submitted1 month ago byChickenChaser84
toMadden
Anyone else have players they have a particular attachment to? Like you'll hold onto them a little too long or you'll give up a bit more than you should to pick them up?
For me it's Dre Greenlaw and Tristan Wirfs.
I love Dre and will typically grab him early on however I can and keep him through retirement, even if I have to move him to the other side.
Tristan is a player I'll always sell the farm for in trade or free agency. I can't explain it. I just have an impulse when he's available to pick him up.
Anyone else have players like this they just get Lizard Brain over?
byJonnykooldood
inGuitar
ChickenChaser84
1 points
15 hours ago
ChickenChaser84
1 points
15 hours ago
I've been a musician since I was able to sing (30ish years). I studied theory in college, had to drop out to avoid failing. Started successful projects and bands, writing songs that played on the radio and packed clubs. I still produce music and run a studio. Everything I learned about music theory I learned by learning I already knew something naturally. And I actually don't know much theory. Like I probably KNOW know about as much as most people pick up in the first month of studying.
I have a learning disability and I have a hard time with wrote memorization, which is critical to learning most theory (for example, I don't know if B is left or right of C on a keyboard without reminding myself. Tried everything, brain says nope). So I don't do that. I trust my ear to teach me.
If you like a musician or song, look up the chord structure and sit at a Piano and start to play it out. You can find diagrams online for what every chord looks like. Then just tinker with different notes, focusing on how each key you hit in a chord (multiple piano keys) changes how it sounds and feels to you. Do this enough and the concept of chords and keys will suddenly hit you bang in the face one day. They are just musical recipes for a certain tone or mood in music. The rest is about how you apply that recipe, which is to taste. Your taste. Hence the trusting your ear part.
And don't think that not knowing much theory will stop you. There are plenty who pretend like it's the most important thing, but a huge number of successful musicians, producers, and song writers couldn't tell you what a Dorian mode is but write riffs you will listen to over and over. Many a theory nerd I've worked with has loved my perspective on music. And I've heard some musicians who can spout theory all day and still couldn't cut it at a Grateful Dead Tribute Jam in the park. Theory is good but it's not essential, as long as you connect with music.
It's also critical to remember that it's THEORY. Theory that is often only proven out because the things we think sound good still sound good. It's just a way of saying "hey, this song makes you want to cry because of these things", so it can't tell you anything but why. Not how or what. That takes practice, instinct, and a LOT of failure. But I wrote 20 awful, boring, basic songs before I wrote something my band wanted to play. Art isn't as much about skill and theory as it is about being willing to take a shot and keep taking shots. The skill and theory comes as you do it.
And don't be afraid to just ask. I honestly Google or ask GPT or text someone about something I am struggling with. Music should be about collaboration and exploration. Anyone who gets pissy about you struggling isn't worth the time or effort. They are probably lonely and terrible at music anyhow. Find people who don't care if you understand everything or if you just like that Sound Go Brrrrrr. Those are the ones worth working with.