bbanyard wrote:I don't think we should really be putting ourselves down if we can't actually play instruments
who has said they cant play an instrument?
Why are you a musician?
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- addled muppet weed
- 111343 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
who has said they cant play an instrument?
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- KVRAF
- 3345 posts since 8 Nov, 2003 from Amsterdam
a) because I have to;
b) because I enjoy it;
c) because it's my outlet for creativity, I'm not really good at other creative arts;
d) because I made a conscious decision a few years ago to not scatter my concentration and energy onto 100's of different hobbies, but to direct it towards music and music-related things.
I enjoy playing piano, the way I used to enjoy playing guitar. I can get tears in my eyes when I happen to play something really nice or difficult (for me that's e.g. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody), and playing that way is relaxing, fulfilling, and gives me energy.
Spin-offs are my efforts to compose music, to mix and master and use all the stuff that is at kvr. To the ultimate distraction of using stuff like synthmaker and graphical software to create my own VST's.
Like I wrote in another thread: running LL3 and playing improvised blues for half an hour or an hour... that's one of the great parts of being a musician. (except during office hours
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b) because I enjoy it;
c) because it's my outlet for creativity, I'm not really good at other creative arts;
d) because I made a conscious decision a few years ago to not scatter my concentration and energy onto 100's of different hobbies, but to direct it towards music and music-related things.
I enjoy playing piano, the way I used to enjoy playing guitar. I can get tears in my eyes when I happen to play something really nice or difficult (for me that's e.g. Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody), and playing that way is relaxing, fulfilling, and gives me energy.
Spin-offs are my efforts to compose music, to mix and master and use all the stuff that is at kvr. To the ultimate distraction of using stuff like synthmaker and graphical software to create my own VST's.
Like I wrote in another thread: running LL3 and playing improvised blues for half an hour or an hour... that's one of the great parts of being a musician. (except during office hours
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- KVRist
- 90 posts since 9 Nov, 2004 from Bristol, UK
...but WHY do I make music? I guess one simplistic reason is that it's nice when you see the reaction of other people to your music. This morning I was listening to some of my tunes on my car stereo to check out the mixing/mastering of them. I had them on loud enough that a guy who was walking alongside the car (we were in heavy traffic - that's Bristol for you!) was nodding in time and smiling. What a great feeling on a dreary Monday morning!
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
Because creation is part of being human, as is the imagination that makes it possible.
Also, to make music that I've never heard before.
Also, to make music that I've never heard before.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Sorry, we're not going to call ourselves 'soundicians' just because you're being pedantic.bbanyard wrote:I don't think we should really be putting ourselves down if we can't actually play instruments...
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An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 13446 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
At first I had no choice, just had to do music. This is still the case but it's happening less often.
Now I have no choice either because I make my living through it, hardly a chance of changing things. Which sometimes is good, sometimes it isn't.
Now I have no choice either because I make my living through it, hardly a chance of changing things. Which sometimes is good, sometimes it isn't.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- KVRist
- 90 posts since 9 Nov, 2004 from Bristol, UK
Eh? I'm not suggesting that for a second -if you read my reply properly you'll see that I consider myself to be a musician, despite struggling with music since I totally failed to learn the recorder aged 7!whyterabbyt wrote:Sorry, we're not going to call ourselves 'soundicians' just because you're being pedantic.bbanyard wrote:I don't think we should really be putting ourselves down if we can't actually play instruments...
I just make music....what else is a musician?
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Twere a joke.bbanyard wrote: Eh? I'm not suggesting that for a second -if you read my reply properly you'll see that I consider myself to be a musician, despite struggling with music since I totally failed to learn the recorder aged 7!
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRist
- 90 posts since 9 Nov, 2004 from Bristol, UK
Aha! Sorry - didn't spot any obvious trace of humour in your reply so failed to detect the "joke" factor. It just sounded rather condescending - I'm sure KVR Forum isn't as smug a club as it sometimes seems...
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35529 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
"soundician" isnt a real word. condescension doesnt normally work when you have to mangle the english language to try and do it...bbanyard wrote:Aha! Sorry - didn't spot any obvious trace of humour in your reply so failed to detect the "joke" factor. It just sounded rather condescending - I'm sure KVR Forum isn't as smug a club as it sometimes seems...
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRist
- 487 posts since 23 Jan, 2004
I'm a musician becuase I like writing and performing music.
The deeper answer is that music is, in some ways, the most immediate artistic media. A minor chord sounds, sad, whilst a major chord sounds happy. No other expressive medium plugs into the human emotional circuitry in such a direct way. I guess that's why I'm a musician rather than a writer or painter.
The deeper answer is that music is, in some ways, the most immediate artistic media. A minor chord sounds, sad, whilst a major chord sounds happy. No other expressive medium plugs into the human emotional circuitry in such a direct way. I guess that's why I'm a musician rather than a writer or painter.
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- KVRist
- 487 posts since 23 Jan, 2004
I managed to miss the 'joke' here too. Funny lot round here sometimes...whyterabbyt wrote:"soundician" isnt a real word. condescension doesnt normally work when you have to mangle the english language to try and do it...