I've played sax, and even done improvised solos in jazz band, I am not thinking chords, I am thinking of the key/scale, although the most dominant thought in my mind is, "crap how far am I into my solo, when do I finish?"
The thing is is that the studio provides tools that are free to use, and both the sounds of MIDI and loops fall under these tools, so you don't need to credit these sounds much like a lot of other creative commons 0 materials. You can then manipulate these MIDIs or loops, and I think that is where you are falling flat, is that you seem to neglect that you can...
I mean, even if you can only play an instrument that plays one note at a time. You still have to know what a chord progression is so you can play that instrument with an orchestra, band, or any group of musicians......I'm still thinking of the many ways that I'm right and wrong. Like, there is a possibility of being a drummer and not knowing about anything relating chords. While on the other hand I'm thinking about how if you're a writer that it's unoriginal to use other peoples chords without crediting them for the compilation of those chords. And how taking other peoples chords is like
Yea I get that. Digital music production is closely associated with piano (given the keyboard layout of MIDIs), but I felt the need to include that musicianship doesn't only exist within the digital scope, and that instrumentalists are musicians as well (since you were criticizing the definition/criteria of a (good) musician).
Ok. I get what you mean. What I meant by the race car driver thing is that with a pianist (like myself) you can't exactly play anything if you don't have anything to associate with the keys that you're playing. And with an instrument like a flute you can only play one note at a time (I think. Correct me if I'm wrong please.) Which in turn doesn't allow you to play a "chord", but I'm basing what I'm saying on a piano cause it is what we use in music production for notes.
I guess I should have clarified, using chords is not the same as having a chord progression, and I apologize if I made it seem as if I was trying to describe all trance music not using chord progressions, because of course not all are like that, otherwise it would be part of a definition, rather I was providing an example that **some** music does in fact not include a progression of chords (which is not the same as including chords).
I mean, isn't each individual MIDI note in it's own way a loop? You're using the creativity of soundation for the sounds provided through MIDIs as well.
As for instrumentalists not knowing about chord progressions, keep in mind many instruments by themselves can't even play a chord, sure there are scales and arpeggios, but one can just utilize the knowledge of the key, rather than the chords. And while some trance does use chord progressions, others stick to one chord, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zimt8PP2iNs (Which is the style I have in mind when thinking trance)
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Key Lime Canid
I've played sax, and even done improvised solos in jazz band, I am not thinking chords, I am thinking of the key/scale, although the most dominant thought in my mind is, "crap how far am I into my solo, when do I finish?"
The thing is is that the studio provides tools that are free to use, and both the sounds of MIDI and loops fall under these tools, so you don't need to credit these sounds much like a lot of other creative commons 0 materials. You can then manipulate these MIDIs or loops, and I think that is where you are falling flat, is that you seem to neglect that you can...
lamya-grey-randolph
i love this it really go hard
little hollow
copying someone's lyrics and then taking credit for them. I'm still kinda on the fence about all this though.......
little hollow
I mean, even if you can only play an instrument that plays one note at a time. You still have to know what a chord progression is so you can play that instrument with an orchestra, band, or any group of musicians......I'm still thinking of the many ways that I'm right and wrong. Like, there is a possibility of being a drummer and not knowing about anything relating chords. While on the other hand I'm thinking about how if you're a writer that it's unoriginal to use other peoples chords without crediting them for the compilation of those chords. And how taking other peoples chords is like
Key Lime Canid
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Key Lime Canid
Yea I get that. Digital music production is closely associated with piano (given the keyboard layout of MIDIs), but I felt the need to include that musicianship doesn't only exist within the digital scope, and that instrumentalists are musicians as well (since you were criticizing the definition/criteria of a (good) musician).
little hollow
Ok. I get what you mean. What I meant by the race car driver thing is that with a pianist (like myself) you can't exactly play anything if you don't have anything to associate with the keys that you're playing. And with an instrument like a flute you can only play one note at a time (I think. Correct me if I'm wrong please.) Which in turn doesn't allow you to play a "chord", but I'm basing what I'm saying on a piano cause it is what we use in music production for notes.
Key Lime Canid
I guess I should have clarified, using chords is not the same as having a chord progression, and I apologize if I made it seem as if I was trying to describe all trance music not using chord progressions, because of course not all are like that, otherwise it would be part of a definition, rather I was providing an example that **some** music does in fact not include a progression of chords (which is not the same as including chords).
Key Lime Canid
I mean, isn't each individual MIDI note in it's own way a loop? You're using the creativity of soundation for the sounds provided through MIDIs as well.
As for instrumentalists not knowing about chord progressions, keep in mind many instruments by themselves can't even play a chord, sure there are scales and arpeggios, but one can just utilize the knowledge of the key, rather than the chords. And while some trance does use chord progressions, others stick to one chord, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zimt8PP2iNs (Which is the style I have in mind when thinking trance)
overdoze
well i hope you guys arent into vaporwave and/or lo-fi hip hop cause man i got some bad news for you