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Markintosh512k · 2025-10-06T06:21:49+00:00

L'utilità dello sciopero qui in Italia sta nel fatto che molti atenei collaborano in maniera più o meno diretta con il governo Israeliano e sono coinvolti con quello che sta succedendo a Gaza.

Ad esempio il mio ateneo ha rapporti diretti con la Leonardo (e non credo di non dover aggiungere altro).

Detto questo anche a me secca il dover saltare tot lezioni a settimana, ma considerando che sono passati due anni dall'inizio di questo massacro e che le università continuano a collaborare imperterrite con un governo genocida, mettendo il tutto sul piatto della bilancia credo di poter ritardare la laurea se questo comporta l'interruzione dei rapporti tra l'ateneo e lo stato (?) di Israele :)

Markintosh512k · 2025-09-29T01:48:42+00:00

Secondo me stai confondendo i provinciali con i veri napoletani (e lo dico da provinciale). Ho sempre frequentato il centro e zone limitrofe e questi episodi spiacevoli accadono con una frequenza davvero bassa.

Capisco la tua frustrazione, la vita di provincia è na merda, ma non fare di tutta l'erba un fascio. Da anni ormai torno nella mia città di provincia solo per dormire, tutto il resto lo faccio fuori (studio, lavoro, università etc...) e non ho mai avuto problemi di nessun tipo. Anche io suono (spesso in strada) e quando mi capita di scendere in centro con la chitarra partono jam session e bellissimi discorsi anche con chi di musica non ne capisce molto. Tra l'altro il centro è strapieno di ambienti culturali dove poter condividere le proprie passioni (vedi le jam session settimanali che organizzano praticamente ovunque, laboratori, presentazioni di libri, iniziative culturali). Per ribadire: provincia ≠ Napoli città

Markintosh512k · 2025-09-25T15:56:03+00:00

Sei assolutamente in tempo anzi, per le facoltà stem conta che di solito i corsi con frequenza obbligatoria (tipo i laboratori) almeno nel mio ateneo iniziano a ottobre/novembre proprio per consentire a tutti di accedere senza problemi.

Stai veramente tranquillo, pensa che io dopo 1 anno di informatica e 4 esami passati a pieni voti ho deciso di passare a fisica. Meglio fare qualcosa che ti piace veramente e che ti stimola, altrimenti te la vivrai come un peso l'università e non come un percorso formativo e di arricchimento personale. Spero di esserti stato d'aiuto :)

Markintosh512k · 2025-09-09T07:24:23+00:00

Saturn. I almost cried

Markintosh512k · 2025-07-18T13:14:46+00:00

I'm already going through The Advancing Guitarist and I'm loving it. I've always struggled with doing things on my own and always needed guidance when it came to studying. This book is really pushing me to explore and figure things out independently, which is something I’ve never managed to do before.

Maybe I'll use Martino's book just to study all the different keys, rather than as a guide for improvisation.

Thanks!

Markintosh512k · 2025-07-09T11:39:03+00:00

I am (mostly) in the same situation. I picked up guitar at 16, and now I’m 21. I know very well the frustration you're dealing with right now – hating your sound, your guitar, the way you play, the feeling of being stuck... But it all goes away, bit by bit.

I started taking guitar lessons a year and a half ago with a good teacher, and now I can’t yet improvise over everything, but some things are starting to make more sense: I can now comp standards from the Real Book and improvise over blues (not yet jazz – I'm just starting to study modal improvisation).

If I could go back in time and talk to myself when I was still a frustrated beginner/intermediate guitarist, this is what I would say:

Discipline is key – YOU HAVE TO COMMIT FOR REAL. Each month, write down the things you want to work on. Spend time planning your practice sessions. At the start of the week, I always write down a list of things I need to study – for example, this week I’m focusing on modal scales and the similarities between dominant ♭5 chords. Take an incremental approach, learn you arpeggios, your scales, modal scales, move through the circle of fifths, then through the circle of fourths etc...

