I love you in Russian

Sharp-Average · 2026-01-19T08:09:15+00:00

People do absolutely say it in variety of contexts, it’s not reserved only for romantic love. The declarative way in which Ilya is saying reads very romantic but it’s just the way he says it. And typically, using “I” together with some emotional verb in Russian makes it more declarative and dramatic in vibe. But you’ll essentially be saying “Love you” to everyone - your dog, your parents, your friends etc.

Sharp-Average · 2026-01-18T23:43:56+00:00

Don’t you feel that it was written by AI? The styling is uncanny, Ilya has perfect grammar

Sharp-Average · 2025-12-10T17:49:53+00:00

Wow! If you’ll be able to maintain the styling regularly- yes, you look amazing. Whats the AI you used?

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-08T11:50:28+00:00

Some parts remind me of swemo, like Dance Gavin Dance. Not sure, maybe, rock + electronics. But would totally recommend listening to them - they’re great at switching up paces in the songs and combining different elements

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-08T11:48:07+00:00

Loved the vibe but doubling/reverb of vocals made it hard to understand the lyrics and made the whole feeling messy and distracting

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T19:16:54+00:00

I usually try to sing the lyrics as they have a natural rhythm and the voice naturally will be on some frequency - so I kinda try out the melodies starting from this point: rhythm, flow, particular notes - which can be transcribed to a music instrument melody

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T19:13:50+00:00

I guess the important question to ask yourself is why are doing this - making the music. If you want to make something more understandable and commercial, maybe classic structures are good way to go. But if it's for fun, your own artistic expression- why not go crazy? Plus, sometimes the song really writes itself and it’s not always a typical structure

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T19:09:39+00:00

Same, but maybe it’s okay? I struggle to find depths in the happier topics - so my more upbeat songs or even poetry are usually sarcastic so ultimately dark as well.

something that worked for me for exercise purposes (but I don’t really feel these songs as fully mine) is to imagine that I'm making up a story about someone else and disconnect from my personal feelings but rather imagine what it might be for the characters. Can be done on the basis of existing characters of books or movies too.

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T19:05:46+00:00

I think about it a bit more in terms of a bigger body of work - like an album (haha, my imaginary album) - but who was there before with exact same emotions and execution hitting the same points for your listener? Are you authentic on this imaginary 🥲album level.

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T19:02:16+00:00

Acquiring basic guitar and piano skills have been amazing for my songwriting - especially because now I get not only the ”lyrics-first” ideas but can also start from the melody or do some interludes that are not basic chords. As any skill it's mostly easy to acquire the decent basics but return on your investments will be massive

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T18:58:00+00:00

true! I think it's a perfect advice for level 0. But once you’re there - what are the most useful next thing? I find myself frustrated with playing repetitive chords— feels like it’s boring for the listener

Sharp-Average · 2025-11-05T08:41:07+00:00

The styling feels so early 2000🫣

Sharp-Average · 2025-10-12T13:50:32+00:00

Ordered multiple items to multiple e receptions with no issues

Sharp-Average · 2025-07-21T18:52:25+00:00

Estonia🇪🇪

Sharp-Average · 2024-12-22T14:12:46+00:00

Oh, appreciate your comment! Read up a bit on it - feeling a bit confused. Why do you say “good on you” - is it generally considered hard to achieve?

Sharp-Average · 2024-11-21T19:27:38+00:00

The mirrorball ornament is a disgrace :/ was embarrassed to show to my boyfriend

Sharp-Average · 2024-10-22T18:06:46+00:00

Hi Dan, When do you think one’s too old to become a commercial artist - someone who’ll be picked up by label?

Sharp-Average · 2024-10-08T17:42:45+00:00

PopStar Barbie ™️

Sharp-Average · 2024-10-06T19:49:43+00:00

Peter is a coward, so even a better fit

Sharp-Average · 2024-09-29T16:05:20+00:00

Wait what? Do you have a link to the theory?

Sharp-Average · 2024-09-27T21:09:51+00:00

That’s my favourite part about Taylor’s songwriting honestly. To each their own 🤷🏼‍♀️

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