Music production takes lots of time. What do you do when you’re not making music?
Each Tuesday we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.
Do you have any hobbies and interests outside of music? What do you do to get away from it all?
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By Adrian Try
Adrian is writer and editor for Audiotuts+ and the AudioJungle blog. He has been playing keys and acoustic guitar for three decades, and has six kids. Follow him on Twitter at @audiotuts.
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i’m going to university but studying music, so when i’m not in front of a computer trying to make music i’m in front of a book reading about it.
or in china town looking for the ultimate bonsai.
Dido, except replace “in china town looking for the ultimate bonsai” with “learning Spanish.”
¡Para mí es muy importante hablar más de un idioma!
Yeah I’m with this guy. sabiendo decir cosas de musica en más que inglés es muy imprtante cuando estés en un estudio en Mexico!
But if I’m not making music, I’m mostly writing about it, studying the internet and small business practices, related to music.
And then applying for music business school. Which reminds me….
play in a band.
edit video. (it aint enough to be a one-trick pony anymore, eh?)
teach audio video production.
cook in a restaurant.
get paid.
then pay fucking bills.
cooking (at home) is definitely the leisure activity of choice. besides recreational drugs.
work as a systemadministrator..
sleep..
eat..
geocaching
sports
and a lot of other things..
I spend my time either shooting concerts and album covers, running a Concert Photography Ning Community (http://concertphotos.ning.com), or relaxing with Taiji and Qigong.
…. listening to music!
Hi all. I left Huddersfield Uni with a 1st Class Honours degree in Music Technology and won the 2007 creative programming prize for my MAX MSP work . I struggled to get a job at all at a recording studio. I managed to get a job at a design agency as a flash developer (my uni course included flash and director training) and now over 2.5 years later I am still doing it. I still would love to spend my time making music but it is just a hobby
. I produce Electronica under fluid breaks with a friend (http://soundcloud.com/fluid-breaks) and I have done a few remixes for some small artists. I spend the rest of my free time playing xbox and with my girlfriend (not necessary in that order, lol).
All the best and have a nice day!
Photography. It’s nice to have a visual balance to my mostly auditory life.
I teach a home recording class.
I am currently writing a home recording book.
I work full time as a graphic designer (I studied audio engineering, and ran a small studio for a time before turning my focus to graphic design).
I write occasionally for Audiotuts and a couple of other Envato sites.
Motion Graphics / Video producer by trade (Audio stuff can come into play now and then. Big fan of AEtuts and CGtuts as well.) Work at a web design company doing design/video work. Other than that I’m in school part time (fine arts). Trying to get into reactive code-based visuals and audio (flash, processing, MAXMSP) So much to learn!
Work as a programmer and game designer.
Hang out with my wife and cats.
Play and sing in my band.
Record stuff.
web design, my bands, school, thats all.
Work at IBM in NY in the US as a technical sales person (for 28 years) – pay for my son’s college tuition, keep my wife happy, practice and play my instruments – guitar, keys, exercise.
software engineer at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA(Not one of those geeks btw). Rockclimb, Club.. But definitely.. love making music the most.
Well, I when I am not making music, I am writing it. When I am not doing that, I am writing poetry / books and other material. Then when I am not doing the things above I play sports, schooling, and strategy computer games such as chess. Got to keep your mind busy at all times.
When I’m not making music, I look for hot music gears online, more of like an online window shopping that is.
I always think about how I get frustrated when it comes to my music. I think this path is not for me. Rnb is slowly dying. If not, then is still being left-out from the mainstream. Seems like they’re socially lacking behind. So that means end of my music.
Music isn’t what I do most. I make animations and art, and I go to school. But I listen a lot to music, and I really love to sit down and record/create some melodies and beats. I wish I was a professional, but I’m not that good.
I run a Real Estate Company in NY City, write for Tape Op, take care of my Wife, 2 kids, 3 dogs and 2 ferrets, and if there’s any speare time, I like to read and teach myself new skills.
Freelance Web Design
Photography
Play videogames
Cook sometimes
Paint
Dates with my girlfriend