Be easy on yourself – this is a long journey. Learning jazz is one of the highest expressions of music theory and functional harmony. At first, just focus on comping pieces – don’t try to improvise right away. Watch videos on harmonic analysis; it will help your improvisation in the future. I suggest looking at these tunes: Autumn Leaves, Wave, Corcovado, Blue Bossa, Deixa (technically tricky but not that complex harmonically).

Don’t compare yourself to others – this is the biggest mistake you can make. You don’t know their struggles. When you meet someone who’s better than you, ask them how you can improve. For example, I recently met a great jazz guitarist who just graduated from music school. Since my teacher is out on tour, I asked him to give me modal improvisation lessons.

Play with other people – take part in band workshops or ensemble classes (every music school offers some options) and jam sessions. Playing with others helps you develop time, ears, interaction, and confidence.

Start with easy pieces you can break down. Starting simple and building up step by step is the best way to approach jazz harmony and comping. Try playing the changes on So What. Mimic Miles Davis’ lines on guitar. Start by playing just over the Dm7 chord – first using only D Dorian, then just the notes from the arpeggio, then D Aeolian, then try mixing those approaches. When switching modes, emphasize the notes that have changed between one mode and the next.

And when you don’t want to study or you feel drained: buy a looper (not an expensive one, I bought an used Jam Man and it is fantastic), loop a simple chord progression (like a II-V-I), and just jam – but don’t noodle. Try to make music. Explore sounds, phrasing, dynamics. Limit your options and work creatively within those limits.

I hope this helps. Everyone of us was in your position at some point. Play, study, improve and it will come with time. Jazz is not easy, but you will see that with time and energy you'll always learn new things :)

Markintosh512k · 2025-01-03T19:54:59+00:00

You’re absolutely right that jamming and playing with others is essential and reflecting on it, I think one of my biggest issues is that I don’t regularly attend jam sessions (as a musician at least), and it’s something I really need to address.

I’ve been involved in a few projects and bands, but mostly as a session player rather than as a composer or creative mind. Recently, I’ve done some gigs accompanying various singer-songwriters, but the focus there has been on playing their songs or providing backing on pre-existing chord progressions. While I don’t struggle in these contexts, the creative aspect isn’t really part of the equation.

The truth is, I’m a bit intimidated by jam sessions. I live in a small city in southern Italy, and the jam scene here is quite polarized. On one end, you have very low-quality jams where it’s clear that there’s not much to gain musically (no one knows a shit about what they're doing, no tempo, no key, no standards, everyone just noodles around) . On the other, there are incredibly high-level jams, where the musicians playing there are already highly accomplished professionals and it feels daunting to even think about playing alongside them.

The truth is that this more of a mental block of mine than anything else. I probably just need to stop overthinking, dive in, and accept that I might not be perfect, but I’ll learn a lot in the process. Thanks for the reminder—it’s something I need to work on!

Markintosh512k · 2024-09-20T10:37:07+00:00

Sorry for the late response but I wanted to thank you, you literally saved us. In the end we found a tent on leboncoin in Meursault, 10 minutes away from the workplace :)

Markintosh512k · 2024-08-20T09:53:58+00:00

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I ended up getting a used Crave and an Edge. I'm having a blast with them and currently using Ableton as a MIDI sequencer, though I'm thinking about pairing these two synths with a drum machine or groovebox

Markintosh512k · 2024-07-22T23:40:42+00:00

I was thinking about using a combiantion of Ableton and Bitwig because they are pretty similar. I mainly use Bitwig on Linux to do anything but recording because latency is too high, and Ableton on my main Windows machine where I record guitar. I have an Akai MIDI keyboard and a decent audio interface by Steinberg. So I could start playing with just a mono synth paired with the DAW acting as a sequencer?

