blossom tea
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- A short song made in FL Studio 21 using just a piano, flute, and some strings !!
happy song
this song was a commission for a project !!!
feel free to email me if you'd like to commission a custom song yourself :)
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4-7-2024 - My Thoughts on Music Theory
The more I learn about music theory, the less I'm sure it really matters.
When I first started making music, I had a pretty warped view of what theory was. I saw it as a hassle to learn, and something that would force your ideas into a tiny box, governed by sets of rules.
Originally, I hated this. I felt it really constrained creativity, and influenced beginner artists to postpone the cultivation of their own unique style, in substitute for the simple patterns and rules offered by beginner music theory.
To be honest, I still feel this way when it comes to some of the simpler things.
However, since the time I started making music and the moment of progress and knowledge I exist at now, I realize my views were pretty shortsighted in retrospect.
A little while ago, maybe around 4 months in the past by now, I decided I would start trying to learn a lot more theory! Mostly, I focused on aspects of harmony, such as extensions, modal interchange, understanding the circle of fifths, tools for chord writing, and many others.
Even now, I don't fully understand many of these concepts, but through learning them and seeing their effect on the music I compose, my views have really changed.
I believe that music theory in essence, is how we try to logically organize and convey the patterns we see in music. It isn't like what makes music sound good, or what makes music music haha
In the same sense that language is how we try to logically organize and convey the patterns we see in our thoughts.
Its more than possible to have thoughts regardless of being able to put them into words, but it is these words that give us not only a way to communicate our thoughts to others, but the ability to see the world through their lens.
By learning more words, we slowly build a framework to understand the world around us and to even better understand more complex words through them.
I often wonder what my thoughts would be like if I had no language or medium to channel them through. I would still have thoughts, that much is certain. But how complex might they be?
I now understand that music theory is no different.
By understanding concepts in music theory, we slowly build a framework to understand both music and more complex topics in music theory themselves.
Saying the rules of simpler music theory limit creative expression is equal to a child arguing that learning the basic rules of language would limit the vast complexity of their inner thoughts. They're not wrong, however they may not see that learning these rules is just the beginning. What's more important is how these rules affect the way you think, and allow you to organize your thoughts in ways that refine them and make them all the more powerful.
Once this begins to occur, it even starts to shape the way you form thoughts to begin with. Nowadays, there are many choices that come second nature to me in my music, that I would never have thought to make beforehand. Choices like abrupt time signature changes, key changes, and a lot of the time using chords that barely exist in the key I'm playing in.
Its funny to me that these things are kind of a lack of constraints. They are in essence freedom from some rules and patterns in music. Yet, it would have never seemed natural for me to make these choices, unless I began learning theory as I had.
Counterintuitively, it seems the more rules you immerse yourself in, the less you are limited by them.
"It seems the more rules you immerse yourself in, the less you are limited by them." goes so hard
so good
Agreed
i don't understand
bars
It may be a calm and peaceful song, but all Azali's spitting is straight fire.
Sounds like cleaning out a loved one's home after they're gone. Finding keepsakes from events that were important to them, maybe reading letters from people they met abroad. You feel like you know them a little better now, even if they aren't there anymore.
Azali is so good at filling songs with sweet melancoly
damn this comment made me change my view on this music now
"Give me a drink. Bartender."
"Here comes a cup of AZALI as you ordered"
Idk what possessed you to comment this, but I love it.
"That's blossom tea."
*Cup falls and breaks*
@@lookatel3658 "Give me a drink. Bartender."
this sounds like what sunsets look like
yes
I actually listened to this while watching a sunset ✨
this feels like the good ending where the protagonist dies but will always be remembered, kind of like some omori type psychology
"It seems the more rules you immerse yourself in, the less you are limited by them." Azali, this the most beatiful quote ive ever heard in my life 😭😭
😭😭😭😭
I'm honored haha
bro really invented a 4/4 waltz and thought we wouldn't notice
thank you so much AZALI for accepting my commission...!! this composition makes me feel like crying every time i listen to it. ;;
to be honest, in the initial commission email when you said how you wanted to make sure that the composition truly aligns w/ the client and is perfectly tailored to them, i thought, how is that possible when you don't even know me. but somehow when i listen to the final product, it sounds like a direct reflection of myself.
