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I've been playing drums for over a decade. Used to play piano for several years. Playing guitar for 2 years now. Played cello last year. Picked up bass this year. Will pick up violin and vocals in the future (hopefully soon).

Music is huge in my life. It's one of my biggest passions, and it's also my part time job.

Apparently they super-optimized it; it can run on 360 and Ps3 as a result.

Normally I never get all excited from a tech demo. They're jut neat, is all.

But now, CryEngine 3 has a video demonstrating some of the quirks and whatnot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDay3GOBdtU

HD does it better justice.

It's amazing, I think. What say you?

You can sequence drums, to a very limited extent. You get a super sterile sounding beat, without any feel at all. At most, with a fill every few measures. Try to sequence drums for a jazz piece. You'll be spending enormous amounts of time trying to get it to sound decent, or come up with the most pathetic excuse for a jazz rhythm. There's a reason why music isn't generated by computers for the most part. It's a language spoken to other musicians without words. Try talking to a computer, it's not as exciting. There are always little flaws here and there, little nuances added in that the other musicians pick up on, and build upon. Bassists and drummers are like blood brothers who can read each other's minds. When the drummer creates a groove with the bass drum, the bassist locks in. Everything is built upon that language.

Nobody listens to the bass, unless if they're seeking to listen to it. Now, take away the bass. You will hear the difference.

Sorry, I got the impression that your measurement of music was in technicality.

Growing out of metal, I meant that I used to only listen to it, and I stopped, and started listening to other genres. "Maturing" and changing tastes, is one way I can describe it (but not in an offensive way, to say anything negative about any genre).



And I still stand by my point on music being about feelings. What I intended to prove with that statement is that in the end, music is an portray to give a message without words. True, you use the vocabulary and language to compose that message, but not with the intention of creating the most complicated piece for the sake of complication. Aside from the learning curve of developing those skills, music to me is still all about the feelings. Creativity is another part of that, not competition. Rarely do you find a musician who seeks to raise the bar for the sake of it; it's a response for trying to portray their message. Take the famous bassist, Victor Wooten, for example. He's famous for his double-thump technique, because he wanted to get the sound of a pick, but didn't actually want to use a pick. His creativity is a result of trying to find another means to say what's on his mind, not to out-do the next musician.

Another famous example: Miles Davis and one of the most famous albums in history, Kind of Blue. Most jazz musicians up until that album focused around chord changes, and Davis' predecessor and himself began running out of options to approach that music. As a result, Miles Davis and a few other musicians began working on a concept with a sound that revolves around scales, creating the masterpiece of Kind of Blue. It wasn't an attempt to best other musicians.

It's true, the difference between a jazz musician and a large pizza, is that the pizza can feed a family of four, but that doesn't stop the numerous people out there who are scathing away with their minimal gig payments. That's why a lot of them have a day job to pay the bills, and then play music at night. The money is only to support their live so that in return, they can make music. Money and music might be related, but in nature, are separate. Money doesn't come into play when it comes to the actual process of making music.

Sorry, I have no idea what that means and how to do that.

But...it's started to behave normally now after a few days, for no apparent reason. I didn't do anything, but I booted Firefox and my login was remembered. For now, the problem's gone.

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I know the thread title is Iron Maiden Fans only, but i may as well chip in...

Personally i find Iron Maiden to be a bit overrated. Now you'll have to forgive me here, because first of all i wasn't around in their 'era' so-to-speak, but no doubt they were probably a great band for their time. Now however i think musically things have moved on, and there is much more to be offered in other bands. Not neccesarily just one, but collectively i think modern bands can in some cases put on better shows with better music than the old school.

The one thing that annoys me with bands like this is when someone such as myself chips in and says he doesn't like the music itself, and then a LOT of older people than me say something like "this is one of the bands that shaped your music today" and "you kids know nothing about rock/metal". The only thing i have to say to these people is 'grow up you old fart '. Music is about what you want it to be, doesn't matter what production value or how much money was thrown at Iron Maiden back in the day, if i don't like the music i don't like it. Tough luck. Thats the reason this thread originally annoyed me, it just seemed like someone was a fan for almost no reason, i.e. a sheep. A lot of fans are, and follow the trend because 'its cool' or whatever reason. (Take a modern band 'Enter Shikari', personally i couldnt stand it, but everyone followed them after their first album, the band got drunk on it, and now i havent heard anything about them since last year!).

People need to start listening to bands for the music itself, not just because 'they were the greatest band ever'. Bands are about music, the actual vibrations on youre ear drums. And thats where it ends.

But i'm one of those people who doesn't see as much beauty in old things as much as i do modern stuff. Applying it to games, some of my friends are obsessed with 'Doom', and say its the 'best game ever'. I'm more interested in where things are now, the ridiculous (1,600!) amount of caluculations performed per-pixel... the code for modern graphics engines, collision detection. High polygon models. Granted a lot more money goes into the game industry now but some of the stuff just fascinates me.

Iron Maidens tracks are quite 'Epic' sounding, which no doubt helps their live performance and increase their fans. i did listen to them for a while, but got distracted by modern metal, and now im a much bigger fan of that. It probably has something to do with me playing drums as well. Modern drumming is a LOT more technical that anything Nicko Mcbrain put together, but i guess his band wasn't after that.

I like the modern music i guess, where things are right now. I like the crisp sound, the amount of production put into everything. I also LOVE how writers put their heart and soul into music, because now we've got digital music, its so easy to get it all for free. This leaves the artists in a bit of a state, and they really have to put their heart and soul into the music they are writing so people WILL actually buy it.

