Steven Wilson: Synesthesia PROG

Porcupine Tree songwriter/producer shares his music making secrets.
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Hack Music Theory is the fast, easy and fun way to make music. Taught by multi-award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony, and his protégé wife Kate. Ray started teaching music theory in 1995, and has made music with Serj Tankian (System Of A Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), Devin Townsend, Ihsahn, and more!
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Revolution Harmony is Ray Harmony & Kate Harmony
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[@HackMusicTheory]

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[@rishavgularia0079]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊😊☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️Sir pls make a video on uses of circle of 5th in music theory how to use this theory in my chord progressions

[@ashikuzzaman4832]

I wanna sleep in a bed made of Steven's voice.

[@05minprod]

I really like the idea of finding new ways to start a song. Forces you out of the norm to explore different creative avenues. Another great video!

[@charlesneuzilmusic7236]

Oh my Goodness! This is so amazing and insightful. I had to listen a few times, the light bulbs started going on like crazy in my head. Mr. Wilson's words immediately began generating ideas that I am now writing down so I don't forget. He created a gold mine in my brain! That was a lot packed into one minute. Thanks so much! 😊🙏🙏🙏

[@distantsea]

This is why I started to learn music by transcribing metal songs I like into orchestral songs. It just has a certain feel to it that I like and I will be working on perfecting as a style as I move forward

[@Mike-rw2nh]

For anyone who wishes they had synaesthesia, you kind of already have a blending of the senses when you automatically allocate a spatial location (high/low notes) to pitches in western music vernacular. Other cultures refer to them as fat/thin.

[@Sean-cr7xk]

Yes i have a band mate that has this, we're no joke going to cover a painting soon😅

[@dotsunmoon7122]

These are great! But I would love some of your own quick hacks for songs.

[@HackMusicTheory]

Our regular "theory hack" videos will be back soon, my friend. Thanks for sticking with us! Ray :)

[@magenta6]

For the past year I have been learning how to create what I am calling "visual instruments" in the TouchDesigner environment. These are audio-reactive programmes that use audio-signals to create representations of objects in 2d and 3d space. There are a lot of examples poor and amazing and mine so far are pretty mediocre at best. There are a plethora of methods and ideas to visually represent music including the now retro algorithms of WinAmp and Milkdrop 3 - but most of what I have seen fail to capture the power, dynamism and subtlety that music can have in the mind of the listener. Initially the imagery generated might be highly engaging, but after 30 seconds of sameness, many audio-reactive algorithms loose their appeal. They fall down the instagram hole, where the average time of engagement is just 16 seconds.
One stepping stone on this journey is to ponder the question of how the sound of a bass note A3 might "look" in comparison with an A3 voiced by a french horn. What objects, shapes, colours can we use to project the qualities (qualia) that the sound each instrument generates? There are many options for each particular sound and it is a slow process to discover what works and what does not. (Most do not!) An incredibly slow grope in the dark. I believe that a lot can be learned from other artistic disciplines. For instance dance and some musical genre are highly interconnected. The choreography of sound and movement is obvious - but do musicians, performance and visual artists have time to learn from each other?
Even the basic rules (including the grammar and language) of each discipline are in themselves life-long endeavours. There simply is so much to learn - but it is definitely fun and rewarding for those with eyes to see and ears to hear!

[@Parrish_Muhoberac]

I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 30 YEARS AND THOUGHT EVERYONE DID THE SAME THING. WEIRD.

[@Crunkboy415]

It's questionable whether synaethesia really helps in creativity. Paul McCartney says he's never experienced it. I think for most musicians bursts of creativity happens spontaneously and unexpectedly, when your mind is free and open to all kinds of stimuli, not just music.