CandidPicker
Tone Matters. Use It Well.
You likely have not discovered any illusive and rare fish species either, then, Les...I can't write a lyric to save my life.
You likely have not discovered any illusive and rare fish species either, then, Les...I can't write a lyric to save my life.
Bluegrass 4/4, or regular 4/4?Test #1
Can you tap your foot to 4/4?
Definitely. Natural talent is like having the concert ticket. Practise and hard work is the taxi that takes you there. Good genetics is just a prerequisite to greatness, it usually amounts to very little on average because people lack the conviction. Its always hard to compare two situations where there are two or more variables. So, its always better to keep one factor constant ie. given two individuals practise the exact same way and for the exact same hours, what is the difference in result? That answer is much more meaningful than any conclusion drawn from two individuals with varying degrees of practise or circumstances.It's a little bit like the "hard work versus good luck" debate, you need to have both in equal measure. Samuel Goldwyn was quoted as saying "The harder I work, the luckier I get." I see a lot of the same in music: I have known musicians with oodles of natural talent who never developed it or took it anywhere, and I have seen folks who absolutely love music but still cannot keep a beat or hold a tune after decades of work. You need the natural talent as well as the interest and the drive to develop it. It's 50-50 in my opinion. I always had a natural inclination to music but I'll be the first to admit I lacked the drive and the discipline to push it to the next level, which is why I never wanted to be a professional musician, just a serious amateur.
Bluegrass 4/4, or regular 4/4?
You are actually on the right track! The idea of nature vs. nurture is over psychologically it is definitely a combination of nurture and nature. You have proof that there is a genetic component to music for you which is another variable that we know plays a role in development.I don't understand why I can write music, especially orchestral music, and others can't do the exact same thing.
I've done a little research - just enough to be dangerous - that leads me to conclude that talent is 60% nsture and 40% nurture.
But that's just a guess based on reading STUFF. I don't really know. Yet, I'd like to know this because:
My son's a terrific composer. My granddaughter does amazing things in professional musical theater. I have two ancestors who were composers. Is it nature, or nurture? Incidentally, my parents were musical but couldn't compose.
Thoughts??
One more question: If you can compose music, is it at all important that you do so?
I kind of agree. A person with a "safety net" may be inclined to take greater risks to achieve what they're after.Yeah! I’m not necessarily defining success purely on money or fame (because then I’d have to go stick my head in the toaster) but more of a proficiency at a creative task that is celebrated or acknowledged (even if it’s just playing for friends or putting on SoundCloud and garnering like, 4 likes and 3 downvotes. Lol)
It takes so much time to develop your voice. And I think it’s easier to do that when you’re not worried about where your next meal is coming from, for instance.
Now, I can compose some (admittedly BS) orchestral music or cues really. I used to do them for friend’s student films, indie game temps, or just musical exercises for fun. But I believe that it was only partly talent, and more likely because I was allowed to nurture it, and was nurtured.
My mommy scraped together the rest of the cash to allow me to buy an Akai 12 track in the 80’s, and I may had done some semi nefarious things to afford an Emax and some janky modules that I could stack in her basement. I was able to front-load my life altering between gigging and being a hermit trapped in a “studio”.
I don’t think I would’ve had the time, drive, and desire to learn how to do that without the nurture part.
Test #1
Can you tap your foot to 9/8?
Sting is a serious talent. Has it all.
FF to 2:24 if you don’t want to watch it all.
For Sting I think it was nature.