| |||||||
| Steve Pavlina Discuss ideas, articles, and podcasts from StevePavlina.com. New threads are automatically generated for Steve's latest blog posts. |
 |
| | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
| |
10-26-2011, 01:20 AM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Master  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5,988
  |  30-Day Trial of Learning Music (Blog)
Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog: 30-Day Trial of Learning Music |
|      |
|
10-26-2011, 05:36 AM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 525
|
Synchronicity for me too! I'm part of the worship team at my church as a back up singer but recently I've been keen on learning how to play the drums. Once exams are over & when my friend isn't busy I'll start learning yay! It's weird I used to be like you in the way that I wanted to do compositions on the computer but I've been more drawn to physical instruments at the moment. I think because for me I really like the traditional coming together as a group when creating music. It's like a social thing for me hehe. Cool post Steve! Good luck on your musical endeavour  |
|
| |
|
10-26-2011, 06:47 PM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Member Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 32
|
Funny that you posted that. After 15+ years of playing guitar I recently gave in to my long held ambition to play piano and have started taking lessons. The problem with reading some music theory and poking around with computer software is that it's a bit like getting a word processor, reading a bit of French grammar then hoping to write a letter in French. You don't have all the tools you need to achieve anything. If you want to get somewhere in 30 days my advice would be to get a cheap M-Audio MIDI keyboard and learn a few chords. It'll bring the theory to life and you can hear the how keys, intervals, inversions and cadences sound. If you have access to software like the Native Instruments suite you can then play about with the sampler by actually playing the keyboard, rather than struggling with the mouse and computer keyboard. |
|
| |
|
10-26-2011, 10:18 PM
| #5 (permalink) |
| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ireland
Posts: 266
|
I read another post about the workshop too, it sounds amazing. Also I saw the cure in September there, I'd wanted to see them for years, brilliant band! Good luck Steve in learning music, show us your song when your finished!!!
|
|
| |
|
10-27-2011, 05:05 PM
| #6 (permalink) |
| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 22
|
Love this 30-day trial . I have played music for over 30 years and the learning continues to challenge and fascinate me. Some random thoughts: Explore what aspect of music most interests/excites you (melody, lyrics, rhythm, composition) Explore different music styles and forms - especially those you don't particularly like Explore the mathematics of music you like. Make music using objects around the house. Listen for rhythmic patterns around you. Biographies of musicians can be interesting and inspirational. Music can be approached in the same way you would learn a language or a sport. I am looking forward to hearing about your 30-day trial - enjoy Neil A fantastic book for ideas is The Listening Book (discovering your own music)by W A Mathieu Chapter titles include -Singng with Machines, Gibberish and 20 Sounds to Get Lost In |
|
| |
|
| Bookmarks |
« Previous Thread
|
Next Thread »
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Hybrid Mode
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| 30 day music-creation trial | Canadian | Personal Effectiveness | 17 | 03-01-2010 08:09 PM |
| Learning Fashion - Part 2 (Blog) | Savage | Steve Pavlina | 100 | 01-19-2010 12:19 AM |
| Learning About Fashion (Blog) | Savage | Steve Pavlina | 51 | 12-06-2009 10:30 PM |
| 30 day trial/fast: No violent music | poetrythug | Character & Contribution | 7 | 04-26-2007 10:31 PM |
| Learning spanish through music | jbischke | Personal Effectiveness | 4 | 03-18-2007 12:07 AM |
All times are GMT. The time now is 08:37 PM.