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Help me start recording my own music...PLEASE

Hi all,

I'm new to this website (read through the forums for the past few days, and just signed up). I've been writing music for the past 11 years, and have worked with a couple of producers, but now I'd like to record and produce my own material. I have the following, equipment-wise:

- Yamaha Motif ES6 Synthesizer

- Marshall JCM 2000 100W Stack

using talking audio in music (sample related)

i've got this song i'm doing that i'd like to use talking in. like, people that have said things in the media. since this is just speech that has been transferred to the public for the sake of news, does this audio still need to be licensed? i'm guessing it does, since it was still captured by specific organizations. would i legally approach this the same way i would for regular music samples?

easy to use software for music teaching puposes?

hi all,
i teach guitar part time and am looking a simple recording program for teaching puposes.
i want to have a library of short musical phrases with guitar or keyboard (never both) and spoken word.
i want to be able to quicky make tracks using various combinations of the clips.
i will be using the line in on my budget soundcard.

not feeling music like that any more

One of the things that has been bugging me as of late is negative rappers who only spit about drugs guns and violence and that’s not what hip hop is all about hip hop was made to get people off the block not put them on. I am happy to say that some people are coming out and putting out good music just something to have fun with.

John Eargle - Musician, Engineer, Teacher ...

It is with much sadness that I learned today that John Eargle, one of the finest audio engineers and teachers has passed away.

John was scheduled to speak to an AES chapter in Minnesota on Tuesday evening, and when he failed to communicate with them, his JBL colleagues went to his home and found his body.