listening to "blossom tea" reminds me of my past and how fragile i was and still am. your compositions are so evocative and it keeps me up at night thinking about how your music is able to touch my heart like that. thank you for this composition, i will treasure it for a very long time.
awww thank you so much !!!!!
both for the commission, and everything so far :)
im very happy to know that i was able to exceed your expectations on the song, and in general im especially happy we were able to meet !!
youre a wonderful, interesting person, and im honored to be able to call you a friend !
if you ever are interested in more music, please dont hesitate to reach out and id love to work with you again !!!!
I see music theory as more of a tutorial than a solid block that you have to stay in. It's what introduces us to simple and basic ways to compose, and of course as we learn, we advance and combine all what we learned into something else that music theory didn't exactly show.
Also, I love the music
I so agree with this. This is very similar to what my music theory teacher said to me
Exactly, I’ve always learned that to “learn the rules before you break them”
After all the chaos, all the pain, all the fighting, you’re finally safe. Finally at rest…
…finally home.
Fun fact: A solar eclipse helped end a six-year war in 585 BCE. When the sky suddenly darkened during a battle between the Lydians and the Medes in modern Turkey, soldiers took it as a sign to cease fighting. And if any of you plan on watching the solar eclipse today, remember to wear proper eye protection
I would probably stop what I'm doing too if the sun just like turned black that would be terrifying 😭😭😭
Music theory starts out as a box to fit your music into, but ends as a scaffold for you to build around, then tear down when you don't need it anymore!
couldnt have said it better myself, lsp !!!
Azali is my hero honestly. I have a whole playlist somewhere of your songs and i just let it play because I really adore all your music.
I have a thing that tells me what my most listened music is and this.. This one will be at the top for a good while. This is so beautiful. I will always be glad I found your channel. Your music is like the setting sun, or the blazing neon pink that occasionally surges at dawn. The song of birds and river alike, in beautiful, brief melodies.
Apologies for the long comment. Your music makes me feel so much better about this world, and I appreciate it. Thank you for your work.
:')
ong the smaller creators are the best
I think knowing a lot about harmony and its 'rules' makes it a lot easier to go "oh shit" when you hear them being broken. You get a much larger appreciation for the freedoms you actually have in music.
I feel so as well, yeah !!
I think it also promotes you to break them more as well, since subconsciously I feel most people will work within one key if they're not used to theory
this is certainly how I was in the past haha
Spring is here.
Shred no tears.
For Cherry Blossoms give you cheers.
Spring is here.
sounds happy but also sad at the same time, but not like a bad sad, more like a nostalgic sad.
It's bittersweet isnt it? Like a cup of tea, bitter at first but leaves a pleasant aftertaste.
this one is so pretty azali 😭😭 I really love your commentary on this one! shaping and forming music from what you learn and having freedom with that knowledge. I LOVE THAT SM
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'm really happy you enjoyed :)
What a splendid and marvelous taste this tea have
I just wanna say, this dropped 2 minute after I just learnt a terrible news and this, legit made me cry. Thank you Azali for all your amazing songs, genuinely, thank you.
So calming, sounds like a song that would play when you enter a park
Just give this guy a job already, this music is amazing!
i like to think that this music piece is playing while you're having a lil tea party with a friend. and you're friend's peaceful banter is the captions on this video
This is the song that plays when the sun shines after a massive storm
i've never tasted blossom tea, but if i ever will i'd imagine it would taste like this song
azali using the phrases yapfest and yappening is definitely a development
the yapocalypse
yappagedon
the yapture
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The piece is beautiful, and the commentary is really insightful!
"I wonder what my thoughts would be like if I had no language to channel them through" goes actually so hard. Like it resonated really deeply with me.
I want to sit under a tree on a hill and listen to this. It's so calming yet it has a hint of sadness to it. I found the captions so interesting, it's cool that you gave us all the director's cut in the description, I'll always enjoy the addition of captions to these things.
