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Originally Posted by RezZ
Say you had all that knowledge of theory and musical instruments/composing and you decided not to use any of it on your latest project, I would then consider you a producer. While most producers have music degrees or extensive live sound backgrounds their are certainly some that just know what sounds good and have learned to program and edit very well.
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How do you not use any of your knowledge or "theory" on music when writing? and what's wrong with going off what sounds good? the whole point of composition is to write what you feel sounds best in whatever place it's needed and the whole point of theory is develop your sense of form and put it down on paper as clearly as possible. When a student has to write an exercise on harmony avoiding parallel octaves and fifths, repetition and retrogression, he's not learning that these things are bad and therefore should never be used, he's avoiding that which stands out too much until he can make use of them, otherwise his works would be filled with odd appendages and growths that would make the real direction of the composition seem weaker. When it comes to composition it is completely down to your own judgment, not a bunch of rules set down for a student that are in essence stabilisers. Also given the fact that we have become more desensitised to dissonance, the resolve doesn't have to come about immediately, or at all in some cases, greatly opening the possibilities of free form.