Expressing yourself
Hey everyone... leave a post and tell me about your music and your vision. I don't know many people on here, so it will be good for introductions.
I sing and play acoustic guitar mostly, and write. I see my life as a story that God is very deliberately writing, and it's my job to tell it. Music is part of how I bare myself and my life before the public.
If I could use an emoticon to represent my rockstardome, it would have to be 
Your turn.
Malex Music
Let us see... My music is hard to nail down. I've written some really, really bad 8-bit electronic music, I moved to trance, have I'm done a lot with DnB, and am now experimenting heavily with breaks, ambient, and analogue sounds.
Mainly, I use music to glorify God, and to express my emotions in a way that others may be able to relate to. Occasionally, I even try to tell stories, and encompass an entire journey in a song. Sometimes it even works the way I expected it to.
What about the non-artists out there? What do you expect out of music? What impact does it have on you?
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
A guitarist? Really?
A guitarist? Really? Awesome. I personally play a bass guitar. It's how I worship. I've gotten pretty good with it too. I just can't sing very well; in fact, I have a hard time even getting on key. I could use some lessons...
Anyway, if I could use a smiley, it would probably this
or this
By the way, I be crazy J. Who be you?
Clinchpoop - when your parents constrict your priviliges so hard in one painful moment that you just crap out.
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
Transfixionsphere
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I don't exactly have music. I just basically enjoy others', like mAlex's. But if you mean by "vision" what I want to do/become, I'll readily answer: AN ENTERTAINER. 
I plan to do
all of 
the following to entertain.
I'm only twelve years old, and I've already made progress on all of these things.
If I am ANYTHING, though, I'm an artist. Drawing is my passion, one might say. But mentally, I'm an extreme perfectionist.
Also, as mAlex's little brother, I've gotten MANY[/u] firsthand opportunities to aid him in the mAlex Media Network. I'm proud to say I've taken up all of those that I could, at least to my recollection.
Am I forgetting anything, mAlex?
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POINT-Repeating oneself is stupid.
POINT-Repeating oneself is stupid.
CONCLUSION-I am stupid.
God is leading me along a trail of miracles.
Looks like a complete list to me.
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
No...
Actually, I did forget something.
I plan to try to show America
what the meaning of "Christian" is with my entertainment.
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POINT-Repeating oneself is stupid.
POINT-Repeating oneself is stupid.
CONCLUSION-I am stupid.
God is leading me along a trail of miracles.
Good Luck
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Myself and no music...
Since I have absolutely no musical talent I think this is the wrong forum for me to be in but since you asked...
I'm a writer. Period.
Of course I can do a lot of other things but mostly I write. I have been with the Malex Media Network for as long as it's existed though I wasn't technically a member until rescently.
I'm Malex's younger sister and as for contributions I've mostly just been Malex's advisor. I'm also the owner of one of the two cameras used in the EMIT project. As such, I am also the "camera woman".
I, also, was the creator for the second largerst amount of levels in Nomad 2.
Musically, I'm trying to improve. I'm taking chior lessons to try and learn how to use my voice. Instrumentally ... I know how to play the ocarina.
(Malex hates that thing.)
As for vision, I am called to be a missionary to Ireland and have been for as long as I can remember. (I also hope, someday, to direct a high budget movie.
)
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Oh Bah
I don't mind the ocarina per se...
Also, you up for using your camera for our new top secret project that nobody knows about yet?
ttyl
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
...
...um...
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Say nothing!
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
So, on a new train of thought...
I'm learning to play the mario underground theme on my guitar. It's frikkin insane, I tell you, INSANE!! Even the Imperial March wasn't a fraction of this difficulty. Between the timing, the spacing of the notes, and the fact that I only have a vague memory of how it should sound makes it officially the hardest piece of music i've ever had the (dis)pleasure of laying my eyes on. To give you an idea of the horrors I am going through, here's the tablatures...
G---17--14--15
D
A-15--12--13
E
G---17--14--15
D
A-15--12--13
E
G---------------3-2-1
D---------------3-4-2-------1
A-6-5-4---3--6--5--------4--3--------------2-1-0
E---------------4--3---------------4
Now do you understand my pain?! DO YOU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
In a word...
In a word, no.
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Nope.
Neither can I
... But I like your sig. 
