Well, on that note, I have to agree, some training never hurt anyone,
especially when they used it to further their knowledge or understanding of
music. :-p
Peter "Pachinko"
on 4/11/01 6:49 AM, Josh Brown at josh@undertone.com wrote:
quoted 33 lines I agree there are trained people with no creativity and vice-versa...
> I agree there are trained people with no creativity and vice-versa...
> but I feel that anyone who is naturally creative would just benefit from
> getting some training and education...
>
> Peter Schrock wrote:
>>
>> on 4/10/01 12:46 PM, Josh Bown at josh@undertone.com wrote:
>>
>>> I am not saying that it can't be learned from just composing on your
>>> computer, just that almost all of the people who try this route end up
>>> lacking in quality and wondering why. The reason is that they aren't
>>> dedicated enough to improving their knowledge and that's why there is so
>>> much crap music out there... Playing a traditional instrument and
>>> taking lessons can provide the discipline and motivation which somehow
>>> magically ends up conveying the necessary knowledge required to produce
>>> quality music, even in genres and idioms never before heard.
>> See, now I have to agree with the first part and disagree with the later.
>> There are plenty of people out there who study music and still miss the
>> quality that music is needed. I find that some of the greatest music
>> written is from those who lack in musical education and those who got the
>> education, really suck. Not that this is the rule of thumb but that is
>> what I have noticed in a general case. It is very rare that a well trained
>> musician can write pleasing and creative music. It is the lack of training
>> with the desire to create that cause them to break the boundaries, most of
>> the time, they don't realize that they are, they just write what feels right
>> to them. Unfortunately, I believe that society isn't so abundantly ready
>> to accept these new sounds and new forms of creative energy because that
>> involves change. We all know that as much people say they want it, it
>> involves leaving their comfort zone, and the most of our society is not
>> willing or ready to leave it.
>>
>> Peter "Pachinko"
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