OT: iPad music enthusiasts, how old are you?

KJH808

It may be that iOS music isn’t really taught on curriculum yet, My sons school just got a load of macs in , the music teacher was obviously chuffed to bits . Thinking back maybe my comment on them being behind the times may have bust her bubble a bit 🤔😳 On a positive note though , my younger children’s primary school has them using garage band 😁👍 . It’s a matter of getting the schools onboard with using the hardware me thinks .

KJH808

Oh n 46 yrs old . First computer was my Aunties , she’s 10 yrs older than me n had a Spectrum 48k 😍

bibenu

Not surprised that 84% of you are younger than me.

However I am surprised how (relatively) close the median age group is to me. I thought you'd most of you be under 30.

Perhaps iPads are for oldies.

lasselu

To all those who wished me happy birthday, thank you!

Also, well said:

@willg said:
btw... one man or woman’s bleeps and bloops is another’s “ ode to joy” . music is a wide enough umbrella to cover all forms if expression without leaving someone out in the rain. no offense meant, just one old guy’s thought.

supadom

@ehehehe said:

@tahiche said:

@ecamburn said:
Get off my lawn and/or give me an app with multiple audio outs.

HAHAHAH. Now I’m giggling out loud reading a forum where old people talk about gas in order to relief their monotonous misery. It only gets better,

Yeah that’s the vibe i’m feeling too. Not many (proper) musicians here, more oldtimers finding out they can approximate some of their «golden» years with a cheap tablet already owned and some guitars. Porbably nostalgia heaven for the relatively poor, which I can respect to some tiny degree.

Especially evident in the «jams» posted by the most vocal users and their favourite artists mentioned. This is not the 70-80’s. Also alot of «Iii bought my first synth, sold it and got regrets /old when the digital stuff overtook analogue, nowadays APPS give my reduced hearing a rennesance.»

So much text, hearsay and direct misinformation, so few good tracks. Wish muffwiggler or gearslutz would make an ipad section, way too much stuff here that can be googled (or RTFMed) ie. «how do i make my midi knobs work?» and the typical boomer entitledment when communicating with devs. This is not the target market for genious developers, I would rather promomote and interact on youtube.

Don’t even get me started on the religion of Drambo, novels worth of (vague and unusable) info and about 30 seconds of blip-blop is what I’m left with. Please prove me wrong.

Use this platform as a tool for cooperation and learing, not a religion please. Funniest to me is when constructive comments @ devs get buried in fear of the constructism might be taken as an insult followed by bancrupcy. To larger commercial companies, in most cases. I learn some stuff on here, but sifting through «power-user» rants from a seventies drummer get very old extremely fast.. Not to mention, please hide the OTs from the front page, that shit is posted all over.

Dude 🤣can’t even be arsed to argue with you. Just GAFY

Edit: while I actually agree on a few points you’ve made but the attitude man....

[Deleted User]

🕺53 ... everyday still feels like the first day of school and this forum is a great place to check in on. Not so proper a musician either...was a live sound dude for a while, played in bands, love how much can be done within the confines of a small rectangular piece of glass. I really appreciate everyone that hangs out here too.

ExAsperis99

He's not wrong about Barkfilter, though.

One can only hope to earn his tiny respect.

LinearLineman

The whole “pro” idea of music making is restrictive. In my parents generation most family members played a musical instrument. They came together and made music... together.... like “primitive” peoples have always done.

That music has become audience-performer is okay, but music is not defined by that relationship. Nor is the satisfaction superior to a couple of friends making music together. PROficiency has never meant more than pure feeling in music.

auxmux

Well said @LinearLineman When music became 'professional', it became a commodity, but music as an expression like all art is not about buyers, performers, etc, it's about the feeling / emotion.

drez

There are elite runners out there breaking world records in competitions all around the world.

There are also lots of runners out there that don’t ever compete. They might run a couple times a week or even everyday. Some might just run for their health, some might compete at a level that is comparable to others.

Since these non-elite runners can’t run a sub 2:15 marathon, should they just...not run? Should they not try to progress to be the best runner that they can be? Should they not buy GPS watches, heart rate monitors, better shoes, etc? Should they not talk about running on forums or reddit to improve or share their accomplishments? If they are older, should they just give up because they’ll never run as fast as the youngsters?

Hell no.

The one thing all runners have in common is that they are bettering their bodies, keeping them in shape and love doing it. Some are so good that they are the best Locally, regionally, or in the world. All the others are doing it for themselves.

So is the world of musicians, iOS or otherwise. It’s not just about doing it because you want to do it as your job, it’s because you love it. That’s enough of a reason to have this forum and for people to come together and share what they know and learn from each other, no matter how good or bad the music is. It’s a personal journey that we should all support and lift each other up over because it’s the passion of the individual, not the end product. Nobody gets better until they keep working on it, and this site helps folks do just that.

iammane

@drez said:
There are elite runners out there breaking world records in competitions all around the world.

