Ask Me: dencoartist

[greatbear]

That cutie dencoartist inquired “If you could parlay your mechanical/construction/demolition talents from that same level of ability into a different genre altogether, what would it be?”

I think it would be making music. I am a (very) frustrated musician. No matter which instruments I have played over the years, I never reached any sort of competence that I was satisfied with. I can make a ton of music in my head, but making it a physical reality was always a mental stumbling block. I have perfect pitch but in comparison I could not carry a tune if it had a handle on it. I can make the sounds, but it’s always lacking to me. Hence it has been a tinkering sort of hobby for me throughout the years and a bit less more recently.

Comments

mister songwriter

[liftinmoose.livejournal.com]

It sounds to me that you're more of a songwriter than a musician. As for putting the music down, there are more and more advanced tools out there that could capture your stream of consciousness. Besides, what worked for me was once I captured a tune, I hang on to it, keep playing it and visualizing the notes and the tempo until I can literally see it, then I write it down. While in this "capturing" mode I try not to have ANY new ideas at all...

Hope you find a way to capture your tunes. As for not being able to sing. Well if Tom Waits and Diamanda Galas are musicians, you could be a genius!

Re: mister songwriter

[in-fin-i-ty.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to develop my own sort of capture mode but... I think I'm too ADD or something. Every time I sit down about 10 more ideas pop out and only few of them vaguely related to what I wanted to capture. :/

Re: mister songwriter

[liftinmoose.livejournal.com]

Well I actually would love to hear a piece of ADD music. Maybe that's what Jazz is about...

In the design field, there are conceptualists and craftmen. Sounds like you two are both good at coming up with a concept but don't have the patience to craft and tweak it. There are so many people out there who don't have songs in their heads but if you give them a concept, or a segment of music, they could craft out the most beautiful piece... maybe a partnership?