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
I also like the sig.
See above, silly.
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Dude!!
thanks for posting the tabs. I'm gonna learn me some Mario and
like a rockstar! Looks like fun.
So take that!
So take that!
*shakes head*
You crazy guitar people...
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Well, i'm not so sure...
A: I left out a part of the tab that I just so happened to have overlooked.
B: It's for the bass, not a 6-stringer.
C: It's horrible. Horrible. After playing it, and then finding the mario song itself, the tab is wretched. Don't bother. It's a mistake of unbelievable proportions.
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
...
So just fix it and post the real thing?
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Now...
With an ocarina... all the music is simple. You just follow the dots. And, if your clever, you can figure out just about any song. (As long as it doesn't have a very large range.
)
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Queen anyone?
Another one bites the dust! Another one bites the dust! And another one gone, and another gone; Hey! I'm gonna get you too; another one bites the dust!
I got the tabs for this one too. That song has the sweetest bass line in the history of mankind.
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
Whee! Yet another thing added to my list!
...
I just made the mAlex Media Network logo for mAlex! Of course, it was under his close supervision, but it'll soon be official!
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PREMISE-Repeating oneself is stupid.
PREMISE-Repeating oneself is stupid.
CONCLUSION-I am stupid.
God is leading me along a trail of miracles.
Yeah.
It's up now. Thanks a bunch.
I like it a lot.
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Music
I can't play any musical instrument, but I love to sing! Sadly, I ruined a once-promising operatic soprano with 15+ years of smoking and misuse. Now, my vision for music is for my children.
I especially love Malex's music. I hope that somday he achieves recognition for his talent.
Aisling has an enviable soprano range. Unlike my powerhouse voice, hers is lilting and pretty. My vision for her is to develop better control and confidence, and to know that she sounds good. She'd be a good candidate for voice lessons, if she's interested.
Susie is my little opera star. My only real vision for her talent right now,is to develop whatever skills she has to her own level of comfort. In a few years, if she still feels the same, she'll have voice lessons.
I'd like T to sing with more confidence. He has a great bass voice and could sing opera if he wanted to.
Ship has some interest in singing and playing an instrument. I'd be happy to see him pursue these interests, but I won't push him.
Just keep swimming!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
low, low, low.
I'm a bass. Deep and not so loud. Worse, my only high range involves screaming inanely. Fortunately, I have at least developed that and I can do it pretty well - relatively speaking, of course. Very few people can handle that kind of heavy metal, though amazingly i'm better at the screaming than most proffesional singers who do it. The only better guys I can think of off hand are Ryan Clark and Mike Williams. Ryan Clark also has an incredible singing voice.
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
...
Heavy metal screaming?
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Yeah.
That's about the only way I can go high, unfortunately. It's frankly rather annoying, because a few of the songs I try to sing along with involve going outside of my range at several points, leaving me floundering with only a little spittle and air coming out until they come back down low.
Argh. It bugs the heck outta me.
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
Well...
That just means that you have a low range. That's not in any way a bad thing, regardless of popular rhetoric. I, personally, am quite secure in my role as a bass.
ttyl
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
I know what you mean Humie.
Of course my troubles are on the opposite end of the spectrum.
Most songs are too low for me. I had to sing a solo on stage for drama class one year and it was horrible. Some of it was faulty equipment and some of it was that I'm not musically inclined. But most of it was cause I was in speaking voice the whole time. I wish I could could personally apologise to each and every person in the audience for the physical damaged I most likely caused them. 
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
Heh
Heh... "Physical damage"...
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Vocal Damage
Worse, my only high range involves screaming inanely.
This is exactly the kind of abuse I referred to that ruined my singing voice. In fact, I think it actually damaged my throat. Reaching for a high note without using falsetto must be done with power and volume. Sadly, the lining of your throat can only take so much of that.
My advice is that you perfect a falsetto that doesn't sound too false. Singing means so much to me, but I will never sound good again because of this error.
It's been more than 25 years since I was able to sing and be pleased with the result. Think about it.
Just keep swimming!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
Actually
I do try to go as high as I possibly can. Only problem is there is a lack of force for me at that range. The only way I can get semi-audible sound at the point is for me to scream. I don't do it that often, and the fact that it isn't loud or powerful means that it doesn't hurt my throat. That does mean, though, that you have to crank the gain on the mic, and then turn it back down when I go back to normal singing. This is trivial when compared to matters of health, however.
