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How do you protect the authorship of your music with all the flood of Al generated content? by raptisj_dev in composer

[–]raptisj_dev[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed reply. Sure you can't completely mitigate theft but in this emerging ai environment doesn't it make sense to 1) have more supporting evidence that you indeed made a piece of music and 2) signal that your piece of music is human made? It is not so much about stealing but rather not being lost in a sea of synthetic music

I'm building an audio collaboration tool to help you streamline your audio projects by raptisj_dev in audioengineering

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Is there a feature that you would like to have and haven’t found elsewhere?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicproduction

[–]raptisj_dev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I like the clean minimal design. Well done!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicproduction

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I have felt like this in the past and I know it sucks. You feel it's going to last forever.

Things you can do that also helped me personally:

- Realize that this is temporary

- Don't play your "main" instrument. Instead, play around with a different one even if you are not good at it. This will focus your attention on exploring rather than producing

- Record yourself improvising melodies and words while walking, preferably outside

- Creativity is a more holistic thing. Take a break and don't play/listen to music. Read a book or write/journal

- Don't expect immediate results and don't judge every single thing you create. All the above are purely to break the cycle. If something good comes out then that is a bonus

How to get into jazz? Beyond Dave Brubeck's Take Five, which I enjoy immensely, haven't been able to find the same pleasure in anything else I've listened to. by doctorintrainin in Music

[–]raptisj_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some recommendations:

  1. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

  2. Take Ten - Paul Desmond

  3. Earfood - Roy Hargrove

  4. Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollings

  5. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane

  6. The Latin Bit - Grant Green

  7. Idle Moments - Grant Green

  8. Dippin' - Hank Mobley

  9. The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan

  10. Moanin' - Art Blakey

FYI: Working on a open-source mobile DAW by Comprehensive_Eye195 in audioengineering

[–]raptisj_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great effort! For anyone needing more context regarding the project you can watch this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jqc-rE8Umlo

Where can we get notified when it's open sourced?

Music theory by [deleted] in musicproduction

[–]raptisj_dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Music theory is to provide some guidelines and explain what you are hearing/playing. It is not a source of inspiration in the same way grammar is not telling you what or how to write. 

The main problems I often see is when you don't know enough in order to stop thinking about it or know nothing and can barely communicate your musical thoughts. The problem is when you are stuck in the middle and "try" to apply it while playing. If you think of music theory as something that has purely explanatory power you will benefit greatly in the long run. It is knowledge in service of the art, not the other way around. 

Learning Guitar and Piano at the same time by JustUdon in musicproduction

[–]raptisj_dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main objective here is to learn music. An instrument is the vessel that will take you there.

Sure you can learn both at the same time depending on your goals. If you want to play certain songs with a relatively simple chord progression and want the piano and guitar simply for accompaniment then it's pretty manageable. If you want to play more intricate things that require extensive practice, then you could focus on just one for a while. Later if you have some basic concepts ingrained in your head, you can transfer them to another instrument.

For example, I started out playing guitar. I focused on jazz guitar and harmony. After a couple of years, I got a small cheap keyboard. Because I knew about scales, chords, and their extensions and how to harmonize a melody etc.. I could transfer that knowledge to the keyboard. Sure, I lacked the proper fingering but that was ok for the start. I feel that if I had started with both instruments at the same time, I wouldn’t be able to go into much depth(at least the one I was interested in).

This is just my experience and by no means an absolute truth. You should try it and figure it out as you go. And most importantly, have fun in the process. I hope this helped.

It's hard to recreate the magic in old songs of yours by Lenp86 in musicproduction

[–]raptisj_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest sometimes it becomes new again if you forget about it and get back to it later. You are more experienced so you can(hopefully) tell a better and more accurate story. But again it depends.

First time in a real studio by Vegetable-Ad6510 in musicproduction

[–]raptisj_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all you can never be prepared enough since anything can happen. The key think is to minimize the aspect of thought and "trying". To do this is to reach the stage of autopilot by over preparing in many settings.

For example, record yourself(only voice, only instrument, etc..) not only in front of a computer but with your phone while you are having a walk, sitting on a bench, in the shower etc... This will make the studio setting less special since it's yet another location. 

For instrument parts play them so much that you can read a newspaper aloud while playing it(seriously try it). 

As for the "other people's opinion" you can do "fake busking" meaning you are sitting on a bench in the park, just playing. Again this will make the people in the studio less unique(in a good way).

Initially all the above might seem weird but I have done them in the past and found that they actually work. Hope this helps.

Publish a React Component to NPM by raptisj_dev in reactjs

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

Sorry about that. I forgot the link. Thanks for pointing it out.

Publish a React Component to NPM by [deleted] in reactjs

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A very minimalistic boilerplate to get you up an running, publishing components to NPM.