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aberkok · 02-17-2006, 04:57 AM

Paging Dr. Roachboy...paging Dr. Roachboy...

Everyone wants a book that they think'll solve their musical problems. Take it from me. I've been working at a print music/music bookstore for the last 4 years and there are a lot of books...but you can't write a book on how to compose! Sure, there are books which breakdown and outline tonal systems, but there's nothing that says: "do this, then do this..." History suggests that you'll have to wait at least another 30 or 40 years before such a book is written about electronica.

Just learn how to listen analytically. Take stuff you like and find out how it was made and eventually you'll build up an arsenal of technique. How you use it to make music can never be learned from a book...only through experience.

Jwoody - I wonder if Mozart ever felt like an orchestra was limiting his creativity. In 100 years, do you think your great-grandson will think about his neural interface to his computer and wonder what we did as composers without it 100 years ago?

02-17-2006, 04:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	Paging Dr. Roachboy...paging Dr. Roachboy... Everyone wants a book that they think'll solve their musical problems. Take it from me. I've been working at a print music/music bookstore for the last 4 years and there are a lot of books...but you can't write a book on how to compose! Sure, there are books which breakdown and outline tonal systems, but there's nothing that says: "do this, then do this..." History suggests that you'll have to wait at least another 30 or 40 years before such a book is written about electronica. Just learn how to listen analytically. Take stuff you like and find out how it was made and eventually you'll build up an arsenal of technique. How you use it to make music can never be learned from a book...only through experience. Jwoody - I wonder if Mozart ever felt like an orchestra was limiting his creativity. In 100 years, do you think your great-grandson will think about his neural interface to his computer and wonder what we did as composers without it 100 years ago? __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries." Last edited by aberkok; 02-17-2006 at 05:00 AM..