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
Hmm
I do the overpushing in my chest voice when I'm legitimately in my head voice thing almost all the time, and lately I've just stopped singing, because my voice matters to me a lot, and I can tell it's messing it up, but I can't afford voice lessons right now. So I'm kind of waiting/trying to back off until I can get it together. A lot of it has to do with the way that I've written my music as well. I wrote a lot of things out of emotional turmoil, and it shows in the way I sing it... which isn't really good. I'm starting to write things differently. I'm aiming more now for something beautiful than for something angry.
So take that!
So take that!
Beauty
I've heard that you have a lovely voice.
Just keep swimming!
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I get up, I walk, I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing. - Hillel
Indeed she does.
Indeed she does. Very moving, too.
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
My vision.
I envision myself as an artistic photographer for the Malex media network wile helping Malex with the comedy shorts and Trnsfxnsphr with the cartoons. There I've said my piece in one sentence, so there.
"In the heat of the composition I find that I have inadvertently allowed myself to assume the form of a large centipede."-Screwtape-from the screwtape letters
"Adolescence is not a period that defines you, it's a period you define." - me
Hehe...
Helping by doing the voices of your characters.
And, the name's Quartz now, as you can see. Transfixionsphere is not suitable for Artist-dom.
You spelled the wrong "while/wile". "Wile" is like a trick or a trap. It's evil.
I wonder how many comments I've made with this for the subject. "Hehe..."...
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PREMISE-Repeating oneself is stupid.
PREMISE-Repeating oneself is stupid.
CONCLUSION-I am stupid.
God is leading me along a trail of miracles.
Good show.
Good show, Fopsworth. (I love that name!) I bet you could get it all out in one breath too.
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
While we're doing names
Since no one can ever seem to pronounce 'Da Humie' correctly, and to avoid the slightest possibility of copyright infringements (I took the name from a way of talking, but given the nit-picking insanity of Games Workshop's lawyers, i'd probably be sued if it was used in any way as part of a company of any sort), I am changing my name to my other nickname, which I use at my youth-group.
"Henceforth, for all purposes, intentions, usage, communication, extrapolation, adoration, horrification, referenceation, emancipation, evisceration, admiration, lustification, avariceification, rockification, evasionification, wrathificaiton, and idolification, he shall be known as that great man, that friend of freinds, lover of life, do-gooder, light-hearted joker and yet serious supporter; that gifted, extraordinary man, with talent that only God could lease out bass-player; noble, honorable, nay, even philanthropic; perhaps, just possibly, might just be angelic; that greatest of great, best of the best kind of person, the ultimate friend, that wrathful foe, evil, ever-pressing nemesis, and yet so kind, gentle, and sweet; that inspiring people person, that man you would want at your side, you would want your daughters to date, and your sons to be friends with; that man which not only beat Knights of the Old Republic in 3 days, but also befriended the Pope, the Queen, the President, the Premier, and the Tsarina of Tokyo; That tall, strong man, with a strong spine, and a soft shoulder to rest and cry on, who would kill a thousand men to defend his woman and yet wouldn't hurt a fly; a man that can sing, rock, rap, and swing dance with all the grace of an olympic star; a person who can appreciate action movies as well as romantic, cushy films without batting an eyelash; a friend who can comfort and console; ladies and gentlemen, I give you
"Crazy J!"
"Why, thank you for that kind introduction Malex. Goodbye."
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
(:)
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
--
"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
So, yeah
No John Cleese for christmas.
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
Kind introduction?
I'm amazed.
--Alex Markley
Alex Markley
“Objects in mirror seem closer than they appear.”
Interesting
When do I get to meet him?
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
what's wrong with being a crazy guitar person?
I play the acoustic. I have a six string, but I really prefer my Grandpa's 12-string guild original guitar.
I can plunk out a few random things on the piano, and I learn piano quickly enough that I can actually make it look like I know what I'm doing.
My real gift lies in my writing (at least, I think it does, but you can all judge for yourselves if I ever actually finish something). I have no fewer than 17 full novels at different stages of development, and actually 17 is probably not even an accurate count anymore, since that count was made two years ago.
