> After playing with these boxes for a while, you'll discover certain combinations that you like. Many types of music are created in exactly this way — by mixin

> After playing with these boxes for a while, you'll discover certain combinations that you like. Many types of music are created in exactly this way — by mixing and matching small musical ideas to make interesting combinations This is the bit I struggle with most; expression and intent. Sure, I can throw random shit together and with some technique it can even sound half-decent, but it is very difficult for me to express anything intentionally with music. And the oversimplification that major=happy, minor=sad is not really helpful at all here, especially with modern music which is more than ready to break any such conventions many times over.