做你自己的影子:提示建立自己的视觉和音乐的Persona

Creating an identity, persona, shadow (whatever you wish to call it) is as integral to your musical expression as it is to your audience's perception and enjoyment of you. GW Childs explores it here.  

在历史上,我们促成看到人类表达各阶层的标志性的例子很多。从专业的考古学家百万富翁花花公子,要敢于generalsHuman人类擅长的个性和风格。音乐行业并不陌生,生活图标,或大型的身份。如果有的话,为数不多的行业,似乎仍热衷于个人都很年轻,而且已经取得了老,保持独特的音乐人物,其之一。约翰尼·卡什,例如,建立和维护,直到他去世,被黑衣人,按规矩,叛军一个惊人的人物。不管他是否真的是这样的人,当他走到舞台上,这是你gotThe取缔的人。在这个快速提示,让我们来看看几个方法,你可以建立一个属于自己的音乐的影子(身份)......或者,只是你有建立一个很酷的另一个自我的满意度。

它的所有颜色和符号...

许多艺术家有很多运气与标识的创建和整合。毕竟,一个符号很容易记住,和球迷们可以借鉴它,撅标识古怪的地方,并增殖的宗教是自己。然而,标识也需要时间,特别是如果你有一个以上的参与你会象征批准使用的人。另外,如果你是一个新人,试图推下来的标志人民面可以摘下来了一点浮夸。

Have a favorite controller with a distinctive color? Use it on stage and use it in your artwork!

有喜欢的控制器,具有鲜明的颜色?使用它在舞台上,并用它在你的作品!

一个伟大的,对妙招

Distinctive pieces of gear, like guitar straps with bright colors are great for establishing a bit about yourself to new listeners. As well as a nostalgic visual for old fans.

独特的齿轮件,如吉他背带有鲜艳的色彩非常适合建立一些关于自己的新听众。还有一种怀旧的视觉的老球迷。

缩小音频面板

建立明确的音乐identityand的聪明的方式,这样就可以在技术的时代是对各种仪器没有限制,即使一个孩子可以得到保持ofwould是建立仪器的基本安排,或独特的补丁尤其是精明始终使用。例如:建立一个有补丁,样品,鼓采样和效果,你继续定期使用一些选定的模板。这似乎限制很多,因为它似乎适得其反限制你的仪表板。然而,一个普通的模板是通过反复使用,你不断地拨打你的安排,你的鼓包,声乐设置,更感非常有利。因此,随着时间的推移,该模板,排列和声音环境将继续成为抛光和独特的你。例如:我倾向于喜欢的工作敲定扬琴到我的歌曲。我保持敲定扬琴补丁,EQD和影响,以及一个坏蛋鼓包,我喜欢使用。这些总是在我的包。而且,当我写一首歌,你通常可以依靠这些在那里的元素。这样一来,我的听众开始了我与像敲定扬琴是多了几分神秘感,多了几分,元素的仪器关联。我又继续去学习尝试我敲定扬琴补丁的新途径,并使它自己。同时,由于鼓包和效果环路建立这么多的感知声波布景内的一首歌,我的环境已经拨之前我甚至放下声轨。而且,其独特的,以我的tasteswhich是,最终,我的听众的口味,因为他们买我的音乐。每个人都赢。

结论

当然,以上的建议是不打算作为有关,或甚至必要的成功作为一位艺术家。但是,认为它是这样的:颜色,符号,仪式,甚至选择是人类行为的所有主要机制。而且,作为一个物种,并作为一种文化,它根植于我们的DNA反弹背后的符号,后面的颜色,甚至特定的声音(小号,任何人吗?)。我们促成了越来越落后的标志,制服,标志,和许多不同的图标幸存下来的物种。忽视心理触发器等这些将是愚蠢的。毕竟,如果它的工作原理为百万个不同的广告公司,为什么不能为你工作?

Sound Designer, Musician, Author... G.W. Childs has worn many hats. Beginning in the U.S. Army back in 1991, at the age of 18, G.W. began learning electronics, communications and then ultimately audio and video editing from the Department of Defense. Upon leaving the military G.W. went on to work for many exciting companies like Lu... Read More

Discussion

TORLEY
Friendly greetings G.W., I've really been enjoying this and other articles you've written lately... I am drawn to music with personality, both in the compositions themselves and the person who created it. I've observed an excess of music that is technically well-produced but indistinguishable from other producers, it fails to say something memorable, it's treading the same polluted water as so much else. That isn't intriguing to me.

Great point about colors and theming. Just like sports team fans garb themselves almost patriotically in their home team colors. I've long been drawn to "neon watermelon" so pink + green have become my thing. And re: "signature sounds", it seems to take a certain freedom to make the mind supple, respect one's "inner child", and use sounds NOT because they're expected of a genre, but because they appeal to you in some undeniable degree — perhaps it's nostalgia. I often opt for outerworldly extrapolations of real instruments that might sound native to an alien culture.

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