Ask HN: How to have fun making music?

1 points by brightmood 3 years ago | 1 comment

Hello dear HN Community.

I have been practicing Piano since 2017 and no matter what I did, I never had lasting fun. I was able to learn this Zelda Song and play it perfectly in metronome https://www.ninsheetmusic.org/download/pdf/1451

I tried to learn improvising, but my short term memory is bad. I took Online lessons since I did not find a teacher that would drive to me. They were a technical disaster. I'm somewhat immobile since I cannot drive a car because of my disability.

Now, I want to make music and have joy. I can imagine a Song how it should sound, but I cant bring it together. I thought of making music digitally, but I'm lost. I really love classical music.

For now, I'd like to have fun with the most basic forms of music, but I don't know where to start. Piano has been frustrating because it felt like a 'spot the mistake' game. I would practice something, and stop immediately when I made a mistake and play again... Thats no fun...

brudgers 3 years ago |

Music is much much bigger than gatekeepers would like people to believe, and the only thing that matters is what comes out of the speakers.

Find an instrument you enjoy playing. For me,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCtUtI3IeFQ

because it is easy to jack in my headphones, press buttons, spin knobs and make sounds that I enjoy...the important words: easy and enjoy.

Sequencers and arpeggiators are a blessing. Drum machines doubly so. MIDI manna from heaven. Nothing wrong with a piano, but there's no need to wait for decades of practice to get good enough to make myself happy. YMMV.

Good luck.