How Long Before Jedi Status?

Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

@tk32 said:

...and the next time you might feel intimidated by the breadth of another forum user's technical knowledge, it may help you to remember these famous words from George Bernard Shaw...

Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach

And those who can't teach, teach gym.

wim

@Max23 said:
Hm, interesting

I do it completely differently
I always start with a sound
I grab some synth and massage it until it gives me something that inspires me
and That sound or phrase then tells me what to do with it
Sounddesign, composition and mixing maybe put a little stuff on the master channel are all one process and things can change drastically in minutes. Kind of like one idea gives the other the hand and so on. It’s really chaotic. ^^

Not that that is what I would advise to do
But it gives you a lot of freedom and the chance to surprise yourself
Instead of repeating to do the things you always do ... (if you do music long enough you start boring urself, at least I do)

So I guess it’s better for old cows than for beginners.

Nah, it's the same thing - just with a shorter cycle time. Some people are better at task switching than others.

McD

I have always believed that with effort you can learn anything.
Just choose wisely because you will NEVER learn everything.

The secret is finding the right teachers and the right tools (books, forums, videos).
All deep knowledge reveals it's secrets in small bites consumes over time to the
student that persists and never quits believing: I CAN DO THIS TOO.

But sometimes, I'll just quit. Seriously and look elsewhere for another question to
ask and have answered.

I get the power of Drambo, Mi-Rack, Audulus and other really deep tools to build with. I just haven't felt the need to do the work... yet. Many have and they drop "pre-packaged" solutions like @rs2000's Drambo RAT pedal (best FX in ages), like @echoopera's AUM project to use Drambo as a ambient "cloud maker".

I generally have a question I'm trying to answer... lately it's:

**How can I create great music with StaffPad without actually using the pencil or laboring over the notes? **

Piano Motifs MIDI files help. I have found a couple more tricks.

So, start with a question and see if there's a simple answer and if not. Choose a question to
help understand the over complicated answer.

Almost everything worth doing on IOS can be done with some of the complex environment tools... picking one and starting to ask questions will get you miles from where you are today. How fast you travel towards the new you will be based on working on good questions
until you are a good person for someone behind you to ask.

Apex

@gsm909 said:
I’ve been at it for about 40 years, roughly, and still learning more every day.

^^^This^^^

ecou

What you tube video or musician on twitch. Seeing somebody else do it can shorten the learning curve greatly.

Not knowing every single technique out there does not stop you from creating great music. Many of the top musician in the synthwave scene created the works that started their career a couple years after learning how to create electronic music.

I was listening to a podcast interview of Deadlife who was being asked exactly that question. He wrote Bionic chrysalis only a couple years after learning. That is a great album if you have not heard it. The album is a story (concept album)

Carpenter Brute said something similar.

My point is don’t get discouraged @king_picadillo. Have fun creating and don’t sweat the details.

Here’s the podcast if your interested: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/synthopsis/ep-23-an-outrundown-with-deadlife/

https://deadlife.bandcamp.com/album/bionic-chrysalis

GovernorSilver

I don't worry about becoming an IOS Jedi. i just try to catch knowledge drops from wim and others