it to Pet Sounds, which is superb) but I started getting super into the bongo sounds in the Marvin tracks, and gradually found myself finding more and more to appreciate about it all.

Basically, it can be easy to get in your own way of being successful in a course which is ultimately about ticking boxes. You don't have to love a piece of music you're asked about - but if you can find something you do like, and talk about it using the correct terminology and enthusiasm, you'll be golden!

Also, not sure what your 'classical' music background is - but learning Grade 5 Music Theory is just an all round super helpful skill to have in your pocket.

[sulky]

Also, not sure what your 'classical' music background is - but learning Grade 5 Music Theory is just an all round super helpful skill to have in your pocket.

Ohhh man. Hopefully learning at least a bit of music theory is one of the reasons I'm doing music GCSE, but it's definitely scary!

[sandelic]

It sounded like a bad chip-tune / midi / amiga version.

Are you trying to bad-mouth Paula?!  

[rynostar]

Are you trying to bad-mouth Paula?! 

Was I!?!?! I' don't know?!?! I thought I was being self-deprecating?!?!

Also, what is the Paula reference? (Abdul?)

[sandelic]

Oh, don't worry, it was a joke that only amigan could understand 
Paula was the name of chip Amiga used for sound (14 bit sound) and it was fantastic for that time 

[rynostar]

Oh, don't worry, it was a joke that only amigan could understand
Paula was the name of chip Amiga used for sound (14 bit sound) and it was fantastic for that time

Yep, right over my head. But I can second the Amiga did produce great sounds / tracks. Never had a chance to play it, but love tracks like this:

[sandelic]

Great choice! I love that track, too! 
Also, Amiga demo scene is still pretty strong and still produce some interesting stuff