craigb


Pedro will never understand the raw, orgasmic bliss of standing in front of a turned-up Marshall full-stack and just playing a simple A5 power chord...

I can make the presentation of your work on stage ... blow out the audience and make people go ... wow!
 
I have never once had a bad review for my directing. But too many "musicos" are not interestedin doing a "Lamb" or "ATM" or "Passion Play" ... or better yet ... create another one, and put together a performance that will have people going ... wow ... that is far out and different. It's even easier today, because we can use video so efficiently!
 
The power of the Marshall on my ear ... is what had my friend here almost deaf ... and he has Pete Townsend to thank for it! Great concert ... but David's ears have been gone for 40 years! Enjoy your Marshall!

Moshkiae I have used Ableton before. It can be a bit intimidating if you try to take it all in at once. Looping is the primary objective in Ableton. It will shrink and fit almost anything together.Take it on the surface and start with the basic hit record and feed the signal into it. It is a big program.Don't expect to know all of it quickly.

 Here is my take on the CH. People don't really come here to think and ponder. To claim that people here are incapable of certain things comes off a little bit condescending to me. I think people here are purposely disconnecting from serious thought. The CH is a place to have fun. We have some highly intelligent people here who use the CH as a distraction or a place to kid with their buddies. An outlet if you will. This isn't the place to  think or get serious for most people. 

  A lot of the music played today including my own holds to simple formulas. No holy grail here. 

 Not that experimental is bad but it isn't popular or desired on any kind of a huge scale. If you like that genre then it won't matter.

 We tend to like the simple formulas. 

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that some of the differences we have in our musical tastes may stem from philosophical differences.

WARNING!!!!  THIS POST CONTAINS OPINIONS AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE ABSOLUTE TRUTH!!!  VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE THE SIMPLISTIC STATEMENTS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL'S THOUGHTS AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN INTELLIGENT PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE!!!  WARNING!!!

If one has a philosophy of life that views reality as ordered, structured, and embued with meaning, one will have a tendancy to reflect this in their artistry.  If one views order and chaos as opposing forces, this will be shown in their art.  If one views reality as ultimately chaotic and random, one will display this view in their artwork. 

We look, consciously or not, at life through lenses predisposed to see what we expect to see.  If this process is unconscious, we may not be aware of our assumptions and their impact on our art.  As we examine ourselves and our philosophical assumptions, we may choose to change our viewpoint and embrace a new way of life and a new artistic sensability as a result.  If we have consciously thought this through, we may already know why we view life, the arts, reality, etc. in the way we do and may feel no need to agonize over it any longer. 

At any rate, our views, our art, and our tastes are ours alone.  Others may have similar views and opinions, but not always.  When someone does not share our views, we can choose to view the person as "less enlightened" than ourselves, or we can accept that they are living out their philosophy.  They may change their view at some point.  We might change ours as well.  In seeking to understand someone's tastes or their art, it may be helpful to understand their philosophy of life.  It doesn't mean we'll agree and adopt the same philosophies, but at least we can work towards understanding.

Well said Grasshopper!




(Bubba said ours....)

UbiquitousBubba


If one has a philosophy of life that views reality as ordered, structured, and embued with meaning, one will have a tendancy to reflect this in their artistry.  If one views order and chaos as opposing forces, this will be shown in their art.  If one views reality as ultimately chaotic and random, one will display this view in their artwork. 

May I suggest that it's actually "all of the above?"

May I suggest that it's actually "all of the above?"

 
On which day of the week? 'Cause that sounds like a monday thing.

Crg

May I suggest that it's actually "all of the above?"

 
On which day of the week? 'Cause that sounds like a monday thing.

When you don't have a real job, every day is Monday...  (Unless you have money in which case every day is Friday or Saturday.)

craigb


Hi,

I have no idea what he just said, but...

Here's what all of you insomniacs have really been waiting for!

All possible scales (for the 12-tone system anyway)

Plus a couple of others just for fun.

Chords in a 7-tone scale - Summary

Chords in a 7-tone scale - Detail

I have others, including a 76 MB(!) monster that includes things like all 19,230 ionian chords that are possible.  Oh well.

Mind sharing that 76Mb monstrosity? 


I wanna see if it has any other chords I missed...

It borders insanity (or crosses way over).  It has a lot of worksheets that were probably temporary, intermediate things that I have no idea what I was trying to figure out. 

I do have some really nice spreadsheets that I was working on (before our startup company took ALL my time) that have formatted pages, but those aren't done yet.  Included in that mess are worksheets for all the keys and modes with colored fretboards and keyboards (as well as your usual Circle of 4ths and 5ths type cheat sheets).  I need to do some serious examining of all those plus the inevitable cleanup before those will get posted anywhere!

Being "detailed" doesn't make you a music nerd, Craigb.  Think of it as being intensely focused on music theory.

Owning (and playing with) the complete set of Music Theory Action Figures does, however.  Sorry.