Apparently you are unwilling to acknowledge the simple, self evident fact that some instruments are easier to preform on than others. Therefore, the lower, less complex instruments will always be easier to make pleasant sounds with, even if the musician is not conscious of what the hell he's doing (A.K.A. Joe Shmo off the street.). A cello, on the other hand, requires extraordinary progress and takes months of playing non stop before your material even BEGINS to sound good.As for your harmonica comment, that just drips with lack of knowledge, or an inability to identify the difference between actual playing and just blowing random notes.
Making any kind of music involves some knowledge
If you're talking about experience with listening to a large variety of music spanning many genres, then yes, granted that person can take what he's heard and use it for inspiration. But if you're talking about knowledge of the instrument/time signatures/ etc, then I totally disagree. There are indeed musicians out there who just pick up an instrument they have no knowledge about and start playing. Sometimes the result is pleasant, other times, not so much. Case and point for the latter: the dubstep links posted in this thread. Even if they are following a structure that embodies the "dubstep sound," their music is god awful.
No offense taken, because your opinion is misguided. I crapped this out in less than a month. Imagine what I'm capable of if I dedicate myself to writing a song over a long period of time.If that is your true opinion, no offense, but I would lump you in with the people incapable of making music. You sound like my friends who are all hot to trot to make music and think it's soooo easy, and then they can't even tap out a beat and keep time.
http://soundcloud.com/wmotamedi03/when- ... ummer-long
I have never taken a music theory class in my life. I play by ear, and I collect the right notes, piece them together in a elegant manner, and there's the song. Of course there is complicated stuff that I couldn't dream of playing with my limited expertise.
And about not keeping a beat...I am a fantastic dancer. I can synchronize my body with the beat pretty damn well, and the ladies love it.
Why am I not surprised?It helps if you are drunk
If you need to be intoxicated just to appreciate a genre which you'd otherwise respond with a "meh" to, then that should tell you a lot-- not so much about the person, but about the music itself. Fuck dude, even Rosie O' Donnell would look sexy to you if you're trashed.
It's happened before, many times.
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