I told my friend I was learning music. She asked what I was trying to learn, so I said music. She asked what in specific, so I gave her the current list. She thinks I’m kidding.

  • Guitar
  • Ukulele
  • Piano
  • Music theory
  • Reading music
  • Finger drumming
  • Abelton
  • Renoise
  • Bitwig
  • Maschine
  • Pigments
  • Buttersynth
  • Deluge
  • Minifreak
  • Polyend Play
  • Polyend Tracker
  • Dirtywave M8
  • Chompi
  • Abelton Note
  • Koala
  • Loopy Pro

Those are the things I’m actively working on with a laundry list of other things for later. The moment I get a little bored with one thing, I jump to another.

    • Telex@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 day ago

      The problem with music and instruments (and probably some other manual skills) as opposed to information learning is that pretty soon you’re going to need steady practice in order to progress and not regress. Half an hour min a day on one instrument is already a fair bit to keep up (almost) every single day. Doing that for e.g. six instruments is three plus hours of intense work every day. And if any of them need your lips or fingers or facial muscles etc, that’s multiple times the repetitive strain on them.

      Even one physical instrument is hard on many people’s physique. Not to mention wallet.

      But information, improvising, ear training, theory. That kind of thing will help on all fronts. That works great.

      Beginning is easy, but keeping up is hard. If you’re ok with that or can cut down later, I’d say go for it. Just try not to get injured.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Physical training is mainly focused on strings (guitar, ukulele, bass, etc), piano and finger drumming. The strings I am focused on are all physically the same instrument, or close enough, to where the skills translate easily. Piano is a necessity for my interest in synths but I am.not gunning for physical proficiency as I am with strings, just enough to play a few scales and chord. I can fix my mistakes in the DAW. The real struggle is with finger drumming. That might take me years.

    • Nanook@lemmy.zipEnglish
      64·
      2 days ago

      So no lol

      Btw, I do the same. “What book are you reading?” “Books”.