Architect or Engineer?
what is the difference when it comes to songwriting?
we talk about melody construction here.
Architect have a good grasp of the genres of music... and like the real Architects in drawing,
we conceptualize the melody inside our brain. This is what we in the 80s, 90s, do, without the help of any software, just by the data of songs we listened to on radio and tv.
Engineers, on the other hand, primarily use softwares or sythesizers to create their music. They open their computers and start layering instruments and through trial & error create loops, then verses... most youth today who are internet savvy are engineers in songwriting. Some use hardware like guitar, drums, cajon, piano, violin to create songs. They then document on paper or text in laptop.
how would songs constructed by Architects and Engineers differ?
In real construction work, Architects study all kinds of building designs and thus have memory of how the different "genres" of building in different civilizations would look like. When they start penciling, it all boils down to their flow of thoughts. Architects are good at key-change in songs, and also creating duets.
Engineers, on the other hand, are more concerned on the mathematics of construction. Everything must be properly calibrated.
Music created by engineers are usually quite progressive, with loops and predictable chord progression.
I wont say which type is better, because both have their places in music. The World need both Engineers & Architects to spin creations. I am only sharing that if you think you have been doing music a certain way, perhaps you can step into the "other domain" and see how things go.
Just for me, a musician for as long as Jay Chou is, I might one day step into Politics if my income cannot buy me enough good food. I would want that Minister's pay, for goodness sake !
And i shall create a position called "Full-time Busker" for Singapore Citizens only, who will be paid a basic salary (perhaps sgd800/- for a start, and you can keep your earnings), condition is that you must have a certain competency, busk with a musical instrument and cannot moonlighting other jobs... LOL
I will also give citizens an annual sgd88/- angbao to buy online music, if i am elected.
Cheers! (only in my dreams...)
^ ^
Sky
11jan20A
what is the difference when it comes to songwriting?
we talk about melody construction here.
Architect have a good grasp of the genres of music... and like the real Architects in drawing,
we conceptualize the melody inside our brain. This is what we in the 80s, 90s, do, without the help of any software, just by the data of songs we listened to on radio and tv.
Engineers, on the other hand, primarily use softwares or sythesizers to create their music. They open their computers and start layering instruments and through trial & error create loops, then verses... most youth today who are internet savvy are engineers in songwriting. Some use hardware like guitar, drums, cajon, piano, violin to create songs. They then document on paper or text in laptop.
how would songs constructed by Architects and Engineers differ?
In real construction work, Architects study all kinds of building designs and thus have memory of how the different "genres" of building in different civilizations would look like. When they start penciling, it all boils down to their flow of thoughts. Architects are good at key-change in songs, and also creating duets.
Engineers, on the other hand, are more concerned on the mathematics of construction. Everything must be properly calibrated.
Music created by engineers are usually quite progressive, with loops and predictable chord progression.
I wont say which type is better, because both have their places in music. The World need both Engineers & Architects to spin creations. I am only sharing that if you think you have been doing music a certain way, perhaps you can step into the "other domain" and see how things go.
Just for me, a musician for as long as Jay Chou is, I might one day step into Politics if my income cannot buy me enough good food. I would want that Minister's pay, for goodness sake !
And i shall create a position called "Full-time Busker" for Singapore Citizens only, who will be paid a basic salary (perhaps sgd800/- for a start, and you can keep your earnings), condition is that you must have a certain competency, busk with a musical instrument and cannot moonlighting other jobs... LOL
I will also give citizens an annual sgd88/- angbao to buy online music, if i am elected.
Cheers! (only in my dreams...)
^ ^
Sky
11jan20A
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