stringtapper wrote:But that's precisely why actually learning music theory is a process of internalizing the concepts so that you don't have to think, or at least not to the extent that it can derail the creative process.[jur] wrote:But in the meantime I 100% agree with the idea that sometimes/for some musicians thinking while playing music/composing can kill your creativity.
As Charlie Parker is often quoted as saying in one form or another:
"Master your instrument, Master the music, and then forget all that shit and just play."
Well, that's true! But, I personally always feel bored after a few weeks of studying music theory. I'd love to know and master it all, and be free to play with style and without thinking. I just can't, I always end up stop thinking and play, sometimes its sounds good, most of the time it doesn't but I still always find other musicians who like this fucked up way of playing. Some of them are great and trained musicians and I feel shameful playing with them... guess what, some of them feel frustrated because they can't play so fucked up, even drunk