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@@robr2303 Thank you! This guy is very happy to hear it. Hope you're having a great day!

@@digital_down I can actually relate a lot to this! I often find myself in some inner conflict thinking I need to change chords, because that's what you're supposed to do, but not liking the results and how much it changes the mood when I do. My go to compromise is often to invert the chords and keep my bass note.

@ same, I will often do a chord change and think, “that sounds significantly worse” as opposed to keeping the same chord. It’s subjective but I think it allows more optimization for the melody or rhythm, you can focus on the upper melody or rhythm since your mind isn’t barraged by constant chord changes. I find 1 chord progressions are really common in hip hop, where the emphasis is usually on rhythm and not harmony.

@ Yeah, I'm with you! Glad I'm not the only one, because I often feel very alone in that. I think you're spot on about hip hop too. My early writing was very influenced by hip hop in a lot of ways because of that I think, even though I was never a big listener, or even a big fan, of the genre.

@@heitstrengningmusic I just listened to your music on Spotify and I think we do have a lot of similarities. Crazy, my heritage is also Swedish, but I am living in America.

@digital_down Cool! Thanks for checking it out, and extra cool that you found similarities! Ah, you don't happen to live in Minnesota, California or Illinois by chance? Haha

@@marshallsweatherhiking1820 I love it! I bet it sounds perfect haha

Thank you! That's so rad. Great to hear I'm not the only one thinking about things in this way! And thanks a lot for the nice comment. Good to know TH-cam can do the right kind of matchmaking every now and then. Hope you're day is going great!

Is that how you hear it? Not trying to be snarky, it's a genuine question.

@heitstrengningmusic lol I was buzzed so I'm not sure.

I wish TH-cam agreed with you and pushed the videos more! Haha. But seriously, thank you for the kind words. I will keep going though, because it's interactions like these that make it all worth the hard work.

I live in Sweden!

Awesome to hear it! This is why I do it. Really happy to hear it's been helpful!

Thank you so much. I am happy to see you have found the channel! Really glad to hear it's been helpful for you. Have an awesome rest of the day and a happy new year!

@@dreamxx4856 Thank you! And damn, you're totally right. What a wasted opportunity haha.

@@yoojin-oi8ij Thank YOU! I appreciate it! Hope your day is going well!

@@heitstrengningmusic Happy New Year,... all the best to you and yours.

@@yoojin-oi8ij Likewise!

@@ikitat Hey, that goes both ways! So thank YOU for sharing that. I feel less alone too! And thank you for watching. Have a wonderful day!

@@DEADLINETV Thanks! And I don't always either haha, the main point is just to know what chord you are playing over at the moment, and then focus on the chord notes of that chord in that moment. In a nutshell!

@@heitstrengningmusic it's a great tool! I'll put that in my toolbox! Thanks!

@@lamondsutherland4581 Thank you! Haha, well for those of us who aren't sweep Gods we have to kid ourselves and find other things to cling to! And for sure, knowing your intervals and your arpeggio shapes helps tremendously in that. Good point bringing arpeggio shapes into this! And I agree about the intervals and the emotions you can convey if you can use them with purpose. That was sort of the big point with the hirarchy and spices analogy (was trying something a little new haha). Thanks for the nice feedback! Hope you're good!

@@kazukihiratani Thank you my friend. Likewise, I should add. Excited for what's to come on your channel!

I guess it could be, in hindsight!

@@lamondsutherland4581 Haha yes indeed!!

@@lamondsutherland4581 😅

That's awesome! Thank you for your lovely feedback! Have a great day.

