Rock and Pop- What musical advice have you heard/recieved/given that seemed hard to understand/follow?
One of the first pieces of advice I got when learning to play was to listen to everything...literally. I used to find it hard to stick to, because that meant listening to songs I didn't like all the way through. But then I figured the point to that was that it's entirely possible to hear a sound anywhere that you'd like to use/incorporate/learn, or a sound that could inspire you to compose. There's a lot to learn from just listening.
What about you guys?
BQ- I'm ready to start classes (college courses, yay) again, what you all? Ready for summer to end?
BQ2- On a scale of 1-10, how important is the soundtrack of a movie?
Thanks everyone!
Anonymous2013-08-11T19:41:30Z
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I've never received musical advice which I found hard to understand... perhaps how to read sheet music? Though I suppose that's not really advice.
BQ: It doesn't matter, every day's the same. At least the heat will wane.
BQ2: It can be anywhere from a 1 to a 10, depending on the film. Some soar to greater heights with wonderful music in accompaniment, and for others the subject matter is served better when the music is subdued.
The most unlikely and hardest to follow advice I ever received was also some of the best and most effective: When playing live, don't over-think it and don't obsess over technical perfection. Once you're on the stage, practise time is over and now it's time to just perform.
That advice is unlikely because practising is done because practise makes perfect, and everyone knows that. But everyone also knows that there has never been a perfect performance in all of history. So if you focus too hard on making it perfect, you're not only more likely to screw up but you're also guaranteed to give an uninspired performance. But it goes against the practise-makes-perfect mantra of practising.
It really is valuable advice though. People remember the whole performance, not those two or three (or twenty) little mistakes. But if you focus on those mistakes, there goes the whole performance. Even if you didn't make any mistakes, you killed the performance by putting all the focus on stuff that doesn't really matter. Too much perfection is boring, which is why symphony orchestras don't produce cheering crowds when they play.
BQ: Hell no. Summer is always over much too quickly.
BQ2: More like vital than important. No movie can ever be an epic if it has a cheesy soundtrack. I don't normally do 1-10 scales, but probably a nine.
When I first started marching band years ago it was incredibly hard for me to grasp the concept of marching heel - toe. I've had this really odd natural tendency to walk on my toes my whole life for some reason.
BQ: I go back the end of September. We get out late in June so we start late. Also I'm still taking a class now, so technically I never left.
BQ2: Depends on the movie. If it's not a movie/series/genre known for the music I'd say a 5 or a 6. In something like the Blues Brothers or Grease it's a 10.
I'd have to agree with the "listening to songs all the way through" thing.
People also told me as a guitarist (when I was starting out) to "just improv," and I didn't know how. I was so inexperienced that I just played the same chords over and over xP
BQ: I am so ready. Summer is fun but it's boring as F**K, and I want to get back into my routine. Plus I'm taking BIT classes this fall ^.^
BQ2: 5. I don't care unless it doesn't fit the movie at all.
a million. I grew up listening to the oldies station that my mom continuously had on it the vehicle So at an early age: soul, motown, doo-wop, bubble gum rock, British invasion. 2. It grow to be also the 80s and that i loved: pop music from that factor, some rap. 3. Then the 90s got here and that i grow to be all about them: grunge, rock, rap, some metallic. 4. Then the later 90s got here and that i branched out into the second one 0.5 of the 60s, the 70s, each and each and every of the classic rock stuff. I also regarded deeper into soul and R&B from the 60s and 70s. Early 90s rap which sampled 70s funk were given me into funk. I were given into ska and reggae round this similar time. 5. The early 2000s got here and that i actually dropped out of contemporary music altogether, rock, rap, pop, i theory all of it grow to be sucky. So I merely delved deeper into the 60s-80s and metallic. 6. Then the later 2000s got here and that i nonetheless theory maximum stuff sucked yet then I got here right here and all started truly searching into the overdue 70s early 80s time body besides as blues (which I loved this time after an before attempt contained in the early 2000s that were given me nowhere). someplace in there I were given into lifeless Kennedys and then early 80s punk. i'm questioning 1998 or so.