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But of all the millions of random experiments you can make while a learning an instrument, only a few of them sound "nice" - and I would argue they sound nice b
by d13 9y ago
But of all the millions of random experiments you can make while a learning an instrument, only a few of them sound "nice" - and I would argue they sound nice because they sound like something you've already heard. There's a vast universe of truly original music waiting to be discovered - the future of music - for adventurous musician brave enough to embrace truly ugly sounds.
- cousin_it 9y agoThat's not the future, that's the past. Check out atonal music, almost a century ago. Turns out no one wants to listen to it even after repeated exposure. The future of music is stuff that sounds good but not because you've already heard it. To create it you need a vivid musical imagination, not randomly messing around with an instrument. Read about Michael Jackson's creative process. He would imagine a song fully in his head and then sing each note of each part to his band: "here's the first chord, first note, second note, third note. Here's the second chord..."