tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38768806.post1905660267045762637..comments2023-06-16T07:33:01.659-07:00Comments on Nonagon: Do The Right ThingJohn Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01317089080763927667noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38768806.post-29299760382261672612007-04-12T20:39:00.000-07:002007-04-12T20:39:00.000-07:00I wanted to chime-in about song structure. I thin...I wanted to chime-in about song structure. I think one of the major roles of song-structure can be to help flesh-out partially developed musical material. If you know you're writing in a 16-bar blues form, a lot of decisions have been made already; but there's still enough to creatively express ideas.<BR/><BR/>Even without deciding on a specific top-down organization in advance, I've found it can be productive alternate thinking top-down and bottom-up; consider what larger-scale structures would best contain or relate your specific musical material, but also adjust and generate more of that material so that it will fit within larger-scale structures. Usually I'd switch back and forth whenever I'd get stuck, or feel like I wasn't getting anything new.<BR/><BR/>I feel like it's really common for electronic music to either borrow forms from pop music, or to use a linear approach to layering or developing the material. I'd really love to hear some new ways to organize electronic music. I think there's a lot of structural ideas that could be adapted from classical music. You could use the Sonata form, or write canonic structures, for example. I've been liking the idea of starkly contrasting blocks with little to no transition (as in Stravinky's Rite of Spring)...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I definitely endorse the keep-at-it sentiment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38768806.post-47803278736064350332007-03-04T20:25:00.000-08:002007-03-04T20:25:00.000-08:00My dad always used to say do the right thing. It ...My dad always used to say do the right thing. It makes me happy to remember that.<BR/><BR/>And re: never being able to make anything as beautiful as someone else, I used to feel the same way. I don't mean I overcame that feeling, I just stopped writing songs... Ack! Ok that's not what I wanted to say, what I wanted to say is nothing will ever be any good unless you're doing it for yourself. Only be self-critical enough to make it what you want.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975554238474627641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38768806.post-47930001012328803162007-02-14T09:40:00.000-08:002007-02-14T09:40:00.000-08:00Unrequested critique:a bit mechanical... i'd chang...Unrequested critique:<BR/>a bit mechanical... i'd change the high hat sample to something a little more organic, i like the clicky percussion, where's the melody?<BR/><BR/>How's THAT for music esteem building? That said, keep at it... don't think of it as such a rigid process. Song structure is important but it should almost be an afterthought. The piece should dictate the structure, not the other way around. You're approaching it in a very computer science way :)<BR/><BR/>Where are my remixes yo!xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351373102909461806noreply@blogger.com