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by Thornweave » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:41 pm
When I do these introduce yourself posts I always feel like the new guy at a support group meeting. That being said, here we go...
My name is Rob, aka Thornweave. A brief musical background. I started playing music at a young age. I began playing bass guitar in middle school, and soon after I began playing I joined my father and older brothers band. As much as it pains me to admit it, it was a country music band. Not my preferred choice in music, however, it did give me a strong foundation on musical rhythm. A couple years later my brother moved off to college, which in turn was the end of the band. Soon after that I joined up with a friends band, this time being hard rock/metal. That band lasted quite some time. It was an on and off thing, but near the end it was a solid group for about 4 years. In those 4 years we gained a high amount of local success, and had some interest from a couple of major labels. Of course nothing ever came of those labels and we finally called it quits. That was 5 years ago.
I have been dabbling in electronic music since the band broke up. It is only recently (The past 3 months) that I have began to take it seriously. It wasn't until dubstep became popular in the united states until I knew what kind of electronic music I wanted to produce. Prior to the success of dubstep the only electronic music I knew about was House, and Techno. I have never been a big fan of House, but Techno has always been appealing to me. I have always liked the use of electronic music in artists such as NiN, Rob Zombie, and Marilyn Manson. It wasn't until the success of (insert trending dubstep artist here) until I could see how the music could be done without a full band.
With all of that being said. I come here in search of advice, constructive criticism, suggestions, mentorism, etc... I have browsed the different topics and have already learned a great deal. I still struggle in certain areas when producing my songs, but aim to correct that. To put it simply, I am looking to produce music full time, and I am taking it extremely serious. My musical influences are Tool, Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Marilyn Manson, Excision, Datsik, Skrillex, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Porter Robinson, Zedd, etc...
I originally got into production to make breaks and dnb, but once I was out of the element, hip-hop seemed natural...now I plan to go electronic (no specific genre, except I will not be making trance or happy hardcore because I'm deathly allergic to it) and once I have a decent environment for recording I will incorporate more organic sounds...The worst part of producing hip-hop was having to fuck with rappers...because the truly talented ones are few and FAAAAR between and everyone wants a beat for free. I had to quit telling people I had recording equipment because they or someone they knew was about to be "the new hot shit", if only they had a place to record...Apparently meeting someone for half an hour and puffing some dank with them makes you "friends" and not just acquaintances...sorry for the rant...long story short...dubstep is the shit because it has all the electronic sounds I crave, with grimy hip-hop beats I can nod my head to...glad to be part of the community... 