I've written a couple of songs and actually recorded one, but I need to re-record it, hey, and maybe you could help, Tal. I've dabbled in peotry a little bit, but CrazyJ's really got the market cornered in that area.
Vocally, I have some skills, but it's more determination than anything, since I trained myself for over two years to be able to sing the part of Christine in "Phantom of the Opera," which I still plan to do on Broadway someday.
Other than that, I'm just a Lord of the Rings fanatic, and I think I'm an Elf.
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." Gandalf the Gray
Do you realize that if it weren't for Edison, we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
don't go there...
I am shocked, horrified, terrified, befuddled, muddled, disgusted, repulsed, repelled, sickened, nauseated, irritated... Will you look at what he's got me doing!
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." Gandalf the Gray
Do you realize that if it weren't for Edison, we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
That's... so... wrong...
That whole spiel was so impulsively strange. Whoa.
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PREMISE-Repeating oneself is stupid.
PREMISE-Repeating oneself is stupid.
CONCLUSION-I am stupid.
God is leading me along a trail of miracles.
*Agrees*
So, so strange... I guess that's why your name isn't Sane J
Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something." - Plato
you couldn't be more right...
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." Gandalf the Gray
Do you realize that if it weren't for Edison, we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
This is the closest thing i'll ever get to an evil smiley
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Just because you aren't paranoid doesn't mean we aren't watching you...
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"Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?"
"Yes! 5.1 Pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes!"
My influences and dreams
As a trance producer, I have been heavily influenced lately by artists like Armin Van Buuren, Immoral Monkeys, Talla 2XLC, Van Gelder, Kansai, etc. It has been a long, hard road, and I'm still a long way off from where I'd like to be, but as long as I learn something new every day, and I keep trying, someday I'll have music I'm proud of.
My vision, however impossible it may be, is to:
1. Get signed
2. Get on the charts
3. Take the spotlight away from hacks like Tiesto
The 2nd one could, theoretically, happen before the 1st one, but I'd need a lot of exposure (and no, I don't mean running around the city naked, the one time that happened was more than enough).
Siggy -
Tofu ninjas do not exist. If you say otherwise, they will kill you.
Peace is a lie. There is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force will set me free.
- The Code of the Sith
All I can say...
I like your new "siggy".
There is nothing a psychiatrist can do that bubble wrap can't.
You know how to raspberry, don't you Steve? You just put your tongue out and blow.
PUKE!
"In the heat of the composition I find that I have inadvertently allowed myself to assume the form of a large centipede."-Screwtape-from the screwtape letters
"Adolescence is not a period that defines you, it's a period you define." - me
PUKE!
"In the heat of the composition I find that I have inadvertently allowed myself to assume the form of a large centipede."-Screwtape-from the screwtape letters
"Adolescence is not a period that defines you, it's a period you define." - me
WHAT!!!!
I don't mean running around the city naked, the one time that happened was more than enough WHAT THE HECK IS THIS VILE MONSTROSATY
THAT YOU HAVE POSTED ICEPUNK??????
"In the heat of the composition I find that I have inadvertently allowed myself to assume the form of a large centipede."-Screwtape-from the screwtape letters
"Adolescence is not a period that defines you, it's a period you define." - me
More
I also did the picture of the Snufflefungus here.
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Can you truthfully and conclusively answer anything to this question other than "Yes"?
God is leading me along a trail of miracles.
He's Icepunk
If you don't know him by now, you never will.
Those who are unfortunate enough to know him wouldn't be suprised by this.
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And this is why your mind is such a terrible thing to lose.
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And me...
I love both singing and writing. I haven't been able to get very far with anything that I have written (rarely past the first 3 or 4 pages), but I'm not giving up anytime soon
.
I read constantly and I like to draw japanese manga(cartoons), but I'm still just learning.
I honestly have no idea what I plan to do in the future, but I'm probably going to try out for our church worship band, and maybe Invivtus (school worship team).
(P.S. I'm part Irish and hope to go to Ireland in a few years, myself. Also, I once acquired a horrible fake Scottish accent that I couldn't get rid of for over four days
!!)
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Can you smell the color NINE?
No more denying. Stop trying to hide from it.
People are praying. They're saying their hope is near.
- "Destiny", Spirit Blade