Totally true your video, I subscribe to 100%. I have two jobs, one as a Musician/Composer and the second as a IT support, and your reflection applies in both cases and can be applied to all types of work. If I don't stay calm and don't stay focused as much as possible on computing, I can even make mistakes that I have no way of fixing, so yes, being cordial and calm in stressful situations is the best option to reach good port.
Not the video I expected from this channel, but still a good lesson (altough I was pretty familiar with most of the concepts shared) Thanks Alex and the rest of the team!
We had always planned something like this for a later season, but it felt like the right time and opportunity for it! It’s something that’s in my mind pretty much every day 👍🏻
Fantastic video and maybe one of the most important lessons to learn. Along with a really thoughtful exploration of why it’s important to be nice, and the real life stressful situations composers often find ourselves in. Well done! And shout out to whoever animated the flow-chart graphic of all the people you run into in a career! Wow, that must have taken a while! 😅
Totally agree, David. It’s almost more important than the music in a way. It’s the classic ‘you could write the best piece of music, but without anyone around you, nobody will hear it’. We need other people, and just being nice and good to work with is the easiest way to make that network around you grow. And yes, Michael is awesome, every animation he comes up with is great! Some really cool ones in upcoming videos too 😉
Exactly! I think deep down it is a natural thing to do, but we get stressed out and it becomes more difficult. Just putting a bit of effort back into it goes a long way 😊
This kind of content is even more valuable than the already great theoretical/practical pure music-making stuff of yours that I've enjoyed so much in this channel. I'm glad to see you just take those cantankerous curmudgeons' reproaches as a basis for a lesson that can clearly be taken further in nearly every aspect of our lives. If every single picky wrong bit of our best efforts should be taken for total failure, I don't think most of those whingers would even be fit to appear as purity guardians and complain for an otherwise outstanding material. Please, keep up the good job!
Thanks, Marc. It’s definitely a product of the internet that we tar everything with the same brush when we see a mistake, or don’t like something. There’s almost another lesson to be had, to do with analysis, especially musically. But the real lesson is still there; troll comments might be remembered, but the person who made them will be forgotten. Nice comments mean nice people, and nice people get remembered 🎉
It is hard for to me understand why anyone would be ugly about one of your videos? You impart rich amounts of knowledge (especially for people like me that is a true amateur) using your most valuable resource, your Time. It is not too hard to deliver a positive and honest means of communication. I find the best results are usually found through humility, altruism, and a smile on my face. I'd give my you my nose and right leg for half of your skills. I have no idea what was said? Regardless, thank you for taking the time for making these videos so new comers (like myself, that shares your passion for music) can have a chance to grow and develop as a musician.
A bit awkward isnt it, that scoring gigs/grants/contracts are often awarded based on personal cliques, who ask everyone outside the clique to "be nice", while being rather rude in general, to those outside their clique and sometimes rather rude to others inside the clique as well. Like junior high school all over again, this music business.
I don’t think any scoring gigs are based on personal cliques. What makes you think that? I also don’t think anyone (apart from me here 😅) is asking anyone to be nice. It’s just something that is a good catalyst when you are, and makes people end up remembering you and thinking well of you.
I appreciate you making this video. As a newb to composition (more specifically, to classical music repertoire) I found this video on form for the Sonata great! Do you have any recommendations on books I can read that explain other classical music composition form?
I have Schoenberg's 'Fundamentals of Musical Composition' on my shelf which covers some stuff at the start of the book. But it's quite a complex thing after that. One of the best ways of learning, slow as it might be, is just going through scores while listening to pieces. If they're really well known then they'll also probably have a wikipedia entry that breaks them down even further, and so a lot can be learnt from one piece that way.
The books by Charles Rosen are wonderful books that talks about form, authors and music, regarding sonatas, he wrote "Sonata Forms", which I find illuminating.
