MusicMyLife

If you cannot think of new ideas or new tunes, there's a simple solution.  Disclaimer: This is mainly for beginners. If you're an advanced musician, you probably know this already. 1)Generally, the best compositions are made when you don't expect them. Let's say you're sitting and just playing random notes or chords on your instrument, just relaxing, and you suddenly feel like singing. Without thinking, you play a progression of chords and start singing whatever comes to your mind. That's happened to me and a lot of other people a lot of times, and usually they're better than the planned compositions. 2)However, another tip to making a great composition is to think out of the box. This means going beyond what you're taught. It's not tough at all, so beginners, or people who are scared of exploring, just read this. All you have to do, is find the same notes you're taught in another part of the instrument. Let's take the C scale and the...

I assume most of us reading this post right now play some sort of instrument. Surely, you've seen people play it faster than you and you're just sitting there thinking "I have to be like this guy"...well, I've gone through it too, and I still do, but here are a few tips I've learned that actually did help me become faster at my instrument. 1)Play it slow: Nobody started playing their instrument fast from the beginning. It takes patience and effort. Just play the lick slowly, and repeatedly. It will go into your muscle memory soon, if you do this step properly. That would increase your speed over days, weeks, years, whatever your capacity is. (I really hope it isn't years) 2)Play it fast: In contrast to my previous point, there's another theory which most people disagree with, but I've tried it and it worked for me. Try playing it fast. In the beginning, you might not even be able to get the notes right, but sometimes you just don't have the...