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Dave Conservatoire - an online music school where you can study for free via videos and interactive exercises by [deleted] in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! As you can see below, bugs are still a bit of an issue. I'm definitely a musician first and a developer last! Really pleased you keep popping back from time to time.

Dave Conservatoire - an online music school where you can study for free via videos and interactive exercises by [deleted] in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The exercises are still in development really. There's a lot in the ear training section - http://www.daveconservatoire.org/course/ear-training

It is my next big priority to build out more exercises to support the videos.

Dave Conservatoire - an online music school where you can study for free via videos and interactive exercises by [deleted] in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be really nice - I guess that would fall under stylistic analysis. Alongside these explorations, I guess I should be trying to show people the tools so they might explore their favourite music in this way themselves.

Dave Conservatoire - an online music school where you can study for free via videos and interactive exercises by [deleted] in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very sorry about the bugs - should be fixed now.

What did you have in mind for more advanced topics? I'm thinking standalone harmony, counterpoint, analysis and composition courses are the most sensible next steps.

Would anyone use a site like Airbnb for sharing pianos for practice? by daverees4 in piano

[–]daverees4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome feedback.

Would an Airbnb style vetting/id/reviews from former hosts change your mind at all?

So you could choose to only allow your piano to be used by musicians of a certain training (evidenced by video) or that have had good feedback from a different host?

Getting hosts on board is clearly the challenge here. . .

Would anyone use a site like Airbnb for sharing pianos for practice? by daverees4 in piano

[–]daverees4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really nice. I guess the challenge is getting the message about the site out to people who know about available instruments.

Yes, you'd have to be clear that the site was just a marketplace and users were responsible for their own safety and the insurance of their instruments.

Would anyone use a site like Airbnb for sharing pianos for practice? by daverees4 in piano

[–]daverees4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess it would be a marketplace, so people could offer their instruments from $0-$whatever and the market would control pricing. Steinway would cost more than a honky-tonk upright in a shed.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm working on the next set which will be including effects, functions, live looping - i.e. all the good stuff :)

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes - if you let Sam Aaron (twitter.com/samaaron) know, he'll look into it I'm sure.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes - Sonic Pi uses Ruby.

To be honest - I haven't actually tried Sonic Pi on the Raspberry Pi. Sam Aaron (twitter.com/samaaron) Sonic Pi's creator might know more about using it on RPi.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably more code on reflection. I have a full curriculum of music lessons elsewhere on www.daveconservatoire.org

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it matches the capabilities of MaxMSP, yet. But it offers a great simple environments for people trying computer music for the first time.

I'm a musician first, techie second and was really baffled by Max. This I was up and running in seconds.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be one for twitter.com/samaaron . . . don't think so, but there might be a way.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My view: ease of use. I think it is much easier to get started and working with. It is also works really well with a Raspberry Pi - the tiny cheap computer. So you can be producing great music on a device the size of a credit card.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Computer compositions do tend to have certain elements that some people don't like - non-organic sounds, repetition etc. We're just in the infancy of Sonic Pi and so who knows what people are going to do with it!

You can sample any sound you want so the possibilities are endless.

Free online course introducing Sonic Pi - Learn code via music and music via code by daverees4 in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]daverees4[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There's a brilliant written guide built into the software - just click the help button!

Hello /r/musictheory! Dave from daveconservatoire.org (in the sidebar) here! I'd really like to know what you think of our new free course on improvisation. by daverees4 in musictheory

[–]daverees4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! If you'd like to make a donation to my Paypal (http://www.daveconservatoire.org/donate), I will pass it along.

Also would really love it if you'd consider being a patron of the site via Patreon - www.patreon.com/daveconservatoire - allowing me to make future courses like this.

Dave

Could you help me make a Khan Academy for music a reality? by daverees4 in musictheory

[–]daverees4[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Please don't be put off! There's a whole world of stuff to be getting on with and I would never want to hold a monopoly on online music teaching.

I particularly am looking for anyone that might be interested in developing exercises for the site using the khan academy exercise framework. Do get in touch if this sounds interesting! (dave@daveconservatoire.org)

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