Hugh Mann

SuperMarioGamer
 
 
This is not a prank.  It could really be the case that any theme you have in your mind cannot be conveyed as long as you do not fully study up and train yourself on how to convey your themes.  You see, I thought there was a way for me to convey these themes right here and now that I hear in my mind.  They are, again, themes I hear in my mind that think are catchy, amazing, and conveyed profound emotion.  Me coming here was just a test to find out if I could convey these themes in the real, physical world despite being a complete beginner at composing.  I see that test has failed.  I have tried this test many times before and they all failed.  This was my final test and now I see that I really do need to fully study up and train myself in order to convey these themes I hear in my mind.

Yup.  But so does everyone else.

My post got deleted for whatever reason.  Maybe it was due to a forum bug.  But I will repost what I said earlier.  If you do not believe my claim that I have these amazing themes in my mind, then that all goes back to what I said earlier in regards to people who have near death experiences, drug trips, and dreams.  It is something I explained earlier in regards to how our brains are natural geniuses that are really capable of creating the next best themes in our minds regardless if you are a complete beginner at composing. 
 
If I were to become a professional composer down the road and I were to fully convey these themes I hear in my head, then if they truly were as great as I said they were and people really do think they are great, then I was speaking words of wisdom and truth all along.  But if I fully convey these themes later on down the road and it really turns out that they were not that great at all, then I was speaking words of delusion and grandeur. 
 
Nobody knows the truth for sure yet.  Only time will tell.  As for now though, it might be a waste of time for people to listen to the tracks I already have on my playlist if they are all just going to be lame, not that great, garbage, incoherent, gibberish, etc.  In addition, it would also be a waste of time and effort for me to create any more tunes and post them up on my playlist.

You've made progress Matt. Don't worry about being 'amazing' or anything else, just keep writing and recording. There are no shortcuts.

jamesg1213
You've made progress Matt. Don't worry about being 'amazing' or anything else, just keep writing and recording. There are no shortcuts.

For me, music is not just about producing a craft that I can be proud of.  It is more than that.  It is the very power that music conveys. I wish to create music that conveys powerful and profound emotion.  If, let's pretend, that I have produced a song that was painstakingly crafted, but that song did not convey any profound and powerful emotion and instead conveyed just a basic, average emotion, then that craft was all just a waste to me regardless of how much time and effort I put into it.  In short, if I am going to produce any theme or song, then it has to be amazing.

Songs in the air, songs everywhere
I like the few that brought me close to you
Some flying by, if you blink an eye
You may miss the tune, but it'll come back soon
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As many a philosopher has said, imagination is in the heart of God. All may tap into that world and bring a piece of it back to share with others. Your brain is just a conduit between spirit and body. The body is a physical means to a spiritual ends. The spirit gives meaning--the body gives purpose.
 
The words and music are in the world of imagination. They already exist. You just have to discover them.

I think this is a prank, maybe....

eph221
I think this is a prank, maybe....

For highly trained professionals such as the composers on this forum, it might really appear as a joke.  But you must see things from my perspective.  I am a complete beginner.  I would be lacking insight and this lack of insight might result in me saying things that I am serious about, but might appear as some sort of prank or joke to professionals.

The beginning, intermediate, advanced bs is promulgated by academics...($$)  I learned this early in studying guitar.  If you can write a note, you can compose.  Orchestration is a different ball of wax however.  If you want to learn orchestration, spend some time with Richard Strauss.  

eph221
The beginning, intermediate, advanced bs is promulgated by academics...($$)  I learned this early in studying guitar.  If you can write a note, you can compose.  Orchestration is a different ball of wax however.  If you want to learn orchestration, spend some time with Richard Strauss.  

I think you are wrong about that because, apparently, I am not composing anything good or great.  You act as though I can somehow already compose some good music despite the fact that I am just staring out with composing.  Apparently, this beginner, intermediate, and professional stage exists and, in order for me to compose some great music, that requires me to be at the professional stage.  Maybe me being at the intermediate stage would allow me to compose some good music.  I am not sure on this one though.  All I know is that I am at the beginner's stage and the music I am sharing is not that good at all.  As a matter of fact, it appears as incoherent gibberish to other listeners and/or appears as lame or mediocre.  Except for me, of course, because I know what these tunes and themes are supposed to be since I am the artist who made them in the first place.  I think I have the right notes and rests down to these tunes.  But, apparently, something more is needed to convey these tunes for what they really are.

Unfortuntately, we've all been brainwashed with that bs, because it creates careers for music teachers.   Hanz Zimmer is very advanced etc... Just listen to whatever genre you like and listen carefully.  If you don't know what to listen for, then take some lessons.    There IS a pecking order with respect to musicians and they can kind of gang up on you, but it has nothing to do with the quality of yours (or their) music.  Remember that and carry on grasshopper.

Mario, composing is like crazy eights, playing crazy eights...have you ever?