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2 months agoI guess what I don’t get is what jamming is. Is there a process for that? When I produce something I’ll start with drums, then add bass to determine the chord progression then fill it in with the other instruments.
What advice can you give for someone to be prepared to show up to or host a jam session? Should I have charts ready for people or should is it more improv? I’m probably overthinking it but I’d like for everyone to have fun and feel comfortable.
I was in the same position a few years ago. I ended up buying a monosynth and regretting it because I didn’t really know what I wanted out of having a synth except making cool noises and twisting knobs. Eventually I got turned on to VCV Rack and learned about the basic components of synths from Omri and Hainbach while being able to experiment with the modules on my own. If you follow the Omri tutorials you will learn a ton. I’m still learning new things all the time but I can open the software and begin to design new sounds and entire pieces that play themselves.
I already had some music theory education in the form of two years of guitar lessons and having some knowledge of radio technology that overlaps with synths. Modulation and oscillation aren’t exactly hard to grasp so I don’t think my background made it that much easier for me.
You should go for it! I’ll edit this with the specific video I followed.
Edit: I remembered wrong. I watched this series first https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9Em_H8Xs_al-r_90xYiuiz-3N8HZyf_
After that I started following along Omri tutorials. I think it was the one mentioned in this short intro video but now its on patreon or something now. Its free thogub ao thats cool. https://youtu.be/eIM8COc_2jw
At that point I went crazy into it, watching every video in his channel that looks interesting. He’s posted so much in the time since I’ve last checked and now I think I’m going to have to dive back in to all that.