You really didn’t have to go through the trouble of censoring my profile picture and name - I stand by what I said, and RUclips is a public forum. May I ask what did you find especially contentious or impolite about my comment apart from my mentioning that it was incoherent? I could have explained what I disagreed with in your original video in a more “elaborate” and fancy way, but my point would have remained the same, and it wouldn’t have come across as effectively. When people leave critical comments under your video that disagree with your point, they’re not exclusively doing it as part of a personal attack. When you leave a comment section open under your video, it usually means that you’re receptive to open dialogue and discussion, which I thought was the case here. Also: RUclips comments lack the nonverbal cues/emotional attachment present in real-world discussions, so you might not have even been offended if I said all this to you face to face.
Hey! I think I replied to your comment on the previous video? I don’t think it was impolite at all. We thought our stance here was done with enough humour, and we don’t hold any grudges - it was just too good an opportunity to pass up doing an episode we had planned for later on in the season in combination with a correction video. I hope some of the two videos were helpful, at least!
@@alexlamymusic Oh no, I can see now that you did - RUclips didn’t send me a notification again… As a matter of fact, I had to check that you replied to me under this video manually. I don’t know why that happens. Fair enough; thank you for clearing that up! You can disregard my comment about not being open to discussion and all that jazz. In truth, I didn’t have that grave of an issue with your original video, to begin with, I just thought there were some points which needed some clarification because of the editing. Thank you for proving that the film composing community is objectively better when it comes to attitude than any other music community. 😎
Being nice is something that doesn't get mentioned enough! It's really one of those things that I had never learned in (music) school.
Totally true your video, I subscribe to 100%.
I have two jobs, one as a Musician/Composer and the second as a IT support, and your reflection applies in both cases
and can be applied to all types of work.
If I don't stay calm and don't stay focused as much as possible on computing, I can even make mistakes that I have no way of fixing,
so yes, being cordial and calm in stressful situations is the best option to reach good port.
Totally agree, Gaby! It does apply to all parts of life. Simply trying to be nice goes a long way 😊
Another wonderful video demonstrating an important technique and using your own example of it!
Alex does not take prisoners. Excellent video OT and Berklee.
Thanks, Harriet! 😂
Not the video I expected from this channel, but still a good lesson (altough I was pretty familiar with most of the concepts shared) Thanks Alex and the rest of the team!
We had always planned something like this for a later season, but it felt like the right time and opportunity for it! It’s something that’s in my mind pretty much every day 👍🏻
@@alexlamymusic For sure, good communication is key when working with other people!
Fantastic video and maybe one of the most important lessons to learn. Along with a really thoughtful exploration of why it’s important to be nice, and the real life stressful situations composers often find ourselves in. Well done!
And shout out to whoever animated the flow-chart graphic of all the people you run into in a career! Wow, that must have taken a while! 😅
Totally agree, David. It’s almost more important than the music in a way. It’s the classic ‘you could write the best piece of music, but without anyone around you, nobody will hear it’. We need other people, and just being nice and good to work with is the easiest way to make that network around you grow.
And yes, Michael is awesome, every animation he comes up with is great! Some really cool ones in upcoming videos too 😉
Brilliant! One of the most important lessons in life. Actually, this should be a natural thing to do.
Exactly! I think deep down it is a natural thing to do, but we get stressed out and it becomes more difficult. Just putting a bit of effort back into it goes a long way 😊
Bravo! Loved your take on this.
Cheers, Rik!
Hello, guys.
Yes, a little lesson in psychology for many people is a must! )
Thanks for the excellent lessons!
Regards, Yaroslav.
This kind of content is even more valuable than the already great theoretical/practical pure music-making stuff of yours that I've enjoyed so much in this channel.
I'm glad to see you just take those cantankerous curmudgeons' reproaches as a basis for a lesson that can clearly be taken further in nearly every aspect of our lives. If every single picky wrong bit of our best efforts should be taken for total failure, I don't think most of those whingers would even be fit to appear as purity guardians and complain for an otherwise outstanding material. Please, keep up the good job!
