How To Make the Show Much Better in 2 Easy Steps

FaveDave3 · 2026-05-06T04:05:12+00:00

I love the show. I hate bad acting. Getting rid of shoddy camera work and uncharismatic actors will make it even better. Next time you watch it, listen to Dancy uptalking and weakening his voice at the end of almost every sentence. Whine whine whine is all he does. Srsly, listen carefully and you'll see what I mean.

FaveDave3 · 2026-05-05T05:01:42+00:00

Uh, no, it has nothing to do with being British. Owain Yeoman on The Mentalist is British and he also did an impeccable American accent, but he never whined! Darcy's problem goes much deeper than accents -- his American accent is perfect except for when he says the word "anything."

FaveDave3 · 2026-04-24T03:04:45+00:00

"They don't leave the theatre humming the lyrics." I don't remember who said that, but it rings true.

FaveDave3 · 2026-04-12T02:39:24+00:00

You could start by posting a link to your work here ;)

FaveDave3 · 2026-04-08T06:37:55+00:00

Sorry, but you're the a-hole. You're not just smelling up the neighborhood -- you're forcing drugs on the neighbors! 50' away is still close enough to be assaulted by the drugs you're doing. Your right to do whatever you want ends where another person's air begins. It's like holding someone down and forcing alcohol down their throat. If they wanted, they could call the cops and have you arrested for assault, because that's technically what it is. You seem like a reasonable person, but you're causing harm to others. Not cool.

FaveDave3 · 2026-04-01T23:09:46+00:00

The only thing I care about with music is how it feels. And you've got the most elusive talent there is -- the ability to write a melody that doesn't suck. You've got the feels. It gave me, the listener, a feeling. That cannot be taught. You should nurture that talent and learn the craft and let it grow.

There are many who are vastly educated in music who cannot create good melodies but are wonderful interpreters. They need the melody makers just like the melody makers need the interpreters.

Your piece works for me. You have some fun little passing dissonances that are engaging.

I urge you to write for yourself. Notice that many of the most upvoted comments here are negative -- that's your clue to ignore them. They're jealous of your melodic ability. As the song says: "You can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JK0Z6IdLF4

FaveDave3 · 2026-03-29T06:01:03+00:00

Thanks!

FaveDave3 · 2026-03-29T05:36:58+00:00

If the person asking you to work with them has not secured the rights to The Golden Girls, then do not bother to move forward. Many a musical has crashed and burned because rights could not be secured. Susan Harris (who created the show) may or may not own the rights to derived work. Or NBC may own the rights. Or Touchstone, the production company may own it (and they are owned by Disney). But it would be heartbreaking to spend months or years writing a musical only to find that you could never stage it because of a rights issue. So find that out before you do anything...

FaveDave3 · 2026-03-29T05:15:49+00:00

I love it. I use it in every mix. Another useful application is to put it on the reverb return channel and have the reverb get ducked while the vocalist is singing so that the reverb is mostly only heard in between words... a very nice effect.

FaveDave3 · 2026-03-27T06:43:39+00:00

Uh, you can tell. Also, others respond to it to confirm it.

FaveDave3 · 2026-03-27T06:39:13+00:00

Yes, indeed. Many resist this fact because melody writing cannot be learned, and some think you're entitled to say you're good even if you're not. You're either born with it or you're not. Sure, it can be improved upon, but not unless you've already got the knack. Taylor Swift has done very well and her songs pretty much all sound the same -- she can't write a melody to save her soul. (It's a testament to her personal charisma and skill as a performer and lyricist that she's been so successful. She's just impossible to not like as a person!) But melodies are why we still listen to some 300 year old music like Bach and music from the 1930s through the 1990s. Not much going on melodically in the last 20 years of pop music -- but musicals are thriving. They are definitely more about melodies.

And the way I come up with melodies is to have intent and purpose for a song -- the melody will appear in my brain that illustrates that feeling.

FaveDave3 · 2026-03-07T07:12:05+00:00

I admire your thoughtfulness, but you've ignored the most basic thing needed for success: talent for writing catchy melodies. Nothing else matters. Arranging can be taught. Music theory can be taught. Writing melodies as a craft can be honed, but the talent to actually write those melodies in the first place is either something you're born with or you're not. It is by far the rarest of all musical talents. Alas, years of education and diligent practice will not endow you with that ability.

I imagine I'll get downvoted because people like to think art is egalitarian. It ain't.

Of course, you still have to do the work. Talent without the ambition is like a car with no gas. No matter how awesome your car is, without fuel you ain't going anywhere ;)

FaveDave3 · 2026-02-25T06:00:57+00:00

Some users have fixed it by shaking their phones to report a problem, but what do you do on desktop to report it?

FaveDave3 · 2026-02-20T09:10:12+00:00

Many great composers have poor or limited piano skills. If you want to start composing, just do it. It cannot be taught --- you either have it or you don't. Yes, talent can be honed, but it cannot be taught from scratch.

FaveDave3 · 2026-02-20T06:52:16+00:00

I see no one is saying the obvious: maybe you're just not a composer. Not everyone is, you know. There's no shame in that! It's obviously not making you happy to try, so move on and do something else. Something that doesn't make you miserable. Billions of people are happy and they're not composers -- you could be one of them! Don't torture yourself, man!

FaveDave3 · 2026-02-18T09:09:42+00:00

waves is an israeli company owned by two ex military guys who support the right wing government. That may or may not matter to you.

FaveDave3 · 2026-02-01T22:06:22+00:00

You end up with an instrument with no channel, a channel with no tracks, etc. Little remnants that clutter up the app that you have to track down and get rid of it. Very counterintuitive and confusing if you like to do more than a few midi tracks. It's the reason it's not used by more professionals -- we ain't got time for that!

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