“I met my wife when we were both 19 or 20, at a music school where she was taking voice and piano lessons and I was doing classes in music theory and composition.” SchoolVoiceClassWifeTheoryLessonsMetsMy WifePianoCompositionPiano LessonMusic Theory Author:Rohinton Mistry
“I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.” PeopleKnowsCertainEasyBreakStyleTheoryMusicianSongwritingAmusedWriting StyleMusic Theory Author:Black Francis
“Most of my music theory knowledge is based on piano. But I write on guitar a lot, too. I'm not a great guitar player by any means. I'm not a great instrumentalist. I play piano on stage. I don't play guitar on stage, but I use it to write quite a lot.” WritingMeanPlayUsePlayerStageTheoryGuitarPianoGuitar PlayerMusic TheoryInstrumentalists Author:Zooey Deschanel
“Do everything you can to learn your craft. Score student films for free, attend conferences, learn music theory - do anything and everything you can.” FilmStudentsTheoryCraftsScoreConferencesAnything And EverythingMusic Theory Author:John Keltonic
“When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.” YoungRocksTheoryBandPunkClassical MusicPunk RockRock BandsMusic Theory Author:Moby
“I'm maybe too rude with myself but the fact is that I don't know music theory so I can't tell myself "it's ok now I make good stuff," I need to improve more and more.” KnowsNeedsI CanFactsStuffTheoryRudeMusic Theory Author:Marilou
“I always wanted to be a musician, 100 percent, my whole life. I went to school, I did music theory, I did voice training and piano lessons, and while I was a decent musician, it didn't seem like enough for me. I felt like I wanted to make more than just music.” EnoughWholeSeemsWantedSchoolFeltVoiceTheoryLessonsMusicianTrainingPercentWhole LifePianoDecentPiano LessonMusic Theory Author:Adria Petty
“There are tools that help sharpen freestyle skills like having a diverse vernacular, some sense of music theory, being outspoken, phrasing, spacing, cross word puzzles, thesauruses, the ability to expand on an issue and embellish that with more descriptive terminology.” HelpingAbilityIssuesTheorySkillsToolsCrossesDiversePuzzlesOutspokenTerminologyFreestyleVernacularMusic TheoryThesaurusSpacing Author:Myka 9
“I began seriously concentrating on music study after I entered senior high school. I went to a class in the arts section at the YMCA and learned music theory and composition. Today, there are many classes like this available, but this was not so much the case in those days.” ArtTodaySchoolClassCasesStudyTheoryHigh SchoolAvailableCompositionSeniorSectionsConcentratingMusic TheoryHigh School SeniorYmca Author:Isao Tomita
“I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me.” SchoolTheoryHigh SchoolHalfwaySemesterMusic Theory Author:Blake Judd
“Rock stars are idiots. You know that! Remember this moron never went to music school, never learned music theory and can't read or write music. So why not be suspicious of everything this idiot says?” KnowsWritingSchoolRememberStarsRocksTheoryIdiotWhy NotSuspiciousRock StarMoronMusic Theory Author:Gene Simmons
“When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands.” YearsPlayRocksTheoryLessonsBandJazzGuitarNinePunkClassical MusicFourteenPunk RockNine YearsRock BandsUnlearnPlaying GuitarMusic TheoryClassical Guitar Author:Moby