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sketchyderek wrote:So I kinda want to leave behind a lot of the shittier stuff I've made, kind of get a fresh start,
but searching through discogs I've remembered how hard it is to find a name 'cause they're all taken, sometimes 3, 4, 5 times!
So what rule thumb would/did you use in using a name that's already taken (ie: how long its been since they made a track, level of their success, tracks they've released, closeness in genres, etc.)?
And another question that's probably already been done a thousand times: how did you get yours!
cheers
Closeness and genre and shit dont matter if their legends... No taking QBert, no taking J.Dilla, no taking Jackal n Hyde, leave DynamixII alone, ect. On and independant level its more about respect and shit, and number of releases/listenrs lol.
Really man there are plenty left, just think harder.
Mine? Old shit from when I was a kid into phones/networking... Just got abreviated and stuck through.
sketchyderek wrote:So I kinda want to leave behind a lot of the shittier stuff I've made, kind of get a fresh start,
but searching through discogs I've remembered how hard it is to find a name 'cause they're all taken, sometimes 3, 4, 5 times!
So what rule thumb would/did you use in using a name that's already taken (ie: how long its been since they made a track, level of their success, tracks they've released, closeness in genres, etc.)?
And another question that's probably already been done a thousand times: how did you get yours!
cheers
I made mine from the way I produce. When I'm feeling like it I'll just improv on a piano settings and save scraps of what I like, then patch them together later when I don't feel very creative.
Given that you're also from the great white north I'd recommend something to do with that. Longjohn Sketch, Wool Sock Delight, Iceballs, or Toquemaster G to name a few. You could probably even venture into some Canadian cinema. Randy Lahey, Raveen, and Sunnyvale Parks are all solid names as well.
Princess Puke
Dogspout
A White Person
L'il Cum Bucket
Mediocre Mike
The Guzzler
Detective Pisstain
Coleslaw Idiot
The Girlfriend Haver
Big Rough Lunch Boi
Andy
Galaxy of Hair
Ralph Vader (vader helmet + nader mask when djing)
NudeShrek
Sneaky Christ
The ChoadBeast
Pick anything, you will make your name by making mint tunes. I think I remember reading in Reso's Q&A he picked his name because it looked cool when he wrote it, Akira Kiteshi thought he'd be able to get a gig in japan with his. Your name could be Alpacamilkpoop, if your tunes are sick your name will be on peoples mind.
sketchyderek wrote:So I kinda want to leave behind a lot of the shittier stuff I've made, kind of get a fresh start,
but searching through discogs I've remembered how hard it is to find a name 'cause they're all taken, sometimes 3, 4, 5 times!
So what rule thumb would/did you use in using a name that's already taken (ie: how long its been since they made a track, level of their success, tracks they've released, closeness in genres, etc.)?
And another question that's probably already been done a thousand times: how did you get yours!
cheers
I made mine from the way I produce. When I'm feeling like it I'll just improv on a piano settings and save scraps of what I like, then patch them together later when I don't feel very creative.
Given that you're also from the great white north I'd recommend something to do with that. Longjohn Sketch, Wool Sock Delight, Iceballs, or Toquemaster G to name a few. You could probably even venture into some Canadian cinema. Randy Lahey, Raveen, and Sunnyvale Parks are all solid names as well.
I think the closest I've ever found to mine is "KeseK" Which I was surprised by.
I like to use different part names for machines and stuff, be them real or fictitious, generally they're quite catchy and not a lot of people do it on the same things so you're alright.
A conglomeration of my old tearout tunes I like, and my new ones I don't Soundcloud
