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Practice Thoughts | Becoming A Musician (Patreon)

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2023-04-10 21:15:39
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Hi Everyone,

Weird things start happening when you are in the process of becoming a musician. I talk about a few of them here.

1. As Mateus has noticed, learning music theory and recording software forever changes the way you listen to music. It goes from a mostly sensory experience to a more cerebral experience. With practice, you CAN listen to music without critically thinking about it (I call it "sponge mode") but yes, now you have to practice doing something that used to be easy for you.

2. Sometimes when people learn music theory, they feel like they have to have specific reasons WHY they like the music they like - AND they feel like those reasons should be theory based. I'm here to assure you that you can like music for whatever reasons you want - even if you can't put your finger on it.
     ONE FUN THING is that you might start gravitating toward more diverse and specific musicians and genres. You might find yourself saying something like "wow I really like the bass line in this song, but the guitar isn't very exciting and I wouldn't write melodies like that." Then you start listening to that band just for the bass. Or you might say "I love the production (recording style) of this album, but I don't necessarily want to play guitar like that but I love the keyboard parts." Essentially, you might start liking more specific things about artists and dislike more specific things. It's kind of fun.

3. As you become more involved in your instrument, you'll feel more comfortable specializing in the things you like about music. Wether thats engineering, songwriting, soloing, fingerpicking, etc - the more you dive into your interests, the better sense you'll have about what you need to practice. This is what I was going for with my move-to-spain analogy.
     Diving into your interests as soon as possible will make guitar more fun AND will help you avoid feelings of inadequacy. This is because when you don't have specific goals, you might feel like you need to at least be somewhat good at everything - thats just not true. Just focus on what you like.

HOW HAS THE LEARNING PROCESS BEEN FOR YOU?

HAVE YOU HONED IN ON SPECIFIC GOALS AS YOU'VE LEARNED MORE?

HAVE YOU TAKEN THE PLUNGE INTO THE MUSICAL AREAS YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT?

Check out the Lesson Archive for more Practice Thoughts.

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Comments

DeDé

Hi Mateus. Don't be sad Mateus. You just need to learn how to get away from the music nerd insignt you when listening to music. Or just drink before it. Is all OK.

Scott Paul Johnson
>>106533085

Don't drink! Try this: https://thedailymind.com/monday-meditation-let-the-thoughts-run-free/ If you practice this kind of meditation, you can bring the same concept to music - observe your thoughts but don't pursue them while you're listening

Mark Riley

My experience, so far. (sorry for the essay) Before i started down the theory path, i loved music and felt that id spent enough time and effort to have a little bit more to show than a bunch of phones, 4/8 tracks, memory sticks with literally hundreds of 10-30 second snippets of guitar riffs, chord progressions etc which ultimately amounted to ......well, nothing, to be blunt. Without being dramatic, it felt like a curse or even an illness, which i "dragged" around with me 😆 - i couldnt do it, but i couldnt "not" do it - if that makes sense! I had become jaded - feeling like "other people"....."real musicians" must "know something, that i dont", to be able to churn out tunes and albums, seemingly - at will. My enjoyment came almost exclusively from the emotive / aesthetic side of music or, just sheer wonder, of how these superhumans were creating this, for example - if i didnt leave a show without the loss of sensation in a body part, it wasnt heavy enough, or how does such and such write such intractate melodies!!!! mine are boring as (insert expletive 😆). I thought that theory was for classical musicians, and there is no way that (insert popular musician name) would EVER learn theory! i have to keep it pure maaaan 🙄........but now, im not so sure that they didnt - like, really - not sure. In fact, theres a fair chance that even some of the most edgy, do. Not that it matters either way. All that stuff had worn thin in my "middle" years and i needed more to keep going - at all.

Mark Riley
>>106616150

Im taking the learning really steady and can feel all changing for the better. Heres what im noticing, so far: 1. I notice key changes in tunes more easily, i dont know what they are specifically but im hearing it! and can relate it to the reason why it peaked my interest in the first place! rather than sitting agasp at what is happening (as much!) 2. I notice intervals in melody, good melodies dont seem so other worldly anymore! again, im not saying i can tell a m6 from a M6 at the drop of a hat but im getting there and i love it! for example - i never quite "got" Bowie, dunno what it was about his stuff, anyway but i heard a tune called "Lady Grinning Soul" for the first time the other day, it literally jumped out of the speaker, the changes....im starting to understand "why" things are good, but not only that! i can at least imagine, how to make my stuff better!