We should start a madeon fan thread. 

Both.

Ever heard of jobs that require T shaped skills? Specialize in one area and then learn just enough about all the other areas to get by.

http://www.scrumexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/scrumtshape.jpg

The only things I've sacrificed for music is girlfriends, grades, and a social life. I DEFINITELY know what you're going through. I used to work 40 hours a week + go to school full time + work on a side business.

Eventually that side business started to make me enough passive income that I've been able to quit my job for the time being and just focus on music and school. That's what I would advise you to do the same instead of quitting your job. Find a way to make passive income that way you can focus on your music without putting your financial life in jeopardy.

Quote from: Lydian on April 07, 2016, 02:24:04 am

I didn't know that infinitum was out yet. :O

It's not out yet but here's the teaser video, for reference to the plucks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3M_1o0XZhU

This is FIRE AF! 

Marrow is actually the one who got me hooked on mixing through busses. I was just sort of figuring it out myself until he really stressed the importance of it.

Mixing through buses makes it so much easier to get a good balance IMO. Although it can make certain workflows harder.

Here's what my buses look like recently.

Bass
Drums
Leads
FX
Ambience.

Leads generally take up most of the mid section.
Drums obviously take up lows,mids, and highs.
Bass takes up the lows
FX & Ambience can take up whatever tf they wanna take up.

At least thats how I go about it.

We reward and idolize people with these singular pursuits (at the expense of everything else in their lives).  Who cares if the person is a terrible human being if the movie/music/art they make is wonderful? Who cares if they still live in their parents' basement if they know how to tweak Serum just right and spend 18 hours a day doing just that?  Who cares if the person is unhappy and unfulfilled and depressed...the music they're making sounds great!

This is why I try to be very selfish when I write music. The way that I see it is that 99% of the people in this world will never give a crap about the music I write and the other 1% could care less about me personally. Why should I write music to please them?  The music that I write is primarily for me and if I like it then I can trust that other people will like it as well. That's the only way I can justify "tweaking serum for 18 hours" and etc...

This is a phrase from economics that I think is highly applicable to the situation.

"When individuals act in their self-interest, they go to work and buy things because
it makes them happy.  But by working and purchases things, they are also contributing to society and the social interest."

If you don't like it, don't use it.

If you like it, use it.

Either way, stop devolving into arguments and please try to stay constructive. We're all trying to learn and improve here, and calling other people elitist or stupid or anything like that doesn't help us accomplish that.

Lol. It is impossible to discuss modes without different opinions my friend. Back at the Ultimate Guitar forum they even made a sticky about them because they got tired of all the "mode" threads.

I don't find marrows post offensive at all. He was just trying to say that OP most likely doesn't understand a thing I said and that I should stop overcomplicating things with terminology they probably don't understand.

Fair enough.

The thing when it comes to music theory is that sometimes in order to understand the more advanced topics you need a solid foundation with the fundamentals. That's why grasping modes can be tough for some beginners because they might not have the foundation to actually understand them.

Sure it's easy to say that modes are just the scale starting on a different note. That's a perfectly fine definition.

With that being said the definition is completing lacking when it comes to the characteristics of a mode in the first place. Like Zau said, a #4 creates lydian. That's important to understand because then you know that if you want to create a modal chord progression you should emphasize that #4 to bring out the true characteristic of Lydian.

Finally what a mode is and what makes music modal is a completely different thing. The tonal center is what determines whether or not you'll be able to apply them in a music context in the first place. All of this depth we are losing by just saying "Modes are scales starting on a different note". I use this definition because it's the EASIEST thing for a beginner to grasp.

Music theory is like mixing though. If you don't practice it you won't get better. You can't master a compressor by reading about just like you can't master modes without practicing them.

Which is why improvising over modal backing tracks to me is the best way to learn what they are and how to train your ears to them. Learning by doing is just so important.

But why can't we just go more simpler and say that they are just different starting points on a given scale?

Because if OP ever hopes to apply them then he/she needs to understand how modes relate in a musical context.

The best way to do this IMO is to look up "(Insert Mode) backing track"  and then just improvise to it using the corresponding mode. That's how I learned it anyway. Music theory is useless if you aren't able to translate that theory over to your ears.