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Add more emotion

Apr 15, 2009

RONI: If that's what you want me to play, then say that! JOHN: I DID say that!
RONI: No, you said, "add more emotion"! Who knows what that means! JOHN: People! PEOPLE know what that means!
RONI: Isn't it much easier to remember that I play the root and fifth note as an arpeggio?
JOHN: Yeah, if you're a MIDI sequencer, Roni! DAN: Wait, now I'm not even sure I was playing the same song as you...

Hit more weird notes

Apr 13, 2009

RONI: You mean like... this? JOHN: YES! Yeah. That.
RONI: OK, so when you say you want me to "hit more weird notes" in my solos, you actually want me to use chromatics to create melodic tension. JOHN: I guess.
RONI: (sigh) This would be so much easier if you guys had a strong music theory background. JOHN: Yeah...
JOHN: Or, I mean, if you DIDN'T.

What’s that called?

Apr 9, 2009

COREY BROWN: Hey, you sounded great up there. What was that called?
RONI: Well, my guitar solo used a scale called the Hungarian Minor (or Harmonic Minor #4). It has a large number of half steps and a slightly ambiguous tonal center.
COREY BROWN: I just sort of meant, "What's the name of the song?" RONI: Oh.
RONI: I have no idea.

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