I am definitely new to the majority of the theory you write about but I always enjoy your writing and insights.
"As Christopher Small says, music doesn't merely show us, it brings these relationships into existence. This is a very deliberate choice from someone who has engaged in a songwriting practice."
Thank you for teaching me a while bunch of new stuff this morning.
p.s I also watch a channel on YouTube called Wings of Pegasus - do you know it? He rails against autotune and profiles great performances using a pitch monitor thingy. He talks about a lot of stuff I only get the gist of sometimes - musically I understand but I don't *know*.
I'm glad you are learning! Please, feel free to ask me for clarification about anything musical. It helps me to help you!
I have seen that Wings of Pegasus guy, it was a while ago. There was an interesting moment where he showed how autotune was being used on someone who didn't really need it and it wasn't really adding anything to the song; it seemed like the recording engineer was just slapping it on out of habit.
"musically I understand but I don't *know*." — You don't have names, yet, that's what I think is happening. But I feel it's important for people to honor how much they know non-verbally — the kinesthetic, emotional, visual, mind-body knowledge that everyone has, but is often poo-poohed by academia.
I am definitely new to the majority of the theory you write about but I always enjoy your writing and insights.
"As Christopher Small says, music doesn't merely show us, it brings these relationships into existence. This is a very deliberate choice from someone who has engaged in a songwriting practice."
Thank you for teaching me a while bunch of new stuff this morning.
p.s I also watch a channel on YouTube called Wings of Pegasus - do you know it? He rails against autotune and profiles great performances using a pitch monitor thingy. He talks about a lot of stuff I only get the gist of sometimes - musically I understand but I don't *know*.
I'm glad you are learning! Please, feel free to ask me for clarification about anything musical. It helps me to help you!
I have seen that Wings of Pegasus guy, it was a while ago. There was an interesting moment where he showed how autotune was being used on someone who didn't really need it and it wasn't really adding anything to the song; it seemed like the recording engineer was just slapping it on out of habit.
"musically I understand but I don't *know*." — You don't have names, yet, that's what I think is happening. But I feel it's important for people to honor how much they know non-verbally — the kinesthetic, emotional, visual, mind-body knowledge that everyone has, but is often poo-poohed by academia.