Does anyone here know what they're doing?
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- KVRAF
- 4878 posts since 13 Jun, 2002 from Montreal
It's probably best not to expect to know what you are doing with this stuff most of the time. Musically it is an advantage to be able to sight read etc., but for me it's the harmony and theory study I did for a while that really gives me satisfaction. But when it comes to using VSTs and sequencers whenever I endeavor to understand what is happening in any depth I usually get messed up. Best to let go and experiment and try new things. It's when I do that that I most often get some good results.
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
and except when it comes to punctuation it seems ...funkynuts wrote:I always know what i,m doing
slainte
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- Mighty_Musician
- 897 posts since 29 Jun, 2002 from Oklahoma
You mean And....
KVR, my adult playground.
Please, call me Brice.
Please, call me Brice.
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- KVRian
- 697 posts since 2 Dec, 2002 from northern germany
i usally say that i can TRANSLATE sheet music, but i can't read it nearly fast enough 
but hey, i STILL plan to get a teacher one day... i plan that for quite a few years (9 or so?) now, so far i got around just playing around, i suck, but it's fun anyway
but hey, i STILL plan to get a teacher one day... i plan that for quite a few years (9 or so?) now, so far i got around just playing around, i suck, but it's fun anyway
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- KVRAF
- 3096 posts since 3 Nov, 2002 from Kettering UK
Didn't I already do that jokebucket (Double Post) wrote:The trick is...
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
pHz wrote:doesnt that take ALL the fun out of it ???funkynuts wrote:I always know what i,m doing
slainterob
O.K you called my bluff...
I haven,t a clue what i,m doing most of the time and i find it most satisfying.
i normally find the music i have written quickly and emotionally, whilst caught in a moment of experimental inspiration, to be much more interesting than anything based oa a concious ,cerebral understanding of the mathematics of music.
When in that state, just sort of caressing the strings of my guitar or beating the shit of the piano ,i lose myself utterly to my subconcious universe ...then music theory is the last thing on my mind...
Yes i am the guy next door who wakes you up at 3 a.m. singing his heart out....
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The above "words" are the ramblings of a depraved megalomaniac.Any similarity to normal communication is a hallucination on the part of the reader.Replying to this post will result in your family and posessions becoming the property of funkynuts.
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
Bloody
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
Quadruple
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
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its all your fault phz
its all your fault phz
pHz wrote:and except when it comes to punctuation it seems ...funkynuts wrote:I always know what i,m doing
slainte
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The above "words" are the ramblings of a depraved megalomaniac.Any similarity to normal communication is a hallucination on the part of the reader.Replying to this post will result in your family and posessions becoming the property of funkynuts.
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- Mighty_Musician
- 897 posts since 29 Jun, 2002 from Oklahoma
KVR, my adult playground.
Please, call me Brice.
Please, call me Brice.
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- KVRAF
- 4960 posts since 21 Oct, 2003 from UK
Crikey - I know the server's hanging a lot tonight, but a quadruple post?? 
Or should that be a double double post?
Or should that be a double double post?
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- KVRist
- 303 posts since 23 Jun, 2004 from UK
at last a sensible thread.
Yes, unfortunately I know what I'm doing.
I also know where I'm going.
Yes, unfortunately I know what I'm doing.
I also know where I'm going.
... no time for unnecessary politeness nor a debate ...
... you might not care but some members are actually human with feelings and stuff you know ???
... you might not care but some members are actually human with feelings and stuff you know ???
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- KVRAF
- 2401 posts since 29 Dec, 2002 from In the dark
The only correct answer.vurt wrote:
Nor am I famous, except in Japan, where I have 1 fan.
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- KVRian
- 1243 posts since 24 Oct, 2003 from Maine
I can't quite read in real time, however I'm getting there. If I wanna play something that's not mine I usually just memorize the song, though sheet music is nice if you want the exact voicings used in any given song. I understand chord theory fairly extensively (secondary function, interchange, modal harmony, cadence borrowing, candence linking; subdominant minor cadences; all fun stuff). Theory facinates me, maybe I'm a wierdo. For melodic and synthy stuff, I usually just experiment, as I think that results in the most interesting sound, though I can program lots of trendy stuff too if the situation calls for it.