The struggle of Gps learning music and sheetmusic

[Gps]

I don't have near-field monitors either, so I can't really give you recommendations on those. In case you want to stick to mixing on headphones, what you should look for are those with a flat frequency response with little or no coloring. The PC 160 is a gaming headset, which dramatically boosts the lower frequencies and is therefore not suitable for accurate mixing.

For the purpose of mixing on (cheap) headphones, I would recommended these:
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Thank you, I will have to do some bookkeeping, but those might be in my price range.

Not gonna bother you guys with my money issues, but I do have a bit of extra money coming after a 6 months battle with the tax office.

And I have been looking around the net before, but that bax shop seems always to be the cheapest.
They claim they are on their website, but I of course do not just take their word for it.

[Gps]

Something i like to share with you guys.

As usual I asked my online friends, what they thought about my latest creation. ( I'm a boss )

One reply from a great looking woman, who also plays music, was for me remarkable enough to share with you guys.

you got stuck in it and couldnt stop thats what it sounds like, or thats what comes through in it...to me.

How the hell can she hear that ? because its exactly what happened.

She did like all my other songs, and I was already wondering if she was just kind.

Good to know she is honest.

Not one moment I was happy with it myself, so there is a lesson to learn here.

[Eino]

Good to know she is honest.
Not one moment I was happy with it myself, so there is a lesson to learn here.

Don't beat yourself up over the learning process, Knowing your unhappy with your music shows you know where to improve.
I have been working on musical pieces for years, and still, I can be unhappy with myself.

Measure your day on successes, and try to leave out the negative thought's on your work, and work on the weaknesses.

[Gps]

Well the problem was / is, I don't have a clue on how to improve, but I am gonna let this song rest for now.

My self confidence is big enough to take criticisms, and I am very happy, I now know I can trust her judgment, so I wont beat myself up.

Hard to put in words, but in life you need you're rational mind and you're intuition. When making music, I need to let go more of my rational site.

I would have to go totally of topic to explain it in more details, but to some it up, I was never in touch with my intuition, until a few years ago.

Then some stuff happened, which at first made me think I had lost it. After this I started to listen more to my intuition, but as this latest song proofs, there is still room for improvement.

I really need to stop trying to force things when creating music.

[Gps]

Trying to make something slow and relaxing for some one who is special to me.

So started with turning down the bpm, to 100 and made something in minor.
Although for a start I am happy, and it was relaxing, it was depressing too.

So I tried mayor instead of minor. Had to change a few notes to be in scale and wow, what a difference.
Won't say its uplifting, but it's far less depressing already.
Music is funny.

And because my last track did not really worked out, back to my roots. ( how I created most of the stuff that got positive feedback)
Which means make some simple rhythm, hook up my keystaion midi 32, and just try to play something, totally intuitive.
Totally forgetting all music rules, and not giving a bleep if I am in scale or not, that's something I can fix in lmms.

Then from what I recorded, I choose the parts that I like, or delete all and start over.

[Eino]

When it comes to romantic music.
A-flat minor is a minor scale based on A-flat, consisting of the pitches A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭. For the harmonic minor, the G♭ is raised to G♮. Its key signature has seven flats.
Its relative major is C-flat major (or, en-harmonically, B major), and its parallel major is A-flat major. Its en-harmonic equivalent is G-sharp minor.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.

your more depressing scales
D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B♭, and C. In the harmonic minor, the C is raised to C♯. Its key signature has one flat
Its relative major is F major, and its parallel major is D major. D minor is one of the two flat-signature keys whose melodic and harmonic scale variations require the addition of a written sharp; the other is G minor.
G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, and F. For the harmonic minor scale, the F is raised to F♯. Its relative major is B-flat major, and its parallel major is G major.
G minor has been considered the key through which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart best expressed sadness, and tragedy.

I hope, I did not go over your head with this.

[slipstick]

Those theories are always interesting, to me at least, because I've never been able to hear any practical difference between keys like that. Being used to guitar where you transpose just by going up or down a fret or two for me the difference between A flat minor and A minor is just that I've moved the capo up a fret. It's exactly the same tune, just a semi-tone higher.

The idea that playing a song a semi-tone higher or lower suddenly makes it sound sadder or more romantic seems sort of unbelievable. So I guess I'll never make a real musician .

Steve

[Gps]

When it comes to romantic music.
A-flat minor is a minor scale based on A-flat, consisting of the pitches A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭. For the harmonic minor, the G♭ is raised to G♮. Its key signature has seven flats.
Its relative major is C-flat major (or, en-harmonically, B major), and its parallel major is A-flat major. Its en-harmonic equivalent is G-sharp minor.
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary.

your more depressing scales
D minor is a minor scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B♭, and C. In the harmonic minor, the C is raised to C♯. Its key signature has one flat
Its relative major is F major, and its parallel major is D major. D minor is one of the two flat-signature keys whose melodic and harmonic scale variations require the addition of a written sharp; the other is G minor.
G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B♭, C, D, E♭, and F. For the harmonic minor scale, the F is raised to F♯. Its relative major is B-flat major, and its parallel major is G major.
G minor has been considered the key through which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart best expressed sadness, and tragedy.

I hope, I did not go over your head with this.

Thank you.
I get it for the most part, but I am gonna google on relative and parallel scale.
I remember I read it some were, but it clearly needs refreshing.

[Gps]

Those theories are always interesting, to me at least, because I've never been able to hear any practical difference between keys like that. Being used to guitar where you transpose just by going up or down a fret or two for me the difference between A flat minor and A minor is just that I've moved the capo up a fret. It's exactly the same tune, just a semi-tone higher.

The idea that playing a song a semi-tone higher or lower suddenly makes it sound sadder or more romantic seems sort of unbelievable. So I guess I'll never make a real musician .

Steve

I am willing to bet, that if you try it out, you will hear it, but I think the type of instrument has a big influence too.

And if you just play an a and an a flat you might not hear it, but if you make a melody in the scales he mentions, you will.

[Eino]

Off topic, my dues to the ASCAP went up even tho, I'm now a retired tutor. I need to wait till my business licence expires.
So it will be no longer valid. That's another 3 month's away.