No need to be sorry! You have every right to disagree with my premise. That being said however, I would say that I have more insight into my trajectory and the challenges I've had to overcome on my way to become a "musician", and how far I have to go still to be able to hang and keep up with musical folks. But you just have to take my word for that I guess, or not haha. And secondly, I do think that not hearing certain basic things that most people who do music seem to, like chord movements/progressions, being "in key", where and how things resolve, and seemingly having a completely different tolerance to dissonance and notes that people all over the internet keep telling me are "bad" notes, just seems to lend itself to a different sort of musical tapestry, where things like texture and color play a big role for me. The idea here is then that a) maybe I'm not the only one and b) that there might be something a little different and perhaps unique in how I hear music that would give my music a different flavor, and that can maybe compete on different terms. But once again, this is based on my own experience of never feeling like I really know what people talk about, but where everyone else seems to, when they describe what they hear in stuff. Which is a huge reason why I've worked so hard to learn theory. But maybe what I hear have some other kind of merit, and what I focus on and prioritize in my own art, will have value to others that listen in similar ways. That is essentially the idea. I appreciate the comment and the pushback though, and thank you for the kind words about my videography. Have a nice rest of your weekend!

@@MarcoLLucas Not sure if you watched (?) but in case there's confusion: I'm not leaving TH-cam, I'm just taking my series called Stream Theory and moving it on over to Substack.

@@lamondsutherland4581 Thank you! I think having Stream Theory only on Substack will allow me to do more things, play copyrighted songs and talk about influences or what ever else that may seem relevant to any particular episode. So that's one good thing about it! I bet it's been rough! Hopefully you've been able to leave the house at least without being swarmed by fans and journos! Thanks man. I appreciate it a lot. Always love your take on things along the way!

@@clinicallysane Thank you my friend! I am really glad and honored to have you there every step of the way!

@@DEADLINETV I completely get that. The easier thing here however is that you basically just join my mailing list by signing up, and then you get an email when I post, so it's very passive. So you don't have to actively do anything or follow anything. That's very cool. I might actually take you up on that!

@@heitstrengningmusic Great! Now I can be as passive as my guitars! And do!

@@Keepler22b Not sure what to say in response to that but maybe it's true about everyone having a doppelganger.

I get not wanting to be on a bunch of platforms and all that. The good thing about Substack is that it can be very passive that way, you basically just join my mailing list and then get notified when I put something out. But it's essentially my Patreon, the way I think about it. So, it will be "bonus videos" and written stuff over there, with the option to support financially every month, but no obligation what so ever.

Thank you! I appreciate the supportive words. Things won't change much around here really, unless you happened to enjoy Stream Theory specifically.

Haha! I bet I would do an awful job at first but maybe with some practice!

@@metalmilitia980 Thank you so much! That means a lot, and feedback like this is so helpful for me when it comes to planning future videos!

@@DesoloSubHumus Yes, everyone's road is different for sure! There is no one path, or one way, but rather make the most of the way that works for you.

Not quite sure what this means but probably!

Haha my pleasure! It's something I completely made up but it gets the idea across quite well I think!

@@heitstrengningmusic yes it does!!! in so many ways i love LEGO pieces that appear out of nowhere ;-)

@@hl5910 Awesome!

To answer that first question: To gather tools and a vocabulary to express things in a way that is both fast and relatively precise, and reliably matches what it is you want to convey, repeatedly. Correct me if I'm wrong here but reading and playing sheet music is a different set of skills than writing and creating a piece of music that didn't previously exist? Obviously they can overlap but one can be very good at one but not the other, so then it all comes down to goals and time well spent, as far as I see it?

@@heitstrengningmusic Thank you very much for your response. By learning to read and understand sheet music, one develops a mental map of skills that serve as a basis for seeing patterns, resources and forms that have been effective throughout centuries of music, something you can use for inspiration, even if you don't reproduce the same outlines. Musicians who have learned to be musicians without learning solfège are very limited by what they have learned by ear and never fully internalise the concepts of music theory, where they only know how to apply what they think works and sounds good to them. One has to be fluent in any score in order to be able to develop good analytical foundations later on, so that when it comes to composing, one has a larger mental library of resources and is not limited to whether one is inspired or not that day. Being a musical illiterate is easily solved by learning to read.

You can absolutely be literate and not copy stuff!

Yeah I agree with this, with the caveat that interesting is ultimately a very subjective thing.

Thank you! I hope your day is going well!

@ I hope the same for you.

Haha that is true. But then again, maybe not the healthiest frame of reference for one's confidence haha.