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Subject: Re: [AN1x] MUSIC THEORY

From: Scott Carr <scott@...>
Date: 2003-01-29

I mean some people like write by foot....

Are you looking for validation for ignorance? You will certainly find
just about as much of this as you will find pedantic types suggesting
you adopt a particular rigid school of thought in regards to music
theory.

The advice others have offered in this thread is good advice.

You need to decide who you are composing for and why you are doing it.
Are you doing it for yourself or for others? Both? More importantly are
you trying to make dumb music that smart people will like, dumb music
that dumb people will like, smart music that smart people will like, or
smart music that dumb people will like? If your answer is ALL OF THE
ABOVE then you really have your work cut out for you, but if you pull if
off you will be one smart-ass dumb-ass and that's sheer genius. Add a
few social graces and a lot of luck and you will have a large fan-base
and plenty of $.

bloop & bleep on,

Scott

DMANX@... wrote:
>
> Thanks to all for your tips.
> But I find learning to read and write music very complex,fustrating and restrictive.
> I mean with all the soft synths/step sequencers,loop players and samplers etc is it really necessary to learn.
> I mean some people play by ear like my self,is this normal.
> I like ambient dance/trance and experimental electronics sounds.I like using an150/reaktor/reason.I just mess with sounds and create interesting noises and generate paterns/sequences and it into somthing interesting or may be an intrumental peace of music.But please advise if you think my approach is wrong.
> Regards Dmanx.
>

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