Same! I spend too much time lurking there and accumulating libraries when I should really be mocking up for practice...already hearing improvement with my own compositions by mocking up sections from how to train your dragon (Omni publishing score)-- my favorite!
Thoroughly enjoyed the chat! Thank you Max, and fantastic work Simon! This has been a great reminder for me to finish my sketches before diving into the details -- so easy to start tweaking too early and get off track. Also have been spending time transcribing...and have concluded it is the best way to improve and really get to know ones libraries on a much deeper level. Great tips as well Simon, look forward to checking more of your videos! Hope to see and hear more of these Max! Trailer composer would be great!
Well-organized video. 2 things: 1) What is music? Much disputed question. My own description is: "Music is sound worked by the imagination." 2) Sampled instruments not totally able to "fool" the experts. SOME samples can, in SOME repertoire or in a range of very specific pieces, completely fool the "experts."
Great interview! Loved learning more about Simon--didn't know he did a lot of his film cue mock-ups by ear! An incredible talent. I reached out to him in July last year about a piece I'd hoped to bring to life, and he was able to do so with stunning realism. He's a very generous and inspiring man, and - as far as I'm concerned - the best MIDI programmer on UA-cam. He deserves all his current and future success! (He completely undersells his compositions, too; they're incredible.)
Thank you for this conversation :) A colleague recently mentioned the topic MIDI mock-ups which I'm not very familiar with, triggering the notion to listen for insights that also point beyond aspects of one's own given instrument of choice. All the funnier - and much appreciated - that Ted Greene is mentioned in conjunction with Bach at roughly 6 minutes in. Goes to show, input devices are - just that, actual learning benefits from recombination and translation
@@maxkonyi Now that's hip as well - feel free to let me know if a couple examples of his playing might come in handy - I currently work on transcribing more from his MIT workshop, mainly to show / translate presented concepts
@@ChordYogaGuitarOh nice. What do you mean by examples? Transcriptions? Recordings? Checking out your channel now. Cool stuff! Always a treat to find someone working on Ted's stuff.
Great conversation. I am familiar with Simon's mock-ups via VI-C and have always been blown away by them.
Same! I spend too much time lurking there and accumulating libraries when I should really be mocking up for practice...already hearing improvement with my own compositions by mocking up sections from how to train your dragon (Omni publishing score)-- my favorite!
great interview, great topics, passionate stories that really stimulated my musical imagination, thank you for that
Wonderful interview! Really love this podcast it's really nice and inspiring :D
Great to hear!
Thoroughly enjoyed the chat! Thank you Max, and fantastic work Simon! This has been a great reminder for me to finish my sketches before diving into the details -- so easy to start tweaking too early and get off track. Also have been spending time transcribing...and have concluded it is the best way to improve and really get to know ones libraries on a much deeper level. Great tips as well Simon, look forward to checking more of your videos! Hope to see and hear more of these Max! Trailer composer would be great!
Great to hear! Thanks for letting me know. Agree about transcription...
Will look into a trailer composer for a future episode!
Well-organized video. 2 things: 1) What is music? Much disputed question. My own description is: "Music is sound worked by the imagination." 2) Sampled instruments not totally able to "fool" the experts. SOME samples can, in SOME repertoire or in a range of very specific pieces, completely fool the "experts."
I found this conversation very insightful. Two skilled musicians from different backgrounds discussing music together. ✨
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview! Loved learning more about Simon--didn't know he did a lot of his film cue mock-ups by ear! An incredible talent. I reached out to him in July last year about a piece I'd hoped to bring to life, and he was able to do so with stunning realism. He's a very generous and inspiring man, and - as far as I'm concerned - the best MIDI programmer on UA-cam. He deserves all his current and future success! (He completely undersells his compositions, too; they're incredible.)
Thank you for this conversation :) A colleague recently mentioned the topic MIDI mock-ups which I'm not very familiar with, triggering the notion to listen for insights that also point beyond aspects of one's own given instrument of choice. All the funnier - and much appreciated - that Ted Greene is mentioned in conjunction with Bach at roughly 6 minutes in. Goes to show, input devices are - just that, actual learning benefits from recombination and translation
Nice! I'm planning to do a Ted Greene appreciation video soon... Few musicians have had as big an impact on me as him.
@@maxkonyi Now that's hip as well - feel free to let me know if a couple examples of his playing might come in handy - I currently work on transcribing more from his MIT workshop, mainly to show / translate presented concepts
@@ChordYogaGuitarOh nice. What do you mean by examples? Transcriptions? Recordings?
Checking out your channel now. Cool stuff! Always a treat to find someone working on Ted's stuff.
Transcription excerpts of his playing, to point to more specific aspects - maybe even chord diagrams to visualize concepts@@maxkonyi
@@ChordYogaGuitar Got it. I may take you up on that... Not sure yet if the video will focus on guitar-specific elements or if it will be more general.