Saying you're not talented enough (or not talented at all) I think
is a simplification. Its like saying I didn't eat enough vegetables as a
kid to
explain something thats difficult as an adult. Some people connect
very quickly with a certain activity for a specific reason likely traceable back to an experience from childhood and others
take a longer time, but an innate proclivity for playing music is a
myth I think. Unless you're a Mozart who was a genius at 4 years
old - but
those are so rare that it doesn't make sense to compare yourself to
a child prodigy. Saying Michael Jackson was talented is easy to say
but in reality we'd all be pretty talented if our dad's kicked the crap
out of us from 6 years old for screwing up dance steps. Then again
Mozart's dad probably kicked the crap out of him too. In the end
you just have to practice to get good and motivation can come from
many places like boredom, necessity, or a traumatizing fear of being
humiliated by your parents. Talent isn't real. It doesn't
necessarily have to be hard work because I learn a lot more a lot faster
when I'm enjoying what I'm doing - thats why I have to alternate
because if I just played classical guitar week after week I'd probably
murder someone.
Pop keyboard is hard because varying the rhythms of chords is tricky against singing a melody. Piano is so bright and penetrating that playing too similar rhythms over and over again your ear becomes fatigued - like when you hear (or had to play yourself) Mary Had a Little Lamb with block chords supporting the melody. It does feel good when you're in the zone though syncopating individual notes of chords in both hands in interesting ways. This recording isn't great but I been playing it so long I gotta move on.
The guitar licks are a frankenstein track of random noodlings - but because all of the takes line up with the vocals you can just transplant what is good into a single track.
My mom said my last song was too sad, so here is a happier song with lyrics by Bernie Taupin about Vietnam veterans coming home and suffering from PTSD given the trauma experienced during war.
Pro Tip
- iMovie is horrible
- Bass is an easy instrument to start playing, so if you've always wanted to play an instrument maybe pick up the bass! I wouldn't really call it a separate instrument from guitar though - its the same notes and same technique except you generally just play one note at a time.
Ishida
Pop keyboard is hard because varying the rhythms of chords is tricky against singing a melody. Piano is so bright and penetrating that playing too similar rhythms over and over again your ear becomes fatigued - like when you hear (or had to play yourself) Mary Had a Little Lamb with block chords supporting the melody. It does feel good when you're in the zone though syncopating individual notes of chords in both hands in interesting ways. This recording isn't great but I been playing it so long I gotta move on.
The guitar licks are a frankenstein track of random noodlings - but because all of the takes line up with the vocals you can just transplant what is good into a single track.
My mom said my last song was too sad, so here is a happier song with lyrics by Bernie Taupin about Vietnam veterans coming home and suffering from PTSD given the trauma experienced during war.
Pro Tip
- iMovie is horrible
- Bass is an easy instrument to start playing, so if you've always wanted to play an instrument maybe pick up the bass! I wouldn't really call it a separate instrument from guitar though - its the same notes and same technique except you generally just play one note at a time.
Ishida