General Music Chat

Hey why don't you sh*t and fall back in it asshole.

Is that grammar adequate enough?

You should write a song about that. Sounds like it would be a great song in the key of G minor. Check your I IV V poster for the next two notes.

I think I'll write that in G and then use Gm
every other time since it's the parallel.

Before you start telling people to learn
"like rocket scientists use math" you should
probably have a little better then a basic knowledge
of music. That way you can talk about interval
relationships in the same key. It's not a sin to ba
able to break a song down into intervals, rather a skill.
Were always scared of what we don't know.

9 or 10 root notes in the same song? I'd love to hear it,
since there are only 15 notes, your really getting expresive.

You wouldn't get hired as a studio musician around here,
if you can't communicate in the same musical language
everyone uses.

Penguin's point about most of the 'modern' alt music is true - I listen to one of the mix-alt radio stations regualrly and half of the new music is endlessly repeating chord patterns that don't change form verse to chorus. A friend who does solo acoustic shows has his looper programmed for a few of these and he can leave it going for the entire song without changing anything. I've sat in with him a few times and when he told me the chord pattern I played along - never having heard the song before. No inventiveness at all, musically.
Endless debate about interval patterns or song structure is pointless. Music has to have soul, balls and feeling.

9 or 10 root notes in the same song? I'd love to hear it,
since there are only 15 notes, your really getting expresive.

as much as i want to stay outta this since i don't have a horse in this race....

I was just playing "Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans)"......i count 9 different roots and that's just on the A section before it modulates for for the B section!

and lee, sorry brutha, but i gotta ask...15 notes? you got one of them instrument plays semi tones? all mine just have 12 notes before they start again in the next octave. ...jus sayin' is all.

and lee, sorry brutha, but i gotta ask...15 notes? you got one of them instrument plays semi tones? all mine just have 12 notes before they start again in the next octave. ...jus sayin' is all.

...you say while holding up a fretless instrument.

and lee, sorry brutha, but i gotta ask...15 notes? you got one of them instrument plays semi tones? all mine just have 12 notes before they start again in the next octave. ...jus sayin' is all.

...you say while holding up a fretless instrument.

good one! but at least i'm always in tune! or waita sec...maybe i'm NEVER in tune!

There are 3 enharmonic notes PG.

And PG if there is 9 different roots aren't you
modulating each time in your A section?

Isn't the root note the key note or more properly
the tonic?

you should
probably have a little better then a basic knowledge
of music.

Dude, seriously.. how small is your weiner that you've felt the need to put me down and paint me as a noob in every single post within this thread? Seriously.. get a freekin life or something. You are obviously an incredibly miserable person and your aggressive style of asserting your vast knowledge of everything that ever existed in music is a pretty good sign that you might suffer from a mental illness.

Yeah, I know it all too, the answer is 42, to everything. Problem solved.

Plenty of people here could tell you I'm pretty goddam seasoned and know my shizt, but I've got nothing to prove to you, I don't know you and while just about anybody I could sit and chill with a beer and have a great conversation with, you are pretty much the overly aggressive personality disorder that I would most likely avoid in life. I think I will avoid you here as well, at this point you are wasting my time.

You wouldn't get hired as a studio musician around here,
if you can't communicate in the same musical language
everyone uses.

Money talks, and the BS walks. I get hired here cause I can play by ear and discuss an arrangement without having to use a crayon to draw a clef. You know what one of those are, oh wait, I will assume you don't- here's a link, dumbass:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef

Your concern for my penis is flattering, but I
already have a woman. It's not that I have
anything against you queers, I say live and
let live.

Rockey science, math, music, internet psyhcanalyst,
man you are talented.

Just keep running your mouth off about your vast
musical knowledge, it would help if you knew what
you were talking about.

Well most pro groups will say somethimg like its a I V VI VII
in E no need to discuss it further. I guess they do it different
where your from.

My money don't talk it just sits in the bank or is
tied up in land. That talking money isn't real, they
haven't been paying you with Monopoly money,
have they?

Well you sure didn't prove anything to me, and I
don't drinl beer to"chill", but I might neeed a couple to
carry on a conversation with you.

Argueing with you is like trying to pick up a turd from
the clean end.

Have a good day Mr Freud

Glenn you hit a point, and I know you like to blast me cause Im just a cover "HACK", but you said have fun, so to me, whether you play covers or originals just make sure its fun.

I'm not going to blast you as a cover hack. I'm not going to tell you any thing. You are a great player,BUT....

You also have some GREAT JW songs. Your originals are very good.
I think you said every once in a while you play one,,,,

NOW THAT'S COOL.

That last group of guys I was playing with were doing a lot of originals. Then the bass player decided he didn't want to do any covers. You are absolutely right it just has to be fun. I wish you would do some more of your material, It really is good.

Glenn you hit a point, and I know you like to blast me cause Im just a cover "HACK", but you said have fun, so to me, whether you play covers or originals just make sure its fun.

I'm not going to blast you as a cover hack. I'm not going to tell you any thing. You are a great player,BUT....

You also have some GREAT JW songs. Your originals are very good.
I think you said every once in a while you play one,,,,

NOW THAT'S COOL.

That last group of guys I was playing with were doing a lot of originals. Then the bass player decided he didn't want to do any covers. You are absolutely right it just has to be fun. I wish you would do some more of your material, It really is good.

Glenn, everyone is talking about having fun playin' now here is a question.

If the music is not fun ie;death metal, ect ect then what is the point of playin'

There are 3 enharmonic notes PG.

well i thought that might be where you were coming from but the math didn't add up since there are actually 5 enharmonic pitches.

F#/Gb
G#/Ab
A#/Bb
C#/Db
D#/Eb

And PG if there is 9 different roots aren't you
modulating each time in your A section?

Isn't the root note the key note or more properly
the tonic?

i see where you're coming from. i'm not gonna say that's "wrong".....but let's say we're playing a I IV V blues in 'E'. i'd refer to " E" as the key or the tonic or 'one' or 'one chord'

i wouldn't call "E' the "root" though, since just like every chord has a 3rd, a 5th, etc, they also have a root. E is the root of the E chord , F# is the root of an F#m chord, etc

i mean when you change to the IV chord in E....for that "A" chord... 'A" is the root of that chord.....go to the V and B is the root there, etc.

so, when i was talking about "....Miss New Orleans" having 9 different "roots" i wasn't referring to different keys but the different chords that each have a different "root".

hey, im guessing as long as you've been playing you've had to deal w one or two busyassed bass players, no? playing a bunch of notes and mucking things up....haven't you ever told one of 'em.."hey bozo...just stick to the roots will ya please?"

i know i've worked w a few busyassed bass players that i wished would just play the roots!

My money don't talk it just sits in the bank or is
tied up in land. That talking money isn't real...

well, i dunno. my $ talks to me all the time. it always says the same thing too...


'GOODBYE'