monkeydancer wrote:I've been writing more tunes in odd time signatures recently and it's cool and it's definitely improving my playing learning to to play what I write, but I can't help feeling pretentious when I play the songs...
It's not your fault those plebeians can only roll in the dirt in 4/4
monkeydancer wrote:I've been writing more tunes in odd time signatures recently and it's cool and it's definitely improving my playing learning to to play what I write, but I can't help feeling pretentious when I play the songs...
Just repeat the mantra. "It's not pretentious, it's math rock..." "It's not pretentious, it's math rock..." "It's not pretentious, it's math rock..."
But really, don't worry about it, mang.
I'm not pretentious, it's post rock.
Yeah I try not to let it get me down and I write the stuff anyway because I believe in it.
monkeydancer wrote:I've been writing more tunes in odd time signatures recently and it's cool and it's definitely improving my playing learning to to play what I write, but I can't help feeling pretentious when I play the songs...
I spent years trying to perfect music with odd time signatures. My favourite band I've ever had wrote many parts in various time signatures and tempos. It's incredibly stressful and hard work, hence why we never properly gigged with our tunes, but it was so exciting and rewarding when we did get it right. I just naturally wrote with odd timings and patterns. I rarely ever forced them out, and when I did they never worked. Most of the time I just played what I felt like and the rest of the band tried to play along. When they couldn't we would then realise that I was playing in 9/8 instead of 4/4, or 4/4 with the odd 7/8 or 3/4 thrown in for a bar or two. It was always a good laugh to find out that I can't play in time.
i got a mint tall font russian muff at a garage sale....for $2. it was the most amazing muff ive ever heard. i played with it for a month, then sold it on eBay. i regret it everyday.
AngryGoldfish wrote:I rarely ever forced them out, and when I did they never worked.
That's the key. If I think "I'm going to write a pretentious song in a fancy time signature" it doesn't work (same as with trying to write anything too specific for me), but sometimes I write something and then later figure out what time it's actually in and am surprised.
i am so fucking terrified to leave high school even though im not that fond of it, i feel like i will flounder without the structure and ahhhh holy shit im meant to be a real adult soon
Derelict78 wrote:That probably sounds awful in the best possible way.
Yeah I try not to let it get me down and I write the stuff anyway because I believe in it.
