September will be 10 yurz for me.
... Hip Hop was / is the only music I can make so I was pretty much stuck here, lol.
Had a lot of e-fights, helped where I could, posted links, gave honest critics from my point of view, did a few tutorials here and there, gave some
reviews of software, battled some people, stood up for black people, gave insight to ish I've been through, told some true stories every now and then, did a few collabs, Got on the FP MONEY! Remix (classic) lol, made it onto BOTH FP Remix tapes, Won FP's King of the Hill multiple times, pissed off some people, became cool with some, got hated on, got props, got hit on by women via PM, had to have the last word every single time... smh, always gave honest answers via PM, acted a fool, acted serious, tried to add some humor every now and then, supported everybody that was serious,... that's about it.
Almost forgot.... I got that promotional PMP membership by being on FP at the right time and having the right sound. One of the best things to come out of being on here. Props to the PMP team!!!
... but now, music seems really loop driven. You get more loops when you upgrade than actual sounds to use.
I think LIVE 9 is my last upgrade, I saw the REASON 7 news and didn't get excited...
I still make a beat here and there but if there's no market for it, it's not that exciting. I heard some rappers on satellite radio saying they tell producers "take it or leave it". 10 years ago.... EVERYBODY was hungry and thought they could be NEXT. There was a lot more passion back then. There was no "I got on a mixtape... (crickets)...".
Also I was around to witness THE GREATEST GAGGLEPHUCK in the history of the internet... the first FP Mixtape, lol. My gawd that thing was unorganized. I think the planning ran to 1600 pages and about 4 FP members made it onto the mixtape and they had about 4 songs a piece.
(Don't think I'll make the 10 years though, the site has slowed down considerably - it's almost like watching paint dry at times)
Lot's o laughs and good discussions though. N word threads were a mutha.
I never lurked, I came in talking crap. The first day J Traxx was blowing up my PM asking me to battle him. I didn't even know what I was supposed to do, lol. FP had a forum wide beat battle with about 32 people in it. Infradead ran it, it was awesome. I got booted out by some dudes that produced for Janet Jackson. They showed me how amateur my stuff sounded, lol. The best trash talkers were around from 2004 - 2006. My gawd the e-fights were epic!!!!
Oh, yeah... I forewarned everyone about the detriment of pink shirts and skinny jeans... THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT... we lost though.
Advice: Go to the other sections, those people are actually learning how to make music instead of talking about it...
^^^^ That's my speech.