THE DAY ONLY GETS DULLER AS IT GOES ON, DESPITE EVERYTHING YOUVE DONE, YOUR STILL YOU, AND YOU SHOULDNT FORGET.
your entries about stuff you learn is so cool!!! your description of theory being like a language makes so much sense too :0 reading your thoughts in general is great. I journal in a similar way, but it’s mainly about my emotions since that’s what I have the most trouble understanding and learning about lol. Anywho, beautiful song! you should share more of your findings 👁️
I just really love the way that the music fits perfectly when azali is talking, besides de great harmony of this one and the way it naturally goes with te wid, thaks for the beatiful song
100%! I feel like music theory is good at helping you to learn how to achieve the sound that you want and to be able to analyse others' work to decode how they achieved things that you think sound cool, but at the end of the day I just go with what feels/sounds right instead of getting all mathematical about it. All of your compositions are great but whatever music theory you learn really shines through and it's awesome to watch your progress :)
Feels very...sweet romance...or seeing past happy memories... something somber yet...warm...so...good.
The yappening further enhanced the video
It sounds like you are finally home and everything can go back to normal. Life is finally shaping into something beautiful.
On my first listen, the swapping from 3/4 to 4/4 and back and forth was so surprising! I was vibing to this song cause I love waltzy 3/4 music (I think I’ve commented something to that effect before), and as I was counting along to the song I noticed the 4/4 change! It’s amazing how smoothly it transitions and this is a beautiful piece
Azali's deep insight session accompanied by this beautiful music goes SO HARD
I really liked the way you've phrased things :)
"but it is these words that give us not only a way to communicate our thoughts to others, but the ability to see the world through their lens."
Tbh watching that video of you making one in real time just makes me appreciate these even more.
I can just imagine a relationship scene where you sit on your partners lap at the blossom tree. As the pedals fall down and you stare at the tree.
I like going through older stuff. This is sublime. Love your breadth of styles.
"Apologies in advance for the incoming yapfest but..."
Nah, bro. We all are here for the music AND the yapping. It enhances the experience.
I love that the songs have subtitles it makes it easier to know what the author was going for or just to learn more about a piece of their minds which at least I find very interesting!
"it seems the more rules you immerse yourself in, the less you are limited by them."
I feel that so hard.
in my whole life i was immersed on my thoughts and i never cared attention on world around me, so careless about others or about how that affects me. However i was always inside of things i love to work with, feeling lost and going deeper and deeper. Understanding and ascending, it's a weird feeling, but in the same time cozy.
In fact.
When more you dominate something.
When more you start loving it.
When more you understand your doubts and questions.
More you are limitless.
you're just... idk, the music is like a cornucopia. my playlist with music never ceases to be replenished with it)
Me when I realize that music theory is like the teabag of making music. It provides the foundation of how to make it, however you decide what to put in it to create the music you want.
this honestly is just my favorite song youve made tbh. its just so beautiful and heartfelt, and your whole essay on music theory SOMEHOW made it more emotional. god bless, azali
your musical creations and the captions in your videos always feel so intimate and friendly. you allow me a little peek into your thoughts, and a window into your day and the state of mind you were in when you created it. they're like flash video essays with lovely bgm to accompany, i can't ever not listen to a song of yours for the first time without the captions on. heartfelt, thank you
thank you very much !!
I'm really happy you feel this way about my work, especially since it's kind of how I feel while making them haha
it often feels like a kind of show and tell, where I get to show a bunch of friends what I've been learning and working on for the previous few days :)
“Once this begins to occur, it even starts to shape the way you form thoughts to begin with. Nowadays, there are many choices that come second nature to me in my music, that I would never have thought to make beforehand.”
That really resonated with me. I started learning guitar fairly recently and writing music on that instead of piano. The way I mentally group chord shapes on it is totally different than on piano or using a piano roll, so the music I’ve written on it has ended up pretty different.
This sounds like watching clouds at sunset. It’s a gentle warm wind that makes them drift, and somehow, your eyes take in all the sights at once.
