Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

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>hi all let's introduce ourselves
>Let's hear as much as u feel comfortable
      Why not, these things are fun!
>First name
      My name is josh
>approx age
      33-ish
>Occupation
      Day job: office monkey
>Approx Location
      Pittsburgh, PA
>How you got interested in making electronic music
      Tangerine Dream's score to the movie "Legend".  New Order.  Erasure.  Aube.  Coil.  Suicide.  Eat Static.  Cabaret Voltaire's "The Conversation".  A thousand other records I love, grew up with and can't stop listening to!
>How u learned to make electronic music
      Trial and error, reading books on sound design and music theory.  I've played guitar since 95, and bought my first real synth in 2001.
>What kind of electronic music u like to make
      My main project these days is film scores.  You can hear my work for the past couple years at http://www.reverbnation.com/joshloughrey
      I've also done traditional Celtic music as electronica.  There are some old recordings up at http://www.myspace.com/goodneighbors, but the recordings are pretty primitive and old.  I haven't touched that project in a while.
      For a while, I did vocal based darkwave/synthpop/trip-hop/misc. under the name Narse.  You can hear some old recordings at http://www.myspace.com/narse  The other vocalist became ill and wasn't able to sing for a long time, just as the plan was for me to sing less (if at all) and her to sing more.  I also wanted to change the name because most people weren't getting the reference (a dragon from the Record of Lodoss War cartoon).  Anyway, it sort of imploded, and I'm not sure if we'll do more with that project again (she's working back up to things now).
      My oldest running project is a noise/ambient/extreme music/misc project under the name Pancreatic Aardvarks.  You can hear some at http://myspace.com/pancreaticaardvarks and eventually at http://www.reverbnation.com/pancreaticaardvarks  I've listed all my old albums for sale there, but don't have much in the way of playable songs, and have done exactly 0 promotion of it, but it's a project I always return to.  Be it screaming power noise, hypnotic guitars, or extended electronic ambient (I've done two live performances of over three hours of composed music), anything that doesn't fit elsewhere can always fit here.  The idea is once I start getting regular jobs with my film scores, I won't have to work a day job and can spend evenings doing this, and other music for fun again.
>Do u make non electronic music what type etc
      I used to do traditional folk music, Celtic and American under the name of Gallows Tree.  I played guitar (6 and 12), dulcimer, mandolin, fiddle, sang, etc.  I play bass on and off with friends' bands around town.  For many years, I was an avid busker (street musician), singing and playing guitar.  I taught myself Celtic fiddle so I could play on the street.  Saved my tips to buy synth gear, which I found rather funny!

josh