What's your Philosophy on Music?
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Topic: What's your Philosophy on Music?
Posted By: RedSheep
Subject: What's your Philosophy on Music?
Date Posted: March 07 2012 at 16:11
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Pessimism or optimism? do you see yourself as a musician who always needs to improve or as someone who Knows you're God's gift to ear holes? I am of the former, I believe that even Robert Fripp can find ways to improve, and he's invented his own music system!!! And here's why http://sheepishmusic.co.uk/blog/2012/02/youre-a-problem-child-deal-with-it/" rel="nofollow - http://sheepishmusic.co.uk/blog/2012/02/youre-a-problem-child-deal-with-it/
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 07 2012 at 16:19
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I'm very confident in my musical ability, and I unfortunately tend to forget that I still have a lot to learn and a lot to improve on. I think that, as a musician, it's somewhat counter-productive to be pessimistic about my music, so I keep a confident attitude but I also need to realize that I'm not as developed a composer as I like to think I am, and strive to improve and keep a humble attitude. Your thread actually brought this to mind, which is a good thing because I can be quite arrogant sometimes and I need to fix that. "It's a skill of great renown To believe in yourself without getting puffed up A skill of great renown Confidence without getting smug." ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 07 2012 at 19:37
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I play only for personal enjoyment.
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Posted By: Sir_pi
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 09:59
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My musical philosophy: Is don't make music.. listen to it I.e if you play you should not be in a position mentally as a performer, but as a listener. I think that this way can help one self to flow whit and in some sense be the music. If this makes any sense ------------- I suck at the English, i apologize for my mistakes :P |
Posted By: Gazoinks
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 10:46
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I wouldn't say acknowledging you can always improve is pessimistic. It's just not narcissistic. Anyway, I'm the former. ------------- Play me my song... Newest discovery: Shadow Circus |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 10:48
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^That does make sense. So what you're saying is to take yourself out of the performer's mentality, and think like a listener when you perform and compose music? I think you're right, that probably would help the music to flow out of you better. If you're thinking like a composer, there's a lot of intellectual involvement and theory-oriented thought, your mind working to find the perfect note to fit your composition. But the listener can just let the music flow into him as it comes to him. I suppose this is epitomized in a composer like Mozart, who just wrote down melodies as they flowed though his mind, or the Mbuti people, who claim that their music comes to them from another source. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 10:51
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Loser.
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Posted By: Sir_pi
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 11:48
That is what i meant. But one should not neglect all music theory it's still needed, and i use a lot. Maybe a better position would be something i between listener and composer. Than you can have "tools" to help you achieve what you want but still not letting it control everything that you do. ------------- I suck at the English, i apologize for my mistakes :P |
Ambient Hurricanes wrote:Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 14:40
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^For the skilled composer, proficiency in music theory is actually a way to free yourself from its constraints. At some point, you know the theory so well that you don't have to think about it. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Sir_pi
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 15:21
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Never though about it that way, but i know it to be true i have played the guitar for 11 or so years, if i want to play something for example "happy and jazzy" i don't have to think about which cord to start whit. Even though it might not be that complex or even interesting. On a side note when do you become a composer, or when has one achieved that level? ------------- I suck at the English, i apologize for my mistakes :P |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: March 28 2012 at 17:16
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I play for personal enjoyment and stress relief, but I don't take it as seriously anymore because I'm too busy all the time with school. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: March 29 2012 at 01:46
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I have a post-modernistic, liberal conservative, optimimistical pessimism kind of approach. It goes like this: Me: "this sucks" Someone: "it's experimental avant-garde black metal polka" Me: "You know, this is actually quite good". Way of life. ------------- There be dragons |