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    How important is age and talent?

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    Posted

    as I said in the video software thread (*shakes fists in air*) you kids are in a good time. When I was your age we had Fruity Loops, not any of these fancy FL studio techno stuff to make the music-making process so much easier and efficient. :razz:

    Hey I'm not THAT young lol

    that's like when someone's like "I remember the days of the N64, kid". um, dude, so do I. I was born early enough to clearly remember that glorious generation of video games. granted, I have a better long-term memory than some. though some people won't believe me, I swear I can remember stuff vaguely from when I was 2. I actually started remembering things full on by the time I was 3.

    listen I remember Mac OS 9 too. I remember our old iMac. it was that big colorful one that was heavy as crap and it broke down all the time. hahahaha I'm not saying I'm like 13. I'm quite close to being an adult, which is part of the reason I'm so frustrated. I'm so close yet I still have to abide by those stupid rules.

    already there's little kids messing with GarageBand at the age of 4 or 5. GarageBand first released when I was like 8. Logic Pro was freaking expensive. it was like at least 1K bucks. now it's 200 and you download it.

    little kids already are amazed at one point we actually installed software by putting in a physical disc.

    I am not even kidding. technology moves so freaking quickly. 10 years ago, what can be done now is almost unheard of back only 10 years ago.

    How important is age and talent?

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    I just came across crap that I am honestly sick of and I think I might bring this point to this forum

    When I say I'm a teen, I don't mean like an adult teen like timaeus over there.

    I'm still a minor

    and I get really sick and tired of contest rules' crap.

    every time I want to enter a contest, the requirements are always that I'm at least 18 years of age.

    I consider this crap. I'm going to say this. there are a lot of 25 year olds that suck compared to the stuff I do. I'm not bragging or trying to make myself look better. I am being extremely blatantly honest. there is some stuff by even 38 year old guys that is just bullcrap compared to what I can do.

    now, obviously, as I've stated, I've been at music for a long time. same with film. I've been doing music for more than half of my life, and film for at least a good 5 years. I'm not as good with film and photography; I'm definitely an amateur, but I'm not crap either. I also do cartooning and animation. and while I actually haven't practiced a lot on that in a bit, I've been doing that since I was a little toddler, and I was way ahead of just about anybody in art for years. obviously there's those occasional people that like came from heaven above and somehow had the perfect gift to paint something 68 year old pros were doing at the age of 7. but in general, I was ahead of myself with art.

    the same goes for music, and somewhat film (haha). but what I've noticed is that after seeing so much of stuff posted on the internet, I am clearly not the only one. there are tons of guys my age that are way freaking better than some idiots who think they do it so well at the age of 28.

    to add on to all of this, while the general age of consent is 18, who can seriously tell the difference? there are 15 year olds that are mistaken for 18 year olds, and vice versa. it makes total sense to give specific rights to an 18 year old (even though he/she really is not any different from a 17 or even 16 year old), but to make the age requirement for a little contest 18 just because that's the age of consent and suddenly we're so much smarter? I don't think so. that's crap, the way I see it.

    luckily, with most music contests (like remix contests and stuff), they don't count age. I think people understand that kids can actually be really freaking amazing with music; this has been very clearly proven in the past. but with film and photography, I seriously think that people still think kids have no skill in it.

    I think mainly my issue is that people think there's some large difference between a 17 and 18 year old or something. lots of people clearly notice there isn't. most of my friends laugh at how angry I am that I'm not yet 18, because they don't think it's that big of a deal. and from a casual point of few, that's totally true. it's just another age with a few new rights. but to me, it sorta is a bigger deal than they think. I honestly think it's because I'm a bit more ahead and determined in my artistic areas compared to some of my friends, and that's not because I think I'm so much better than them; they just either don't care to be artistic people (like they'd rather have a PhD or something) or they just aren't as anxious about it as I am. I have been told I'm ahead of most people my age in the artistic, film/photography, and especially musical areas. and there are a lot of others my age that are the same way.

    so it's just a bit frustrating when I'm not qualified for a little contest just because I don't meet some age requirement that truly shouldn't have to be used for anything except for government laws. this is more of just a law because it's been made so. unless there literally is a law saying "minors can't be in music/film/art/whatever-the-heck-else-that's-not-pornographic contests". I don't know the laws very well. I'm sure I've broken at least 70 in my life without knowing (that probably were such stupid or hidden laws that police didn't even know to arrest me).

    also. it's 1am here. I'm tired and I'm probably going to regret making this post when I wake up later this morning.

    thanks.

    bye bye.

    How important is age and talent?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    And think back to all the really awesome musicians throughout history. Aren't 9 out of 10 of them really fucked up people? Wasted away from drugs, sex, money squandering, ego, irascibility, depression and all kinds of other things that just come with the territory of being artistically inclined. Their stories SOUND awesome in a biography from a third-person perspective, but it isn't awesome for them. If it was, they wouldn't have sunk themselves so low in the first place.

    Michael Jackson was super screwed up and weird, but artistically the freaking greatest genius in history.

    Beatles had some drug issues. Greatest freaking band in history.

    Prince is really bizarre. Freaking amazing musician.

    Queen was a bit wacky, but they were freaking awesome.

    Led Zeppelin had a drunk drummer who died of being so drunk. Tightest rock drummer in history.

    Lady Ga-- oh wait.

    OC ReMix's First-Ever Commercial Album! For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man!

    in Announcements

    Posted

    It's not on there as a way to make cash. It's there to extend our reach to listeners that use Spotify and may not have otherwise heard of OC ReMix or its music. Regardless of revenue, it's doing its job.

    that's the problem.

    people used to actually make money off of studio albums. now it's become really hard to do so and the only way artists make a buttload of money anymore is from live performances. so it's really hard to be a studio musician anymore.

    OC ReMix's First-Ever Commercial Album! For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man!

    in Announcements

    Posted

    no.

    Spotify is cheap and crap.

    they pay the artist one cent a play.

    so if you aren't very popular, trying to make money with Spotify is hopeless. even if you got 100 listeners, that is one buck you are making.

    it's legal and it's stupid. it should be illegal.

    for the more popular artists, it makes a lot of sense. for indie artists that aren't very popular, it's pretty much hopeless.

    Sony PlayStation 4

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    have you people seen the PS4 advertisement which I think is called "for those who have been playing since 1995"

    I nearly cried from the beauty in that video

    I know even Nintendo has admitted it themselves, but they just suck at doing commercials and marketing compared to Sony

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