There are also lots of runners out there that don’t ever compete. They might run a couple times a week or even everyday. Some might just run for their health, some might compete at a level that is comparable to others.

Since these non-elite runners can’t run a sub 2:15 marathon, should they just...not run? Should they not try to progress to be the best runner that they can be? Should they not buy GPS watches, heart rate monitors, better shoes, etc? Should they not talk about running on forums or reddit to improve or share their accomplishments? If they are older, should they just give up because they’ll never run as fast as the youngsters?

Hell no.

The one thing all runners have in common is that they are bettering their bodies, keeping them in shape and love doing it. Some are so good that they are the best Locally, regionally, or in the world. All the others are doing it for themselves.

So is the world of musicians, iOS or otherwise. It’s not just about doing it because you want to do it as your job, it’s because you love it. That’s enough of a reason to have this forum and for people to come together and share what they know and learn from each other, no matter how good or bad the music is. It’s a personal journey that we should all support and lift each other up over because it’s the passion of the individual, not the end product. Nobody gets better until they keep working on it, and this site helps folks do just that.

Hear hear. And also, if this was my job, I suspect I'd hate it, about as much as I hate computers now. Literally only use computers for work now and that's it.

SpartanClownTide

@drez, thanks for that, spot on.

tahiche

@SpartanClownTide said:
Well I'm absolutely not a proper musician. I'd like to keep it that way.

I have a cousin who is though. I was chatting to him at a family gathering, like wow must be your dream job... That face, I'll always remember. From the constant need for self promotion, the monotony of banging out unchallenging material for corporate video backing tracks (actually cash money but soul destroying), the uncertain income one month to the next, the stress of paying bills, the hustle. Nope, seemed actually quite miserable. All misty eyed when it reminiscing about the glorious days of just playing in the band for fun and beer money.

Screw that.

Anyway the hordes who are just tinkering are a financial lifeline to anyone producing or supplying instruments/equipment/software. Not to mention giving private tuition to not proper musicians is an oasis of regular predictable income for professionals not in the 1% bracket.

Play for fun, you're still doing a great service to music, even if you never produce anything.

I'm gonna print this and put it on a t-shirt. To love music is to respect music. Knowingly making shit music for a living can be soul breaking and treason.
I gave up on integrity once, in promise of a contract with a major label that ultimately didn't come through (surprise). I remember listening to that record and feeling ashamed. That wasn't me. Never again. I think I've made good songs and a shity music career. Would hate it the other way around.

craftycurate

@tahiche said:
Yeeehaaaaaa we’re old bastards!.

If you say that with a mouthful of marshmallows it sounds a bit like "Audiobus". Maybe we've cracked the hidden code?

Greenie

Ehehehe Then why bother ? Sling ya hOok. greenie

AudioGus

@wim said:

@GLacey said:
Or they just not present on this forum?

My guess is this.

Oh absolutely. Forums are ancient relics to the youngins I know. This pole likely has far more to do with who is on forums. But then...

@Tarekith said:
45 here.

Personally I think the skew here towards older users has more to do with the fact we're on a "forum" versus FB or IG. I have feeling the majority of people using iOS music apps are younger than us old farts,

I bet they maybe are not and I figure because younger people are more likely to pirate and less likely to be in pain or uncomfortable sitting at computers for extra long periods of time so I imagine they are probably on desktop making music....

So uhh, I don’t know.

TonalityApp

My impression (as one myself) is that a lot of younger musicians are simply unaware of the abundance of powerful iOS apps or aren't really in the habit of spending money on them. That and the fact that while many apps are universal, they can be fiddly on an iPhone and many people don't have an iPad.

Toastedghost

Body worn out at 61 with arthuritus unable to play real keys but I still have my trusty ipad.
Mind is still that of a 21 year old who wants to change the world but hates talking to this cripple.

mjcouche

@TonalityApp said:
My impression (as one myself) is that a lot of younger musicians are simply unaware of the abundance of powerful iOS apps or aren't really in the habit of spending money on them. That and the fact that while many apps are universal, they can be fiddly on an iPhone and many people don't have an iPad.

I think this may point to it. I know not everyone here is like this, but it does seem like a lot of people on the forum have more than one iPad, or at least iOS device. And sometimes this accumulation comes with time (age).

BroCoast

@TonalityApp said:
My impression (as one myself) is that a lot of younger musicians are simply unaware of the abundance of powerful iOS apps or aren't really in the habit of spending money on them. That and the fact that while many apps are universal, they can be fiddly on an iPhone and many people don't have an iPad.

I know of a few young people using iOS for music but they're purely into the beatmaking apps like imaschine, blocs wave, groovebox etc.