Thanks, Marc. It’s definitely a product of the internet that we tar everything with the same brush when we see a mistake, or don’t like something. There’s almost another lesson to be had, to do with analysis, especially musically. But the real lesson is still there; troll comments might be remembered, but the person who made them will be forgotten. Nice comments mean nice people, and nice people get remembered 🎉
I love this video! Thanks for the gold advise 😄🙌🏻
Cheers, Felipe!
It is hard for to me understand why anyone would be ugly about one of your videos? You impart rich amounts of knowledge (especially for people like me that is a true amateur) using your most valuable resource, your Time. It is not too hard to deliver a positive and honest means of communication. I find the best results are usually found through humility, altruism, and a smile on my face. I'd give my you my nose and right leg for half of your skills. I have no idea what was said? Regardless, thank you for taking the time for making these videos so new comers (like myself, that shares your passion for music) can have a chance to grow and develop as a musician.
Nice! 🙂
omg！So true！Thanks！
A bit awkward isnt it, that scoring gigs/grants/contracts are often awarded based on personal cliques, who ask everyone outside the clique to "be nice", while being rather rude in general, to those outside their clique and sometimes rather rude to others inside the clique as well. Like junior high school all over again, this music business.
I don’t think any scoring gigs are based on personal cliques. What makes you think that?
I also don’t think anyone (apart from me here 😅) is asking anyone to be nice. It’s just something that is a good catalyst when you are, and makes people end up remembering you and thinking well of you.
I appreciate you making this video. As a newb to composition (more specifically, to classical music repertoire) I found this video on form for the Sonata great! Do you have any recommendations on books I can read that explain other classical music composition form?
I have Schoenberg's 'Fundamentals of Musical Composition' on my shelf which covers some stuff at the start of the book. But it's quite a complex thing after that. One of the best ways of learning, slow as it might be, is just going through scores while listening to pieces. If they're really well known then they'll also probably have a wikipedia entry that breaks them down even further, and so a lot can be learnt from one piece that way.
The books by Charles Rosen are wonderful books that talks about form, authors and music, regarding sonatas, he wrote "Sonata Forms", which I find illuminating.
Great video on socal skills. I think Alex is always nice, except when he quantizes everything to F&©$!
😈 happy to be on both sides here! 😈 😂
May you have a demo project for your music intro ❤ 0:33
You really didn’t have to go through the trouble of censoring my profile picture and name - I stand by what I said, and RUclips is a public forum. May I ask what did you find especially contentious or impolite about my comment apart from my mentioning that it was incoherent? I could have explained what I disagreed with in your original video in a more “elaborate” and fancy way, but my point would have remained the same, and it wouldn’t have come across as effectively. When people leave critical comments under your video that disagree with your point, they’re not exclusively doing it as part of a personal attack. When you leave a comment section open under your video, it usually means that you’re receptive to open dialogue and discussion, which I thought was the case here. Also: RUclips comments lack the nonverbal cues/emotional attachment present in real-world discussions, so you might not have even been offended if I said all this to you face to face.
Hey! I think I replied to your comment on the previous video?
I don’t think it was impolite at all. We thought our stance here was done with enough humour, and we don’t hold any grudges - it was just too good an opportunity to pass up doing an episode we had planned for later on in the season in combination with a correction video. I hope some of the two videos were helpful, at least!
@@alexlamymusic Oh no, I can see now that you did - RUclips didn’t send me a notification again… As a matter of fact, I had to check that you replied to me under this video manually. I don’t know why that happens. Fair enough; thank you for clearing that up! You can disregard my comment about not being open to discussion and all that jazz. In truth, I didn’t have that grave of an issue with your original video, to begin with, I just thought there were some points which needed some clarification because of the editing. Thank you for proving that the film composing community is objectively better when it comes to attitude than any other music community. 😎