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  7. music theory

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    i never said anything about copying or replicating other peoples styles. how do you know if your sound is original if you`ve never played someone elses style? arent all the best martial artists those ones who know a few different techniques? arent the best(?!) musicians those who can adapt themselves to numerous different styles?? how can you believe that by NOT playing other peoples musical styles you are automatically original yourself????? seems a bit silly to me....

    my 2 cents

    I totally disagree with this. This is the route to being a boring player.

    how do you know if your sound is original if you`ve never played someone elses style?

    You have ears' date=' you listen to music, you shouldn't need to copy it. Simple as that.

    how can you believe that by NOT playing other peoples musical styles you are automatically original yourself?????

    I find it harder to believe how by playing other peoples music you think you will be original. You arent 'automatically original' - I'm sure there is a miniscule chance you could sound like someone else. But its, how you say, extremely unlikely, no?

  8. music theory

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    let us think about music as a language for a minute. It would be very hard to try and learn the english language by working from nothing else but yourself' date=' but from being around your family and freinds you pick up the language. WHen your very young its likely you imitate your mum or dad but as you grow older the more things you hear the wider a vocabluary you have and you can pick and choose things to find your own voice.[/quote']

    This is where language is actually totally different to music: You replicate your parents words. fine. you replicate your parents accents. fine. Unlike music, with language you aren't encouraged to be creative and original (hence people are able to understand one another), and everyone around here sound like fairmers. The bit about 'choosing your own voice on the basis of our peers etc' - Is that you admitting to copying whatever your mates say? :)

    When I'm inspired by something, I usually create something totally different. Its like the Herbie Hancock track 'Sly' dedicated to and inspired by sly stone, yet sounding nothing like anything by sly and the family stone. If anything, I learned Nirvana songs for the first 6 months of my guitar playing life, and that was a good 5 years ago, and I'm pretty sure I sound fuck all like Kurt Cobain! I mustve learned about 4 songs since then but usually half arsedly when chalmers mckay forced me too.

    It would be very hard to try and learn the english language by working from nothing else but yourself

    Remember we're talking about a piece of wood with strings here :p no-one has to actually understand what youre playing. Were not stuffy musical snobs twatting on about how there is something more to the soundwaves we create, it either sounds good or it doesnt generally reworked Kirk Hammet cats dont.

    Anyway, all I'm saying is that I dont think it a good idea to learn other peoples music too closely when trying to have an original style; whereas with language where we copy one another: pressure to fit in etc. Listen and be inspired by your favourite artists, but dont replicate them (unless you're really really really shit at guitar :up: )

  9. music theory

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    i reckon playing some covers can be a good thing because its always good to play in another style from normal. it means you will always be more open to adopting a style for some of your own songs which may not have occured to you' date=' therefore giving that piece a distinctly different feel.[/quote']

    So by this theory, you copy someone elses style in order to gain your own original sound?

    ?(?(?(

    I think the key to originality would be never learn someone elses music. Just listen to it as opposed to replicating it.

  11. music theory

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    GOFONES go by things that sound good before things that are technically right. GOFONES beleive that learning music theory actually enhances stupidity' date=' therefore making the idiot even more dumb. GOFONES say by learning music theory, you get into a habit of trying to work out things that work, rather than experimenting and listening. GOFONES will bite your balls off, you ignoram[i']ass. Look at The Strokes, I bet you they all know music theory. That's why they play predictable music. Instead of mucking about on his guitar, the guy goes, 'oh a C and an E and a G will work here' and he writes it down next to a treble clef ,whatever, then he'll play it and think to himself 'it's ok, but I can't think of anything that will go better, wait, I'll try playing it in a different sequence', then he'll find something that's slightly better and say to himself, 'oh that's a bit better, it's still not great, but i can't think of anything else, i'll go check in my music theory book', then he checks in his music theory book and sees that a D will work aswell, so he tries adding a D but can't get anything good, mainly because he's lost his ear for music, but he still has it a little bit, he then says to himself, 'oh I'll just stick with that bit I came up with because my music theory book says nothing else will work, and my music theory book says 'dischords are strictly forbidden in pop music''.

    There's some music theory for you all.

    Thats bullshit, nearly every rock band ever has gone with the non theoretical approach. 'GOFONES go by what sounds good blah blah; The strokes use theory so theyre shit.' No the strokes probably know bugger all about theory or using their ears, thats why they sound shit and predicatable and boring. Composers use a theoretical approach. I can write music with basslines and guitar lines (which have been tried and tested) without touching an instrument, not by sticking to harmony rules but just hearing the parts in my head. For some reason I find this approach gives you far more articulate and pronounced rythms plus a whole wedding celebration of other musical advantages. In theory, with a couple of books at your side, you could write some insane music, music you wouldnt ever see or realise sitting in your bedroom stuck in a rut.

  16. idea

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    If static X could manage writing an entire album out of the same 6 chords in dropped D' date=' then i am sure the whole tone scale set will be easily done[/quote']

    yeah, but surely the object would be to make it sound good. Static x sounds, erm, shit.

  17. advice

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    With a budget of arouynd 300 - 400 gold pieces, recommend me a synth. My synth knowledge is crap (having never even played one) but any general advice or talk about buying yar first synth or whatever is appreciated.

    Several people recommend me the Microkorg?

    Basically want something good quality, yet with limited knowledge - something that... makes cool noises! (for band and loner use)

    If anyone can just make a recomendation I can then look it up etc.

    ta,

  21. Id

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    Bus drivers round here are dicks.

    One particular old fuck with tatoos and glasses - inspects my unirider almost everyday and without fail insists on checking my student card just to make sure i havent changed my name or something?

    Must have a really bad memory...

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