The creation of music, is an art, a law, a process entirely unto itself, and governed by the most outlandish sources of inspiration, drive and desire. It represents the simplest emotion, feeling, description or thought process in its most eloquent form. How it is created, why it is created, what the purpose is, and who the person/people behind such creation are, is where everything differs and diversifies.
One often tends to believe that it can be done, it is possible, or then only some are gifted to be able to pull it off. In truth, whether by skill, or talent, song - lyrical or instrumental, there will be something that a musician/instrumentalist can create.
The first actual song I ever wrote, which I remember and sometimes play - was a simple lyric, with a chorus, 4-5 chords, some very very obvious and clear influences, which could even be called ripped-off. To top it all, I would till date regard as a relatively friendly, soothing melody.
It was a nice place to start, amateurish, more then just so actually, but hey, you have to start somewhere. If you did start at a peak or a real high, there would be supremely high expectations, no other place higher to go, anything that wasn't up to that standard later would be regarded as trash and so on n so forth. But, the debate, the problem, and the decision, lies in where you choose to go from there. Go up, forward, progress, expand on all you know by adding to it? or sit back, and say..bro...i know how to write music...this is where its at, i sound like Bob Dylan, or The Beatles and stuff like that.
Beyond that kind of songwriting was always the will to progress, to learn more, listening, watching, learning, and adding to your skill set in whatever way you can, to better how you play, to better the way you write, modification and growth to the way you think. Learn something beyond chords, keep your melodic roots, but listen to what is happening around you : In your own city, your neighbours' houses, halfway around the world, it doesn't matter, just listen.
Honestly, this didn't happen till recently, when the boundaries that i knew and was comfortable in were pushed by skilled musicians around me, and it went waaaayyy beyond...."ya bro.....i write like...music and lyrics bro", and no more was that a line of speech and conversation. To simplify, it was, but it was to that general lot of people who heard the words 'I write lyrics and compose tunes around them in an attempt to write songs' as....' im a singer/songwriter bro'......and to those who would probably understand what i was actually saying, I said pretty much the same thing, but in my head it started sounding like ; I'm moving forward from just writing lyrics and composing parts and melodies etc. I want to be some sort of a craftsman, a spell weaver from an RPG or a fantasy series. Some one whose playful intricacy in his craft grows with every batch of spells, products, songs, or anything.
Every woven and crafted bit of art, science, however he looks at it, is something that teaches him, something that satisfies him or doesn't , but yet something that allows him or enables him to improve and be better at what he does.
(And no, 'he', is not a call for feminists, femi-nazis, and anti-sexists to rally up and freak out)
The tools are what you need to acquire, whether by yourself, or through somebody else. If you were born with them(that is assuming u came out of the womb with shredding guitar/piano/bass/sax/other melodic instrument playing ability), you need to sharpen them, hone them, make them precise and able to do exactly what you want and more.
And trust me, there is always more. ALWAYS more. Not something I always believed in, but something i learned about along the way, something that i still continue to learn about each time i pick up a guitar, sing, think about it, or even watch somebody else play. I thought about reaching that ultimate musical plane, where I knew it all, and had reached the place I wanted to be in. I knew it would take me ages to get there, but i knew that there was a place to be.
But over the past little while, being an insignificant time in my life as it is, was and to be, I have realised, that there is always a higher plane, always that little more distance to go, the true concept of Infinity.
Every time you think that you see the end, there will always be that extra stretch that opens up in front of you. To take up that path, and have it inspire you and drive you forward , is what makes u grow, naturally, you don't have to try, just be all Nike about it, Think , Watch, Listen and Learn.
It definitely makes you among the wiser and more learned people around
(No, you are not the best, so if you do indeed keep eyes and ears open, stop gloating )
While it may not be entirely humorous and may truly sound like Greek to some of you, I hope it has made for good reading, however abstract, however Enigmatic, and no matter what level of jibberish you think i have reached.
