Post by langford on Sept 22, 2021 20:43:59 GMT -5
Not sure if this the right forum for my post, but I'll give a shot.
For the past little while, my YouTube experience has been overloaded with ads for "midi chord packs." As far as I can tell, these are pre-configured chord sequences that "producers" can drag and drop into their workstations and manipulate to create songs.
I was dismissive of the chord packs at first. They seemed like an off-the-rack approach to making music. No skill required, just line up at the buffet.
But then I started thinking about all the standard chord progressions etc. we use in making music the old-fashioned way. Is it really any different? After all, it's the melody and the words that really make the song, at least IMO. So how is writing a good melody over, say, a I-vi-ii-V on a guitar any different than dragging and dropping a midi version of the same progression into a computer program?
I have mixed feelings. Part of it is that I don't get what the kids are dancing to these days. *sigh* In some respects, I still think its cheating. But if someone uses these tools and still comes up with great melodies, lyrical stories, and clever arrangements, they're being every bit as musical as someone with a guitar or a piano, right? They're just using a different instrument. Or maybe they really are cheating.
What say the regulars at Moe's?
For the past little while, my YouTube experience has been overloaded with ads for "midi chord packs." As far as I can tell, these are pre-configured chord sequences that "producers" can drag and drop into their workstations and manipulate to create songs.
I was dismissive of the chord packs at first. They seemed like an off-the-rack approach to making music. No skill required, just line up at the buffet.
But then I started thinking about all the standard chord progressions etc. we use in making music the old-fashioned way. Is it really any different? After all, it's the melody and the words that really make the song, at least IMO. So how is writing a good melody over, say, a I-vi-ii-V on a guitar any different than dragging and dropping a midi version of the same progression into a computer program?
I have mixed feelings. Part of it is that I don't get what the kids are dancing to these days. *sigh* In some respects, I still think its cheating. But if someone uses these tools and still comes up with great melodies, lyrical stories, and clever arrangements, they're being every bit as musical as someone with a guitar or a piano, right? They're just using a different instrument. Or maybe they really are cheating.
What say the regulars at Moe's?