Just remember, friends. Some of the most beautiful sights can be seen in the most mundane places.
Dissonant keys are so beautiful, kinda makes you self reflect sometimes, even tho you don't want to it just comes out of now where.
Honestly, that's the way I just like to perceive things, and that's why I really wanna learn theory. To me theory (and math cause that's my field) was never viewed as "rules", but rather tools and structures. They require you to learn how to use them, but once you do, they can help you organize what you're doing and you can put together complex things in a way that clicks and makes sense in your head.
By the way, I think this one had a lot fewer tense moments. I think this is one of your happiest songs yet :)
oh man, i didn't thought this with video would be that deep... the studies really refined the production
sounds like spring! this is perfect for my flower collecting!
i’m going to be pressing and trying to make perfume out of my hyacinth garden this year…
That's such a poetic manner to describe music theory, relating it to words and language.
People can convey ideas with body language alone, but without the finesse of words, they come off as simple and rough.
Maybe music theory is the grammar that form the structure of random sounds into pleasant music.
Anyway, good song.
I really like your way of phrasing it here !!!!
i was a language major 😎
@@Emerald-kun OHH interesting !!!
I studied math and cs 😭😭😭😭
@@AZALI00013 HUH NOWAYING 🤯 thought for sure that the guy with the music channel would be a music student lmao
i like how the captions kinda go with the beat of the music
It sounds like something out of Minecraft or Genshin Impact. Very nice. Love to hear a "cherry blossom" version of this someday. 🥰
I think you got it pretty much spot on.
Theory isn't rules. It's a way of describing what's already there. The reason why it can be used to make music sound nice is because we notice the patterns.
And since there is no rules, you can make new music just like you can write new poems!
your music really gives out a theme about life, in a way, inspirational. i certainly saw the story in this one, thank you so much for your compositions! don't stop yet, you are almost at the top of the mountain, whatever that peak is for you.
i want to write so badly every time i listen to your music, you accomplish such an emotional response and feeling so perfectly every time and its so wonderful its why i always keep listening and always come back, to feel something special and new again and again.
I really like this one, this piano makes me happy! But.. it's... so... relaxin'... *sleep*
the music and ur "yapfest" really do make my brain happily think and its pretty cool :D
If it was a music for a game I think it would be the main ost of the lobby/hub! As chill as you could wish 😌
woah. im actually speechles like i cant think of anything to say my thoughts completely emptied. this is the most peace ive felt in a while, thank you o7
You have a way with words and a way with music, they mix very well
thank you very much !!
I'm honored you feel so :)
Man this is some great background music to listen on loop. I would love to listen to more of these
this is probably the best only acoustic instruments song that you have ever composed, and when combined with the journal entry, it's perfect. makes me wish there was a super like or something
very blossom teay. 💖
Its kinda relaxing, reminds me of like standing in a field of flowers and butterflies. Or maybe those little ponds with the lilies, lol
Anyway, I love it !
I think the captions are extremely relatable
Also I love your happy songs
Not really a music example but a graphic designer I'm learning about and a pretty famous one at that is known for breaking rules and conventions, it's interesting and inspiring to see that it's a valid strategy to bend or break the rules in favor of just doing what you like, using what you think will work, and having fun
The subtitles being in sync is so damn good, also, i agree on music theory being a way to put on words the things that happens on music, without it i would be dead trying to explain what happens on my or someone else pieces lmao
this one is going into my playlist immediately
this song is to beautiful 😭😭 if youre still learning music theory, i seriously cant imagine how good youll be in a few years, no, A YEAR. youve come so far in just a year istg your music is so URGGH 💗💗 i love the desc btw so good
You don't have to feel limited in any way by theory. It's there for a reason but It's not so much rules as a way of conceptualizing what we like in music. Experimenting and pushing the boundary of theory is something quite a few artist do, and it's not wrong. There are no rules for creativity since creativity is not objective
just might be the best tea i've ever had
This is so beautiful. I've really been struggling to make pieces that I find good as of late, I've been sort of falling into a state where I don't even want to compose anymore, and this really helped me to put things into perspective. Thank you for your wisdom, and keep it up :D
This music reminds me of an idea I had for a little visual novel i want to make one day. As in I have a playlist, some notes, decent art skills and a friend who can code saying she might help me for jokes over summer. It's silly. It's tough to explain. I barely know how to begin or how to commit. I still hope that we can make it.
