wait a sec...
...I actually didn't play any games yesterday.
I used my Korg DS-10 to write music, but I didn't actually play a game. I tried, but Quake Live was down.
Weird.
My approach to composition on guitar has usually been to noodle around with it with a vague idea of a theme, and then come up with something. I decided to finally learn how to play something I wrote on the Korg DS-10 (i.e. a Nintendo DS cartridge that is a sim of a Korg analogue synth/sequencer) on an actual guitar, and it was actually quite interesting to see that the way I think about composition isn't intrinsically tied to guitar. I think it's tied to my tools.
Had I started with the same idea and used a guitar to flesh it out, the composition would have been totally different. I'd NEVER have written the same thing with a guitar in my hand.
A side effect that I've actually challenged my chops by trying to adapt a composition on my actual guitar. It's hard to play, and requires a different type of playing style.
The reason I tried to play it on guitar was that I thought the next idea to flesh out in the composition would be best fleshed out using a guitar. I was wrong. I couldn't translate what I was thinking directly to my guitar strings. I actually came up with some ideas on the guitar, went BACK to the Korg DS-10, experimented with some sequencing, and made the thing sound how I wanted it to sound.
I think it's cool that my DS is now a valuable part of my music-making arsenal. I feel a bit of a creative spark.
I used my Korg DS-10 to write music, but I didn't actually play a game. I tried, but Quake Live was down.
Weird.
My approach to composition on guitar has usually been to noodle around with it with a vague idea of a theme, and then come up with something. I decided to finally learn how to play something I wrote on the Korg DS-10 (i.e. a Nintendo DS cartridge that is a sim of a Korg analogue synth/sequencer) on an actual guitar, and it was actually quite interesting to see that the way I think about composition isn't intrinsically tied to guitar. I think it's tied to my tools.
Had I started with the same idea and used a guitar to flesh it out, the composition would have been totally different. I'd NEVER have written the same thing with a guitar in my hand.
A side effect that I've actually challenged my chops by trying to adapt a composition on my actual guitar. It's hard to play, and requires a different type of playing style.
The reason I tried to play it on guitar was that I thought the next idea to flesh out in the composition would be best fleshed out using a guitar. I was wrong. I couldn't translate what I was thinking directly to my guitar strings. I actually came up with some ideas on the guitar, went BACK to the Korg DS-10, experimented with some sequencing, and made the thing sound how I wanted it to sound.
I think it's cool that my DS is now a valuable part of my music-making arsenal. I feel a bit of a creative spark.