>I saw the movie Amadeus (again) the other day and was inspired by the part >of the movie where Saliere is commenting on how Mozarts original sheet >music has almost no corrections on it because he would always write the >music in his head before writing any of it down (the transcribing had been >simply a matter of "taking dictation")
Yes, well, Mozart was an exceptional case. He could listen to *other people's* music at a concert, go home, and transcribe *all of it*. >I'm working on a track right now in fruityloops, but I haven't pressed >play yet because there's no sound - just a big sequence of patterns in >the playlist. It actually feels like maybe the right way to write - >assuming one's production skills are to a point where going back in >and filling in the appropriate sounds can be done successfully. Well, I don't know from fruityloops, but nearly all the melodies and rhythms in my music are composed in my head. If a fragment of a melody or rhythm pops into your head, my advice is to not touch a keyboard or drum machine until you feel the fragment has been fully developed. It's a good exercise for honing your musical imagination, and you become a more receptive listener because of it. I'm a self-taught musician, but over the past year I've been identifying intervals and rhythms in my head simply because of my experience in "transcribing" music from my head. -- T.W.I.D.N. * http://www.nr.infi.net/~tagutcow/twidn.html --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