You're not talking too much btw. Your discussion is wonderful, having found your own meaning and space inside a larger concept.
It sounds so refreshing to me compared to your few previous pieces idk why, this is so good 😭
I see the beginning of a love story at lovely park with the glimmering pond on a bright sunny day
this is what i want to hear in a cafe on a rainy day..
your subtitles really made me think lol
after all nothing changed
The apocalypse begins over the horizon
but after all... We still remember what it means to live
everything after everything, won't change
and we just have to live... and to find... happiness
I admire your mindset of committing to something and striving to improve yourself dude
I'm very happy you feel so !!
@@AZALI00013 keep up the good work!🫶 I look forward to ur new posts
Keep up the good work bro
Azali is becoming music socrates. Love the song!
😭😭😭
but I'm really happy you enjoyed !!
Your music is Awsome! the personal subtitles are always cool to read, love your works of art! 👍
its like im sitting beside a sakura tree while enjoying a beautiful sunset on the horizon.......simply beautiful
i adore this song so much. whenever you make somgs like this it always fills me with happiness and serves as a reminder to keep going through life. the fact you dont need words to show that just shows how powerful your ability to write music is. keep up the good stuff azali :)
Not gonna lie this is awasome cuz it feels like you are getting closet to the end of the story
Oh man. Azali's really thinking deep with this one
We all shall partake in drinking our finest tea to such finest music 🧐🍵👌
You know what? Thank you.
The things you said, really put me in another perspective. I was having a block in what to do, how to progress; I think that writting like you do about what is in your mind is something I want to implement.
Also, your music is too perfect to immerse oneself in thoughts.
You're definitely improving, keep doing good work, i'm here to listen to you. :)
Didn't know you were good at yapping lol. I enjoy reading and listening to your music at once at it makes it feel like the music was built around your yapping lol. The way you summed up music theory was incredibly done. Amazing work
It feels so relaxing, bittersweet, peaceful and joyful in a very soft way. Idk how to describe it fully but either way its great
tea and peace
no happy song
is a peace song
:)❤️
Your experience with learning about music theory after almost just by instinct and taste you already made music... reveals a more vivid vision, instead of the typical theory that seeks to pigeonhole everything, becoming boring and frustrating and that making it limiting as well. ...
You are right to see it as language in general, it is a whole structure that knowing it does not really limit us, knowing it helps us establish and decide at will what we want and not use now with greater security. in your own description you describe everything, always precise and natural, I love that you are always moving forward, making beautiful music and sharing your thoughts.❤️
Heck yeah I loved your so called "yapfest".
I've asked myself the same question a lot: music theory, what should I think about it.
And I really really wanted a simple answer to make me stop thinking about it so much. And I think... I think I found it!
It's a way to find new ideas, and a different way to enjoy music, or rather be surprised by it!
this song tastes like blossom tea
I also feel like this when it comes to learning music theory. I actually studied traditionally only for one and a half year, and that was amazing, but ever since I learn it by myself on my own pace. And it is sooo true that the learning and practicing of it even start to shape the way we form our thoughts... It is so soothing to immerse ourselves in the process of making music and realizing it is even more and more a part of what we are and how we see the world. Music is language after all
best regards from brazil!
The recent Merg's video thumbnail was a bit concerning, thank you for this piece it really helps to wash my eyes after seeing that :D
this is the most relaxing song i’ve listened to you i think
good job!
plus i love how you view music theory too… maybe i should try it some time!
This is beautiful and elegant, I love it.
To whomever reads this i hope your day goes wonderfully!
Back to classic AZALI music, just so peak 🙏
I was thinking of making a much more wilder comment, but decided to be normal today