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So I Got a Strat Today..
Jackie Blue:
That's what I'm saying. If you're fluent in the language, you don't have to stop and think "OK, what's the word I should put here?"
Writers do not often write with a conscious awareness of the interplay of their words. Composers do. Most rock musicians don't.
Patrick:
I wonder if Dickey Betts had to think about his guitar harmonies when he composed them, or if he just heard them in his head like I do with mine.
This probably isn't helping Cory very much at all.
imapiratearg:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 22 Dec 2007, 09:31 ---Writers do not often write with a conscious awareness of the interplay of their words.
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Speaking as a writer, that is total and utter bullshit.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 22 Dec 2007, 06:53 ---I kind of have to agree with Zerodrone here. I have taken music theory, but when I write songs, I don't really think about any of it. I just play until I have something that sounds good.
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See for me, it's a bit different. I consider the theory, and when I'm writing I think, this is what a lot of writers do, and this is where the theory says this chord progression should lead - so I'll make it go this way instead. I learned the theory just so I can defy it, basically.
imapiratearg:
I wasn't dogpiling on him. As a matter of fact, I was agreeing with him in one of my previous posts. I mean, for a writer's words to be hit or miss, they have to consider how they play into each other, right? I mean, if he or she is trying to say something, but what is actually put down in writing means something completely different because they didn't think about it, that kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it? Or would it be up to the reader to figure it out, due to the writer's carelessness?
Back to the theory part, I probably haven't had enough training with theory to actually apply the parts crucial to writing music. But I can read it, and figure out other bits when I sit down and analyze what I'm doing.
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