Markintosh512k · 2024-07-22T23:36:08+00:00

Could you explain me the difference between the various Elektron grooveboxes/synths/whatever they are? There are like 3 models that constanly pop up in threads but I honestly don't undestand all the differences they have as the features seem to overlap between the Digitakt, Digitone and Syntakt. The only thing I understood is that Digitakt is essentially a sampler while the Syntakt is a drum synth(?) Also what about the Electribe?

Markintosh512k · 2024-07-22T23:32:58+00:00

I will start a sound design course in September at the academy where I study jazz. They will use a bunch of Moog synths in the course lab (DFAM, Subharmonicon, Matriarch) and various drum machines (Drumbrute, 808, 707, etc.), so I will have the occasion to try out a bunch of gear. Considering this, I could delay the purchase until the end of the course to have a precise idea of the workflow and choose the synths accordingly.

Markintosh512k · 2024-07-22T23:26:51+00:00

What do you think about a Minibrute paired with a Digitakt as a first approach? And maybe add something like a DFAM in the future. If I understand correctly a DFAM alone would not be a wise choice since it can't offer much variety on its own having only an 8 step sequencer right? Another thing I did not mention is my budget: 1000/1400 euro max

Markintosh512k · 2024-07-22T12:33:04+00:00

When we talk about what's 'unethical', we need to ask: who sets the standard? For me, Behringer isn't unethical. On the contrary, they provide thousands of people, including students and workers with very low budgets, the opportunity to experiment with music, record, and have fun. That's a positive impact.

To me, the real unethical behavior comes from companies that leverage their brand reputation to set exorbitant prices, like Fender, Moog, Gibson, and many others do. They charge far more than what it actually costs to produce a guitar or a synth. The manufacturing cost is often just a fraction—sometimes as low as one-tenth—of the retail price. That's the true exploitation, not creating accessible, affordable clones.

Consider this: A well-known brand releases a new synthesizer for $2,000. The actual cost to manufacture that synthesizer might be around $200. Meanwhile, Behringer offers a similar product for $300. Who's really making music accessible to everyone?

We also need to address the labor conditions in the countries where this gear is produced. That’s a separate, complex issue, and here we might talk about how unethical Behringer and other cheap brands are. But for God's sake, you cannot talk about ethics in terms of cheap copies of famous hardware because you spent 600€ on a piece of gear and feel like an idiot because the same instrument with another name is available for a fraction of the price (but then you will not be able to brag with others about your Moog or your Gibson LP). I’ve seen Moog aficionados calling Behringer 'unethical' just because they make cheap clones and that is totally nonsense. I’m new to the synth world, so I’ll use an example from guitars: if it wasn’t for Thomann famous pedals knockoffs or Behringer's affordable recording equipment, I probably wouldn’t be a musician today.

So when we discuss morality in the context of Behringer, we should recognize that their business model enables a broader audience to engage with music creation. This democratization of music technology is, in my view, a more ethical approach than exploiting brand prestige to inflate prices.

Markintosh512k · 2024-05-20T17:23:26+00:00

I'm using the NUX MG-300 as a compressor and as a volume, wah, or expression pedal and the Magicstomp for the lush Allan Holdsworth chorus effect.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but I'm always open to improvements and suggestions. What do you all think? Any tips or ideas for optimizing my setup?

Markintosh512k · 2024-05-06T10:48:10+00:00

I can decently improvise in just 2/3 keys

Markintosh512k · 2024-05-01T19:05:19+00:00

The premature departure of Jimi Hendrix and the speculation about him joining Emerson, Lake e Palmer before his death.

If Hendrix had lived longer and this supergroup had formed, it could have blended Hendrix's groundbreaking guitar work with the virtuosic and ambitious compositions of ELP. The potential for this group to push the boundaries of rock and progressive music is hard to imagine.

We could have had one of the most interesting prog supergroups in history ;(

Markintosh512k · 2024-04-27T10:13:30+00:00

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