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Is My Music Pretentious?
Black_Chamber:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A1LrNQCMic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk7TxhxkkhQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx9mG-aKMwo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwSSNMoCdG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZiMvXtOtc
From the outset I wanted my sound to disregard music theory entirely. Because I have no formal training I was able to approach my instruments (I play guitar and drums) in unsophisticated & abstract ways to create something that sounds incomplete and abrasive at times. becuase of my lack of music theory, [and understanding of what to do and what not to do] my 'music' (i'm sure some of you will say its just noise) is a pure extension of myself. I just recorded how I was feeling at the time. I posted my stuff on some other boards and about 50% of the people say i'm a pretentious hack, 25% say its genius, and another 25% say i have potential if I study music theory and apply some structure to my songs.
what do you think?
Mr. Doctor:
I go for "strange but oddly interesting"...
I'm probably a minority here because in my humble opinion... Music Theory means nothing. Some of the best music I've ever heard get's the tag "Noise" and I really don't understand why. I fail to see where the line between music and noise is. Some music that it's well written sometimes turns up to be good music but with lack of feeling [Progressive Metal, I'm looking at you right now].
But well.. It might help you to know what's normal and what's not.
Soooo... I believe this is interesting, the only thing I can say to you is the classic "follow your heart". Some of the best musicians, painters and writers were the ones that thought "screw them, I do what I want"
The Joker:
I didn't like it much, to be honest, but I guarantee no matter what kind of music you make, someone will like it. Even bands like the Jonas Brothers and Nickelback have fans (that being said, your music was better than those bands' "music").
So go for it.
Be My Head:
It was all right, but you should really learn some music theory, and take lessons on your respective instruments. It WILL help you, even if your plan is to make 'unstructured' music. You have to know the rules before you can break them. Theory and technique are tools that allow you to express yourself more articulately in music.
Thrillho:
I think it's a common mistake to think that music theory is useless to those seeking to break barriers or create unstructured music. For me it's the single most useful tool for creating such music, because when I know the basic chord progressions, where people's ears will be expecting a certain sequence of notes to move, you can then subvert their expectations. Put together things that are deliberately out of time or key, or non-diatonic. Knowing what's normal is how you create abnormality.
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