Comparing learning new skills to experiences learning art

@TheLemmaLlama any pronouns
Thu, 09 Feb 2023 07:07:41 +0000

@TheLemmaLlama wrote:

smokesalty:

Granted, a lot of it just has been me trying random things and seeing if I like the sound of it or the feeling.

Haha, when I try that it mostly ends up feeling super basic-sounding or a complete, dissonant mess XD It's gotten better after some music theory, which helped narrow down the space of random things to try

smokesalty:

Yeah, I get that! I have a certain vision for what scenes/scenarios I have in mind and I want to at least have the skills to pull that off and have it sound pleasing and interesting

tbh I'm not even aiming for the whole things to sound good in the sense of a fully arranged/polished track XD I just want to make musical 'sketches' (basically just melody and chords); just enough to communicate the 'arc' of the 'story' I want to tell (to the point where someone else can just pick it up and arrange it properly with instruments and stuff without losing my vision for the 'mood', even if I don't explain my vision)

Lensing:

I learned playing& composing in a playful and fun way with minimal theory. I wish I could say that about drawing

Huh, I'm pretty much the opposite; I don't remember touching anything resembling theory while learning to draw until I finally learnt perspective properly, whereas I couldn't compose for poo-poo until I picked up some music theory Maybe it's because I don't play any instruments XD