For the rest, the aim is to provide food. For thought, for consumption and eventually digestion. *this kind of food does not merit defecation or excretion.
Cheers
Beast
One often tends to believe that it can be done, it is possible, or then only some are gifted to be able to pull it off. In truth, whether by skill, or talent, song - lyrical or instrumental, there will be something that a musician/instrumentalist can create.
The first actual song I ever wrote, which I remember and sometimes play - was a simple lyric, with a chorus, 4-5 chords, some very very obvious and clear influences, which could even be called ripped-off. To top it all, I would till date regard as a relatively friendly, soothing melody.
It was a nice place to start, amateurish, more then just so actually, but hey, you have to start somewhere. If you did start at a peak or a real high, there would be supremely high expectations, no other place higher to go, anything that wasn't up to that standard later would be regarded as trash and so on n so forth. But, the debate, the problem, and the decision, lies in where you choose to go from there. Go up, forward, progress, expand on all you know by adding to it? or sit back, and say..bro...i know how to write music...this is where its at, i sound like Bob Dylan, or The Beatles and stuff like that.
Beyond that kind of songwriting was always the will to progress, to learn more, listening, watching, learning, and adding to your skill set in whatever way you can, to better how you play, to better the way you write, modification and growth to the way you think. Learn something beyond chords, keep your melodic roots, but listen to what is happening around you : In your own city, your neighbours' houses, halfway around the world, it doesn't matter, just listen.
Honestly, this didn't happen till recently, when the boundaries that i knew and was comfortable in were pushed by skilled musicians around me, and it went waaaayyy beyond...."ya bro.....i write like...music and lyrics bro", and no more was that a line of speech and conversation. To simplify, it was, but it was to that general lot of people who heard the words 'I write lyrics and compose tunes around them in an attempt to write songs' as....' im a singer/songwriter bro'......and to those who would probably understand what i was actually saying, I said pretty much the same thing, but in my head it started sounding like ; I'm moving forward from just writing lyrics and composing parts and melodies etc. I want to be some sort of a craftsman, a spell weaver from an RPG or a fantasy series. Some one whose playful intricacy in his craft grows with every batch of spells, products, songs, or anything.
Every woven and crafted bit of art, science, however he looks at it, is something that teaches him, something that satisfies him or doesn't , but yet something that allows him or enables him to improve and be better at what he does.
(And no, 'he', is not a call for feminists, femi-nazis, and anti-sexists to rally up and freak out)
The tools are what you need to acquire, whether by yourself, or through somebody else. If you were born with them(that is assuming u came out of the womb with shredding guitar/piano/bass/sax/other melodic instrument playing ability), you need to sharpen them, hone them, make them precise and able to do exactly what you want and more.
And trust me, there is always more. ALWAYS more. Not something I always believed in, but something i learned about along the way, something that i still continue to learn about each time i pick up a guitar, sing, think about it, or even watch somebody else play. I thought about reaching that ultimate musical plane, where I knew it all, and had reached the place I wanted to be in. I knew it would take me ages to get there, but i knew that there was a place to be.
But over the past little while, being an insignificant time in my life as it is, was and to be, I have realised, that there is always a higher plane, always that little more distance to go, the true concept of Infinity.
Every time you think that you see the end, there will always be that extra stretch that opens up in front of you. To take up that path, and have it inspire you and drive you forward , is what makes u grow, naturally, you don't have to try, just be all Nike about it, Think , Watch, Listen and Learn.
It definitely makes you among the wiser and more learned people around
(No, you are not the best, so if you do indeed keep eyes and ears open, stop gloating )
While it may not be entirely humorous and may truly sound like Greek to some of you, I hope it has made for good reading, however abstract, however Enigmatic, and no matter what level of jibberish you think i have reached.
For the rest, the aim is to provide food. For thought, for consumption and eventually digestion. *this kind of food does not merit defecation or excretion.
Cheers
Beast
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