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#musictheory Loved the great new insight on tritone substitutions by David Bennett- youtu.be/dSvO5Tb18… Every time you think you’ve understood the tricks in Britney Spear’s ‘Toxic’, there’s a new secret revealed. A taste of the poison paradise haha!🤓😍🫦
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Interesting new channel I stumbled on for music theory. The constant scribbling of visuals for the script seems a bit ADHD (which seems to be the attention span our world is headed towards). That apart, the content is solid. I’ll be testing out hexatonic cycles. #music youtu.be/EIzAzFlGu…
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Mission statements are so critical to set the overall direction of a project in business & art. Especially for collaborations where it’s inevitable that two humans will differ on their values & interpretations. Even if late, I’m glad @warner and I are finalizing our musical’s North Star questions 🤩
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Having a blast today learning the mechanics of writing and producing a country song. Sure, it’s full of tropes, but it’s also an emotional form of music that’s great for storytelling. Simple is not the same as easy. 🤓😃
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Seems like there’s one genre where MIDI will never match the real instrument — strumming for country music! So I’m pickin’ up ma guitar again and signin’ on for courses, writin’ for the road (to my musical) and listening to artists I’ve never heard of. True American cultural immersion yessiree!😃
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No doubt, writing a song takes creativity. Left brain stuff. But it’s also an exercise in problem-solving. Maximizing clarity, emotion, and the pleasure of well-chosen words… all under constraints of length, meter, stress, and rhyme. As much of a puzzle to crack as a crossword- only more fun! 😃
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Who’d think that working on musicals could provide 5-star training in project management? Coordinating with a remote teammate even in the face of disagreements, keeping track of deadlines and how tasks depend on each other, identifying uncertainties, and choosing between delegating and doing! :D
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When you want to get good at something, you learn from the masters. Seems obvious, right? I’d done it for fiction writing, for screenwriting. But despite spending exactly a year on this musical (as of yesterday), only watched 3 musicals. That’s gotta change. Reading Sondheim’s ‘Major Decisions’ book
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Whoops! Too much experimentation with musical modes can lead to slip-ups. I accidentally introduced the dreaded tritone interval into a new melody. Good thing my co-writer @warner called it out. And now I found a work-around. Early feedback is a must, y’all (in music and in life!)
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