Sometime's i've gone out and bought CD's even after downloading them or burning them off from a friend, just because i think the band/artists deserves it

Sheesh... long post for the morning...

As a musician who's played in total about 5-6 instruments and is completely serious about music as a whole, I disagree.

Listening for a trend is definitely a factor, but there are a lot of people out there that actually like their music. Me included. Music isn't like technology the way you explain it. As much as people may claim it is, it's not a race or a challenge. You don't try to one-up the competition, or to keep pushing the bar until it's refined and it's refined. That, in my eyes, isn't music. Music is an art.

There are numerous styles, ranging from photo-realism to much something much more simple. They can both have their equal amounts of glory, regardless of level of complication.

More technical drummers? What makes a good drummer to me, is not technicality, but inspiration and creativity. Like I said, music isn't a race, it's an art. What's the point of playing super staccato rhythms extremely fast, if everyone else is out doing the same? What's so special about super fast double bass? Everyone out there is doing it, maybe better than the other, but what is so special about it?

Don't tell me to grow up. I've already grown out of new-age metal.

If you have any knowledge about music, you can be able to respect all kinds of music (respect is the key word), from classical, to jazz, to blues, to iron maiden. What makes Nicko the "Iron Maiden" drummer? His style. Not his chops and speed.

How is it that a blues guitarist, such as BB King, can have so many true fans, and can conjure immense emotion from the crowd? You said "Bands are about music, the actual vibrations on youre ear drums. And thats where it ends." No, it doesn't end there. The brain processes that information, and like my favorite quote says: "Music is what feelings sound like."

Sometimes, the guy playing one note for a long period of time, can top the guy playing 30 notes in that same period. It's not about technicality.

Well judging from how you've responded, you don't seem bothered at all by it, so, good luck with your studies! It actually sounds like quite an interesting experience, that I can't even imagine of...

...though, one of my favorite quotes is: "Music is what feelings sound like." Sounds like you're not going to listen to any music.

The question isn't so much whether if they exist or not, it's where they exist (at least to me).

Some people say Earth is extremely lucky for its perfect life harboring conditions. My thinking towards that is a little different. Of all the galaxies in that infinite universe, of all the stars in the galaxies of that universe, of all the planets of the stars of the galaxies in the universe, there will be some planets that will have that "perfect" condition, and Earth is one of them. Scale the number down, and thats how many may have life.

How long did it take for humans to develop this society, technology, etc? Thousand years give or take? Chances are, at some point of time, in that vast vaaaast time-line of the universe, one of those planets will have had 'intelligent' life.

That's how I see it.

Hey Bzu,

I've recently been having an issue with Firefox; it doesn't remember my passwords.

Every time I open up Firefox, and go to, say, my email, I have to type in both the username and password. Normally, I wouldn't have to, as it remembers them both. I've gone to internet options, made sure that the cookies, history, etc are not being cleared after I close Firefox. It shows that the passwords are saved in the internet options. I have tried removing the history, cookies, passwords, etc. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox twice, once deleting personal data (bookmarks, cookies, etc). I've forced the password to save, and it shows up on the saved passwords list. I don't have any programs that would delete any of these internet files and whatnot.

I've tried deleting everything and forcing a password to save. Both of those don't work. Even with the password clearly saved, I have to retype everything every time I open Firefox.

I think the event that caused this was a Blue Screen of Death, which came up out of nowhere, and happened right as I was browsing on Firefox. Turned off the pc, and next time it was on, Firefox won't remember any of the passwords.

I've looked all over the internet, but there doesn't seem to be a solution anywhere (I couldn't even find out what the actual problem is). All the recommendations I've found, I've tried.




Thanks in advance.

-Don N.

You know Avatar, I think that single piece of advice just might be a cliche now.

When you actually think about it, its a great piece of wisdom. After I grew up all these years, watching others grow with me, and watching myself grow, that wisdom is finally starting to register in my head. With me, and many other people around my age, I get caught up in school though. Many times its all we think about, its all we strive about, and thats our main focus for these years we have of youth. Once we finish all that school several years later, that phase of youth has already faded.

Also what do you define as "living life to the fullest?"

Most people around my age are obsessed with texting, games, technology, drugs, partying, etc. Do those fall into the category? Or do you have to do spectacular things that engrave themselves into your memory? It is soo much easier for most of us to go shop at the mall or to text each other than to go experience something. All these gizmos and gadgets and other people caught up in them just create a secluded realm that blocks the rest of the world. We're just getting lazy and scared.

I just personally think its incredibly difficult for us (the younger generation) to live to that fullest. We're boxed in by education, and further pulled from the outside by the magnetism of social trends.

Am I wrong? In these years in high school and middle school, that is what I saw. Its even hard to even think about "living to the fullest".

If mine was ever stolen they would not be able to figure it out.
As well as if mine is powered then I know its location to within 3 meters anywhere on the planet there is service, thus easy to find...
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What would make yours so complicated?

For those that want to see what a trillion dollars looks like:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12754

Yep, I remember you too.  What have you been up to the past few years?
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Heya; I moved a few years back (not too far, just a new house). Graduated high school last Wednesday.

Essentially what I did in these few years was school and music, so, not too much haha.

Yep, that was the first prototype haha. ~1900 verts or something along those lines. I actually did get it in game, but it was pretty glitchy for some reasons.

I had a completed version between that first one and the one I didnt finish. Trying to look for the picture, but cant seem to find it (was called Behemoth).