here's a music question

[FuSoYa]

If I'm writing something off rhythm, and I am REALLLY tempted to have the off-rhythm meld into a 3/4 rhythm and finish up that way, am I being tempted because that's what's natural for the piece, or just because I have heard so much 3/4 stuff / been brainwashed so that it *seems* natural?

 

[deadair]

you can't hold back on what feels right because you think you've been programed to feel that way. does that make sense? if it naturally flows into 3/4 in your mind, then that is right for the song. music is about feeling...

 

[exciar28]

but feelings are tend to be trapped upon bad habits. Of course I'm not saying Toby is on bad habits.

 

[FuSoYa]

Well, in my mind it's pulling me towards this 3/4 thing but I also genuinely feel that it's not right for the piece. Unfortunately the piece's own mind is trying to settle into this 3/4 b.s. I think exciar is on the mark.

 

[mindspell]

I'd jam to the section a few times, recording the process and see what is better.

But that's just me.

 

[deadair]

exciar makes a great point... but you also can run the risk of over-thinking a piece. you don't want it to turn into to something cold/unfeeling.

 

[xfer]

Any time you "feel" something, you're using your learned skills and experiences to judge it, even if you're using them unconsciously. If a piece "feels" right, it's because you are making an informed judgment that it adheres to your criteria of rightness in some way. When people say "go with your gut", that's wise advice, because your "gut" is simply your years of expertise and experience generating a response.

So, in a word, yes, both of your "either/or"s are true.

 

[xfer]

<-- King of Helpfulness

 

[avi]

i say use 6/8 instead you loser

 

[deadair]

9/8.... 9/8, unless you are a baby,

 

[FuSoYa]

How come I ask a philosophical question and it results in people offering advice on how to compose?

 

[xfer]

I think I responded appropriately.

 

[avi]

shut up and do what we say asshole

 

[FuSoYa]

Yeah I think so too.

 

[mindspell]

Because most of us are critics and as such we qualify as knowing better than the artists that actually do the music.

 

[avi]

i'm not a critic, i'm an arteeeeeest!

 

[TheNewChupe]

is it because it seems natural or because you want done with the piece and that's an easier way to finish it? i'm the king of lazy, so for me it'd be the last one. (and yes, i'm totally calling you lazy. HA!)

and i'm totally brainwashed.


btw, anyone ever seen Adaptation? i love that movie.
ps: i still feel sick.

 

[xfer]

adaptation rules.

 

[FuSoYa]

Eric, you are so right, that happens often. It's an urge that needs to be fought time and time again.

 

[TheNewChupe]

i find myself writing shorter pieces lately because of that.

and i have now decided to purchase Adaptation. i found myself insisting to gf that i was screenwriter #1 in a slightly less portly visage, especially when he repeatedly neurotically doubts everything he creates.