Guest elliot Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 I have this friend who has a uncanny ability to transcribe music especially guitar music.If i want something that lacks a good tab on the net,the most recent being when the sun hits and solvalaki space station by slowdive, not only will he tab the guitar part i wanted but he will do the entire band for the entire song working out all required effects and settings.in like an hour.hes done entire albums for semi unknown bands just because he wanted to play along.The tabs he submits for UG(normally only for the rare songs that are lacking good tabs) are instantly praised and rated 5 stars. My question is with this ability(trust me its more like a freaking superpower)do you think he could setup a website or something and give guitarists 99.9/100percent accurate tabs of any guitar music they wanted(u.g tabs lets me down 9 times out of 10)he could potentionally make any money? TL;DR Can someone who is beyond good at transcribing guitar music make money from it? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elliot Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 this world requires money to eat and things and such Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/#findComment-1595516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elliot Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 @ieafs yeah it does seem like alot of people are doing this type of thing and some for free, just wanted to see if my friend could get a break doing something he liked and was good at instead of working at a diary lol. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/#findComment-1595518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 On 6/6/2011 at 3:55 PM, Mesh Gear Fox said: uhh...the guitar kind at least. haha Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide sneaksta303's signature Hide all signatures The Dark Tower Cycle Pplz ep The Swarm H.P. Sneakstep's Educational Tours Vol. 1 Branch Acidian - Acid's Done Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/#findComment-1595609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elliot Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 On 6/6/2011 at 3:55 PM, Mesh Gear Fox said: good luck affording anything with the money you make off tabs uhh...the guitar kind at least. Have you never seen songbooks in music shops? im assuming the person who makes those gets paid COULD BE WRONG THO Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/#findComment-1595994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 im assuming those people probably pay royalties considering they're publishing books of other people's songs On 6/7/2011 at 3:33 AM, elliot said: COULD BE WRONG THO Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide luke viia's signature Hide all signatures GHOST: have you killed Claudius yet HAMLET: no GHOST: why HAMLET: fuck you is why im going to the cemetery to touch skulls [planet of dinosaurs - the album [bc] [archive]] Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/#findComment-1595996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 well what i was going to say has already been said but let me just add: probably around 75% of the guitar tabs i've come across on websites have been wildly inaccurate. at least for stuff like genesis (for example), i dunno how people manage to come up with tabs that sound so different to what's actually being played in the recording. and then have those tabs be widely distributed throughout so many different sites! so good luck to your friend if he is actually accurate! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide modey's signature Hide all signatures youtube | bandcamp | soundcloud | twitter | facebook 0F.digital Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/66649-modey-guitarists/#findComment-1596151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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