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Rec'd on 🧠 How to not get stupider as i get older

I find the important thing in working your brain is being in that zone of frustration, and pushing through it. Music is a great avenue for that.
I’ve been playing consistently for the first time since high school, and it’s been the most frustrating, but rewarding feeling I’ve had in years.
I can feel myself wanting to quit sometimes, but the feeling when you finally get something you’ve been working on for a while is indescribable

@hermandem

Jun 2, 2024

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@rizkillla

what instrument did you learn? Ive played the piano since I was little and I’m never gonna stop for this exact reason

Jun 2, 2024

@hermandem

rizkillla I play guitar! But I got a keyboard last year and I’ve also been playing that whenever I hear a cool piano part I like(currently learning Versatile by Kodak Black but very tough on my novice piano hands)

Jun 2, 2024

@hermandem

rizkillla mad respects to the pianists

Jun 2, 2024

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Practicing an Instrument

I started playing piano when I was a kid and I got an electric keyboard when I moved out to LA. I like to sing and play so that’s mainly why I got it. Last year, I decided it would be nice to get back into classical piano again – like Debussy, Bach, whatever other classical composers are probably in the public domain so I could get sheet music for free (a life hack of mine personally is to get stuff for free). Practicing an instrument has been actively the most meditative I can ever get. Focusing on something else with my hands that I have to engage with in a tactile and focused capacity has done wonders for me to not think the dumb thoughts I think all the time, like “does my dog know what the TV is, or does he think it’s just a crazy window”.

@broti-gupta

Feb 24, 2022

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It all started on an ipad

Throughout my whole life, I had awful music teachers. I had a piano teacher that made me sit on my hands because he was frustrated with the way I played scales and a music teacher in primary/middle school that gave me so many anxiety attacks that my doctor finally gave me a note so I didn’t have to go anymore.
I was told so many times throughout my life that I had no music talent, discouraged from going further than scales but all of those people (teachers!!!!) were wrong. They just couldnt fathom that I had a different musical brain than them.
When I was 23, I ended up having to move back home from LA after my job rescinded their promise to sponsor me for a visa. I was depressed and heartbroken and lonely. I went to school for writing but didn’t want to write anymore so I ended up opening GarageBand on my iPad.
I was inspired by all the things I could do on it. I suddenly felt like I was entering a new world. After making a couple beats, I started moving everything over to the laptop version of GarageBand. I bought big headphones, a cheap usb mic and a keyboard off of a guy from Craigslist and continued to tinker. One of my favorite things to do at the time was to download karaoke midi tracks of popular songs I loved, import them into GarageBand and change the instrument until I felt like I was making something new. I would then use my shitty mic to wail on top of it.
I used GarageBand for years after that to make tons of songs that I just uploaded to SoundCloud without thinking about it much. Eventually I got a controller/sampler and access to Ableton and thats when the fun really started.
My love for music making snowballed after that, I amassed more gear and skill and eventually made an album after a couple years. I was obsessed with making it and while I feel really whatever about it now, I don’t feel whatever about the experience.
Music has allowed me space to express parts of me that there are no words for. The best thing I can impart is to take advantage of this. There are some things that you can only explain with a kick drum or a sine wave or a really hard bassline.
Music is still a huge part of me! I made another album after that first and now I’m working on my next project. I recently reincarnated myself (everyone in the ~industry~ advised against this but I’m a different person now) and I’m excited to see what’s in store for me. I don’t expect to make money or become famous but music feeds my soul in a way nothing else can.
Have fun!!

@nicky999doors

May 4, 2024

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MAKING MUSIC IS THERAPEUTIC

To any and all extents… writing, producing, performing, and sometimes just seeing the process of a song being created can re-fuel the fire of music creation.
Musicians are truly God’s gift to Earth. The process is beautiful, and watching a song go from rough idea to released is one of the most euphoric feelings as a music lover.
If you’re an aspiring musician, sometimes the best way to learn is just to watch how a song is made. No technical advice can help you understand the magic of song-making. Involve yourself in the process, because man is it rewarding.

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