Man. I love music. There’s so many wonderful little clues composers leave. I was listening to Mahler the other day thinking hm I wonder why he wrote this or that and why it sounds this way. Maybe he didn’t even know. But it’s fun to play within music because there’s no right or wrong. Not really. - ThreadSky

marcodmeatball.bsky.social • 133 days ago

Man. I love music. There’s so many wonderful little clues composers leave. I was listening to Mahler the other day thinking hm I wonder why he wrote this or that and why it sounds this way. Maybe he didn’t even know. But it’s fun to play within music because there’s no right or wrong. Not really.

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nickkerker.com•132 days ago

I came across this last week and it blew my mind. Like John Williams you clever son of a bitch

https://youtu.be/8hofrEQPmvY?si=Hy5Oy8vKTYb6JTr7

indarias.bsky.social•133 days ago

have you ever listened to vocaloid music? it's such a diverse creative medium spanning SO MANY genres. truly an incredible form of music.

rockwizard5.bsky.social•133 days ago

music is so awesome

genderade.bsky.social•133 days ago

I'm not the best at understanding how songs work on a musical level, but I'm pretty good at lyrics which is why that's what i talk about more, I just sometimes wish I could elaborate better on why I feel a song makes me feel a certain way from the musical aspects of it.

qaptainslander.bsky.social•132 days ago

As somebody who went from casual music listener to musician I'll explain it to you like this, it's all just patterns. We have a lot of fancy ways of specifying which patterns we're talking about but it's all just patterns.

genderade.bsky.social•131 days ago

That definitely helps a bit, and I can kinda see it. Like I know this instrument makes me feel this way and this melody reminds me of this style. It just feels like something's absent, and I think that's just having enough experience with the correlations.

qaptainslander.bsky.social•131 days ago

Ironically not understanding music is better than understanding it.

azuzingo.bsky.social•133 days ago

The last movement of Mahler 9 gets me every time.

When I was younger, I used to like him because of how great his trombone writing is, but I've really grown to appreciate the emotional expression in his works.

tandarin.bsky.social•132 days ago

bro they hide goodies in the song like oh i listened to the treble part now im dying and reincarnating as an angel

guiltyb0b.bsky.social•132 days ago

I heard a Jelly Roll song that made me wish I was deaf

theirishninjas.bsky.social•133 days ago

Same.

For me, I love it because in the context of stories it has so much unique potential, the ability of a leitmotif to bring a whole new angle to a story beat is pretty much unparalleled and the feeling can't really be emulated with just writing. It's why I love musical theatre to be honest.

sirenicolas.bsky.social•133 days ago

Oh man i damn got you, in my experience theres a small artist called a WAVSHAPER and his magnum opus in my book is Station Nova, even without any lyrics it makes a great story to imagine

tacticalmoonpie.bsky.social•132 days ago

The Romantic era composers in general were so inventive and different. Mahler, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Paganini... so many greats.

lorddavinity.bsky.social•133 days ago

If you haven't heard it yet the Epic Saga is a really good series to listen to, especially if you like Greek Mythology

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HvgaZeBWbr7UjFeicPFRI?si=F3Gv0gF-RrSwVVouO0wVOw&pi=1N0-3nIySKacu

marcodmeatball.bsky.social•133 days ago

need to!

loremanlear.bsky.social•132 days ago

Music is probably a different experience for everyone, but when compared to a cat's experience of it, our collective average experience of music would make more sense to the average human than it would to the average cat.
And is the experience of music >= its neural correlate?

loremanlear.bsky.social•132 days ago

How does a cat experience music? My guess is that most frequencies within each species' auditory perception window overlap in a really weird way for the cats. Of course (and correct me if I'm wrong), cats don't really make music, so we'll have to keep it on human terms.

ayunabean.bsky.social•132 days ago

Honestly that's how I feel about singers. Some of them have these sounds they do with their voices and I can always tell it's them. Little habits they just do when they sing that I can't help chuckle about occasionally.

wyverlyn.bsky.social•132 days ago

it does feel like it welcomes the most magical kinda curiosity. I get super fixated on the most random particular aspects of a song and sometimes I'll wonder if it was intentionally evoking a feeling or memory, just fitting a vibe or if it just sorta happened

qaptainslander.bsky.social•132 days ago

The thing that keeps me doing music is there are so many ways to express different ideas that will only ever be capable of being done by certain people and I know that I'm certain people.

thaneofvermin.bsky.social•133 days ago

As the great Giorgio Moroder said: "Once you free your mind about a concept of Harmony and of music being 'correct' You can do whatever you want"

loremanlear.bsky.social•132 days ago

Moroder is if Iron Maiden was just one Italian DJ in 1978.

mellotronworker.bsky.social•133 days ago

I particularly enjoy Mahler because of his orchestrations. They are just so off the wall. Double string orchestra, celesta, no brass and two bass drum players? Got you covered.

Man was bonkers in the best way you could be.

progrockdan.bsky.social•132 days ago

Yes indeed. I am a viola player and Mozart write nice lines for the viola.

joml.bsky.social•132 days ago

I think he played it himself? I love the Sinfonia Concertante, the two instruments together are just gorgeous

musique-spl.bsky.social•132 days ago

That's what makes the romantic era so spectacular!

henleyhald.bsky.social•132 days ago

Hello

smptelock.bsky.social•132 days ago

That's why I love 80s and 90s hip hop. That's when sampling was big. They would take just a few seconds from different songs and craft a whole new sound. The group Public Enemy were masters at it. It got me interested in songwriting and producing, but I write more jazz now.

linasera.bsky.social•133 days ago

It's a bit like stories and poetry in that way: what it says to you matters just as much as what it said to the author.

asymetrap.bsky.social•132 days ago

Not really?
How do you mean?

marcodmeatball.bsky.social•132 days ago

Music is about feeling and interpretation. How one interprets music is the correct way. Sure in vgm or anime or film we have specific contexts given to us by the situations but you can take those and interpret them differently if you like and that’s more than fine.

f7teej.bsky.social•131 days ago

this reminds me of that one quote from Beethoven that goes like playing the wrong note is entirely ok as long as there is passion

ljwck.bsky.social•132 days ago

You should listen to the The Living Tombstone Marco

murphia.bsky.social•133 days ago

See, it’s posts like these that make me glad I’m pursuing a composition career path, it’s nice to know people still give a fuck and appreciate the things we work so hard on!

loremanlear.bsky.social•132 days ago

What differentiates compositions that are hard to make vs. ones that just occur in the moment?

murphia.bsky.social•132 days ago

Honestly, how enthusiastic I am about the piece is normally the largest factor. It’s far easier to continually iterate on an idea when the idea is exciting, but that may also be the RAMPANT ADHD.

marcodmeatball.bsky.social•133 days ago

Hell ya

peeboweebo.bsky.social•133 days ago

hello marcus meatball

yavanne.bsky.social•132 days ago

What piece were you listening to? Symphony No. 2 is a pretty epic listen.

biscuitspatinkin.bsky.social•132 days ago

Recently performed 2 again. That is one emotionally draining symphony to play, especially if you are grieving. And if you thought you'd finished grieving, THINK AGAIN PUNY HUMAN. Still probably my all time favourite symphony. ❤️

yavanne.bsky.social•132 days ago

Oh my goodness yes, it is a soul-wrenching work. 💕

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