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Thank you Jack! I really appreciate this because that's the side I don't see. And it means so much, and gives me so much energy to hear you say that. I hope your day is going great!

Exactly. I love how it gives you an immediate roadmap for testing ideas.

Haha I'm terribly sorry!!

Thanks for giving me a chance! Hope your day is going well.

@@heitstrengningmusic Thank you. Have a great day :)

Haha what's the verdict?

Yes but in my experience it's not that useful to think of them that way when you're playing cause you lose your sense of center. When playing D Phrygian, you should be thinking of D as the center and bringing out the mode's color through its unique intervals. If you're thinking of G Minor, the shape might be familiar, but you don't know what interval is where in relation to D and you start playing mechanically. It's way more useful to think "This is just like a D Minor but with a flat 2".

Yes! That's the thing with modes. They are derived from the major scale in that sense. D Lydian would be the fourth mode of A major for example, but the crucial point is, just like you say, that D is the "home note" in that case, not A. Personally I don't think too much about the relative major of any mode, because I find that it distracts more than it helps. But you are 100% correct.

@@georgetzathas9002 100%! Thanks for the great input.

@@SujilGaming55 Thank you! Have a wonderful day!

Haha yes those Swedish birds are unmistakenly funny sounding aren't they! Thank you. That means a lot, and it's definitely comments like these that inspire me to keep going with these kinds of videos. I try to explore and explain theory in a way that once resonated with me, as I feel so many people overcomplicate things, especially regarding the modes.

It does add a nice ambiance!

Great video Filip! Helped jog the old memory on some music theory I’ve forgotten over the last year. Thanks!

@@AmiQ99 Thank you! I'm happy to hear it. And thanks for the early comment, I hope you're having a wonderful evening.

Interestingly, I had completely filtered them out first time round. I used to be good at filtering sound when I was young but am far too easily distracted now I'm much older.

I honestly thought there's a bird on the neighbour's roof...

Thank you! I really appreciate it coming from you maestro!

@@serhiiderkach8126 Thanks for the comment. I hope your day is going well!

Thanks for your awesome contribution my friend! And for the kind words as well. You put in a really awesome performance again, and it's such a pleasure to work with you.

As you should! Thanks man, that means a lot.

The solo was top notch. Really great job!

Solo was great man!

@@sloenmusic Thanks man!

Hey! I've missed you in the comments lately. Hope you're doing well! And thank you kindly for the very nice words, and for the support. I appreciate it a bunch.

Hi Ami! Thank you for the nice words, and for returning to the channel. I wondered many times what happened and how you were doing. I'm sorry to hear you made decisions that you immediately regretted, and I can only imagine how difficult things must have been. You are of course welcome here any time, and I'd be happy to have you. Do you still play music?

@@heitstrengningmusic I haven’t played music in a while, but I’m slowly getting back to repairing my relationship with music. Trying to listen to the music I used to love and watching videos and films about music that inspire me. I’ll pickup my bass again when I’m ready, no doubt. I hope you’ve been well these past 9 months?

@@AmiQ99 I hope so. There's so much healing power in music, as you're well aware of course. But it sounds wise to let things take their time and not force anything either. I've been well, thank you. It's the usual struggle of finding enough time to keep momentum going here.

Thank you for saying that. I appreciate you, for being here and letting me know. I hope you have a fantastic day!

Thank you! I truly appreciate you saying that since the video took a long time and completely tanked haha. Yes! That's a great example. I use that on at least one of the remaining songs for the album. Maybe both.

Yes! Great suggestion! I actually do this a lot as well. Or I would sometimes also repeat the root note of the upcoming chord over and over and make it go from really quiet to louder. I think that builds nicely too. This is super valuable feedback. I will try to be a lot more clear on what I call attention to and when. I've actually noticed this before in older videos that I struggle with it too haha! It's so obvious to me in the moment, and I have the whole part/song clear in my head visually when I make these videos.. but then that fades with time, and I approach it with a fresh perspective, and can feel a little lost. So, I'm really glad you pointed that out, it's very helpful.

@@heitstrengningmusic Yeah it's a very common thing to have something obvious in your mind while working on it, but not so much when you get back to it later! I've experienced it too :) It can help having someone watch your video before release, if you don't wish to wait several days to "test" it yourself

@@sloenmusic Just having you bring it up is already a huge help! So, thanks again.

Hi Dektri! Thank you so much. I truly appreciate that. And right back at you. I took a look at your channel and I really like your guitar playing. Great work!

I'm glad you had fun Michael! Thanks for watching and have a great day.

Oh my nostalgia. Deckard Cain, is that you?!

Haha! Just embrace it!

Thank you for your comment! And for watching. Being open minded about music makes life and creativity so much more enjoyable, interesting and enriching if you ask me. Have a wonderful day!

I'm glad to hear I wasn't just amusing myself! Haha. Thanks for commenting.

Cool! I am not familiar with them but I have to check this out now. Thanks for telling me!

@@heitstrengningmusic thanks

Sure does! The potential is amazing. Haha, "but in a good way." Are there no good scenes in Twilight?! I think the first movie at least has some nice pacific northwestian atmosphere to enjoy! But yeah, that's pretty much it I guess.

@@heitstrengningmusic Lots of people like to hate on Twilight and I get it because the writing is not great but I honestly enjoyed the first one, especially the visual shots of the forests and the creepy soundtrack

@@jacobopstad5483 I am with you. I like the first movie alright for its overall mood and atmosphere.

Haha! Exactly. Yes.

I'm glad you think so!

Thank you for the nice words, and for watching. I hope you're having a wonderful day!

I'll have to listen to those! Thank you!

@@heitstrengningmusic The Frankie tunes actually might cheat a little and have either bridges or intros that veer off E, but it's amazing what they can do with 90% of the song in one chord. And they turned them into huge hits.

Hello there! Thank you so much for watching, and for the kind words! I hope you'll still be here for the release, it's about halfway completed, but most songs are (almost) written. Have a wonderful day!

@@heitstrengningmusic btw, I like how you made a list of features describing the music you were going to write; well, maybe it's a common practice, but the way you did it - I literally recognized myself, because I would do that for my visual art. I find it fascinating - describing something that is not brought to this world yet

@@8w6good8 I don't know if it's common actually. We discussed this a little on the Discord recently, as I was talking about a song idea I had and how I had the whole song in my head, and what I wanted all the different sections to be like, but I didn't have anything written yet. I got the impression there that this wasn't very common, at least among them. But I love that. I love how everyone's process is so different. So, I'm with you completely. It's very fascinating. I have a very clear picture of what I want to bring into this world usually, and the challenge is to get it as close as possible. Which is hard! Where can I see some of your visual art btw?

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Hi John! Thank you for your thoughts! I appreciate the input and that you took the time to share your thoughts. I would assume most RUclips viewers are non RUclipsrs anyway so there's definitely cred in your position as that, and as a music fiend haha. I'd like to think I've come some ways since this video, and I've been working on the things you've mentioned. The biggest struggle is by far having enough time between work and family to put out enough quality videos. I hope your day is going great, and it's always wonderful to see the RUclips algorithm do its thing (when it works)!

Haha! I also love its Opeth-esque quality.

Thank you so much for this! Finding enough time between work and family to keep making videos can be so hard. Comments like these give so much energy to keep going. And I'm pretty sure I'm speaking for all small RUclipsrs. Have an awesome day!

Thank you! And have a great day!