Left or Right, Ye still my favourite artist

He always struck me as a lefty due to how unconventional and creative he is.

I figured that would be the first response

Mpc users use both, just like piano players

simpler patterns are traditionally relegated to the non dominant hand

but what do i know i just have a degree in music

Left handed piano players dont usually criss cross arms to play the intricate high notes

With an mpc your chops spread across the pads unless you know what direction you want to go in and place them somewhere specific, on one beat you may use left hand more, on the other beat you may yse right hand...

non dominant usually just means left but i see the confusion there my bad

also its pretty normal to set your samples to certain pads on an mpc

Degree in music
What a f***ing loser

why am i a looser?

edit: nm i dont really care

Didnt wanna shame you or so

Was just saying. They didnt practice that when I was young, but I've heard my dad about it

lowkey

They accused us of witchcraft

Interesting thread

Where you from?

Which interview
I cant find it still

I’ve contemplated going to school for music. Do you find it to have been worth it?

yes and no, the experience itself and the connections i made with fellow students were irreplaceable.

however i thought the faculty would help me find a job after graduation and that just didn’t happen

Ah, damn. I was thinking about doing it online

honestly there are better ways to do it then than being online. I went to a conservatory pre covid - I can't imagine what going to art school online would be like but tbh from my perspective it's not worth it.

What are you looking to get out of it? If you're looking for basic music theory stuff then check out "Tonal Harmony" and "The Real Book" tonal harmony is a textbook i still use-it'll teach you more classical music theory, The Real Book is a collection of jazz standards that you'll have to study, but it's a good lesson for what a lot of the chords pop music is based around. Also on the same tip start studying the blues.

If you're looking to get your chops up to play an instrument then I'd suggest finding a teacher and doing private lessons with them and they'll sort you out with the music theory of it too.

If you're looking to produce (I produce, and make money from it) then all of this is good but watching production tutorials is also helpful.

There are many ways to skin a cat if you're trying to expand musically, so don't be discouraged.

Also the theory might seem lame and kind of a slog, it's a situation where it's good to know the rules in order to start breaking them.

every producer/composer/instrumentalist i've ever worked with say "I wish I knew more theory"

I’m interested in Production/Engineering/Composition. I know a decent amount of all three subjects but been playing around with the idea of going to school to form connections, further my knowledge, get a degree etc. I’m leaning towards no, it’s probably smarter to intern at a studio or find a mentor in the industry, but ahh I don’t know.

if you feel like your chops are there then feel free to intern at a studio.

The key to all this and this is something i really wish someone told me when i was starting out is that - it doesn’t matter how good you are the people that get hired show up on time every time and are friendly and easy to work with.

obviously you need to be competent but being a nice calming presence that can take care of the s*** that needs to be taken care of will take you really far

also don’t go to school for engineering just find a mentor

I’ll keep that in mind. thank you, bro.

Really? I figured Engineering was probably the smartest thing to go for.

It's really up to u, but there was a long where I'd constantly hear a permutation of this joke "How do you get into engineering? Well don't go to school for it" I studied engineering and music technology (still had to do all the reg music stuff too but that was my focus) and it did teach me how to engineer and how to mic properly and all that. But I think you could probably learn the same things from a mentor.

And also I'm sure this is obvious to you, but do your own research and don't just listen to me random internet person. Some of the best times of my life ever were in music school, so I can't totally say it wasn't worth it there's tons of memories/knowledge/friends I made that I'll cherish forever because I went.