The Value of Studying Music Composition
- Maxwell Casazza
- May 28
- 1 min read
The value of studying music composition instead of traditional music lessons:
learn how music works
musical understanding not limited to a teacher’s musical preferences
engage in the creative process, not just the playing of dots on a page
explore your unique tastes, without excessive reverence to other artists
develop a non-competitive practice that is sustainable
avoid creating a false ideal of what progress means
develop through creation instead of pure analysis and execution
learn the feeling of flow, not limited to someone else’s musical ideas.
In my humble yet seasoned opinion, a musician who doesn’t/can’t write original music, should not be teaching music. This is the only way to relate to how others make music, and have made music in the past.
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