Transcended Dimensions

Actually, practice alone will get me nowhere because I'll just continue creating melodies that I think are astonishing and convey what I want to convey, when they really don't. So, I'll need more musical knowledge, in addition to practice. I'll need to know how to create astonishing melodies and songs that convey what I want to convey. By the way, I said earlier that the moods I mostly wish to convey are otherworldly. When I say "otherworldly," I mean "from another dimension." Now, I don't wish to convey otherworldly moods in general. There are specific otherworldly moods I wish to convey. When composers make music, they often wish to convey specific moods. For example, John Williams didn't want to create any mystical theme in general. He wanted to create a specific mystical theme (a theme that conveys the world of Harry Potter). As for these specific otherworldly moods I wish to convey, I'm unable to describe them. I'm also unable to describe the other specific moods I wish to convey.

Now, I'm going to clarify a few things. Firstly, when I say I wish to compose astonishing music, I simply mean music that many people will love (music that has many likes and few dislikes). Secondly, when I said my 1st melody was profound, I meant it was much better than some shallow melody. There's shallow music, which conveys a shallow mood. For example, there's lame, dull music on the radio, which conveys a shallow mood. But, then there's profound music, which conveys a profound mood. An example of profound music would be Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror." Even without the lyrics, it's still profound. It conveys a much more profound (a much better) mood than some lame, dull song on the radio. Thus, it's a much better song that deeply moves the audience. Now, when I said my 1st melody was profound, I wasn't saying my other melodies were shallow. I was just saying they weren't as good, since they don't convey a mood that's as good (as profound) as what my 1st melody conveys. But, people don't think it's a profound melody. They think it's lame and uninteresting. So, I was wrong when I said it's profound, and I was also wrong when I said it's an astonishing and otherworldly melody. With that being said, I'm going to discuss another thing. I was using pure instinct alone in creating my melodies. Allow me to explain. I'm going to use rage as an example. If you're enraged, then there's 2 ways you can instinctively express that rage. These ways are non-intellectual, since they're instinctive (don't require any thought). The 1st way would be yelling, punching, frowning, etc. The 2nd way would be creating a melody in your head. My assumption was that practically anyone can naturally/instinctively create a profound, astonishing melody that conveys rage by using the 2nd way/method. I assumed this because I thought creating melodies in one's head was a matter of one's own artistic instincts. So, I thought I was naturally creating a profound, otherworldly melody in my head. I transcribed this melody, added in the proper chords using Hookpad, and shared it with others. But, oddly, others don't think it's a profound, otherworldly melody. Others also don't like my other melodies, and they say they don't convey the scenes I've described. So, clearly, I don't have this natural ability of creating astonishing melodies in my head that convey what I want to convey. With that being said, I'm going to discuss one last thing. Some people would say my melodies are too simplistic to be astonishing, and they'd ask me why I thought they were astonishing, despite their simplicity. Well, it's because a work of art doesn't have to be a complicated masterpiece to be astonishing. There are simplistic works of art, such as simple melodies and songs, that are astonishing, profound, and memorable. There are also melodies and songs that are predictable, and many of them are astonishing, profound, and memorable. My melodies are predictable. But, I still thought they were great. As it turns out, they're nothing great or remotely good.

The moods I wish to convey are otherworldly. Some of these moods are powerful and/or profound. I'm unable to fully describe these moods because there are just certain moods we can't articulate. Now, there'll be other moods I wish to convey, such as happiness or drama. But, I mostly wish to convey those otherworldly moods. I'll just give you the music sheet to my 1st melody, which I thought was a profound, otherworldly melody. The music sheet is the file attached to this post. My choice of notes is purely based on instinct/inspiration alone. I channel powerful and/or profound emotion in creating melodies in my head. In other words, I let the emotion/inspiration alone create the melodies. From there, I transcribe them. Now, since my melodies were spawned from powerful and/or profound emotion, I automatically assumed they were powerful and/or profound melodies. In other words, I assumed my melodies matched the emotion that was channeled in creating them. I thought my powerful and/or profound emotions were taking on a musical form. But, I was wrong, since people don't think my melodies are powerful and/or profound. Neither do they think they convey the scenes I've described. I've channeled emotion in creating melodies for specific scenes, and I assumed these created melodies conveyed said scenes. But, I was wrong. I find certain video game and anime theme songs astonishing. When I say I find them astonishing, I mean I love them. I love them because of the mood they convey. For example, there are theme songs for evil anime characters, which convey a badass mood, and that's why I love these themes. Most people love them as well because they have many likes and few dislikes on youtube.

First of all, when I say I wish to make astonishing melodies, I mean melodies that astonish most people. If, let's pretend, my melodies had thousands of views, ratings, and comments, and most people weren't astonished by these melodies, then I wouldn't consider them to be astonishing. If most people disliked them, then I wouldn't consider them to be good melodies either. As you can see, when determining whether a melody, song, or certain product is good or astonishing, you must go by what most people think. If the overall rating is excellent and most people are astonished, then that melody, song, or product was obviously astonishing and very good. There are many musical compositions on youtube and soundcloud that have many likes and few dislikes. That means they're very good, and some of them astonish most people. My goal is to create compositions, such as melodies or songs, that are also very good and astonishing, and upload them to youtube and soundcloud for many people to view, rate, and comment. Now, what makes me think the melodies I've just shared aren't very good and astonishing? Well, it's because I've shared them to enough people, and the responses I've got were just a slight or moderate liking of them (no astonishment), apathy towards them, or dislike. Most people disliked them or were apathetic towards them. Furthermore, plenty of people have viewed this forum thread/topic. If my melodies really were very good and astonishing, many people would've responded to this topic with praise. But, only 2 people have responded. I've also created this same topic on another forum, which has even more views, and nobody has responded. With that being said, I'm going to say one last thing here, which is that, when most people agree that a composition conveys a particular person or thing, that means it conveys that person or thing. For example, since most people agree the Superman theme conveys Superman, that means it conveys him. But, of all the people I've shared my 1st melody with, nobody agrees it conveys an otherworldly scene. So, that means it doesn't convey said scene. Nobody thinks it's a profound melody either. So, that means it's not profound. As for my other melodies, nobody thinks they convey the scenes I thought they conveyed either. As a composer, I wish to not only impact/astonish the audience, but to do so in such a way that whatever I wish to convey is actually being conveyed. I'm obviously not achieving this goal. So, I'm considering giving up composing.

Thanks for your response. Now, I no longer think my melodies are astonishing. Why is that? Well, if they were astonishing, you and others would be astonished by them. Also, I no longer think they convey what I thought they conveyed. For example, with my 1st melody, I said it was profound and otherworldly. If it really was a profound/astonishing melody that conveyed an otherworldly scene, listeners would be astonished by it, and they'd say it's profound and otherworldly. Since this isn't the case, that must mean it's just some ordinary melody that I thought was profound and otherworldly, when it really wasn't. So, clearly, I'm projecting false judgments upon my melodies. This is a problem because I want to create astonishing melodies that actually convey whatever I wish to convey. I don't want to be creating melodies that I just think are astonishing and convey what I want to convey, when they really don't.

I'm going to share a few melodies I've composed. Now, I'm a complete novice at composing, which means these melodies might be senseless rubbish. From my perspective, they're astonishing melodies that convey specific moods. For example, when listening to my 1st melody, I think it conveys a profound, otherworldly mood/scene. So, I think it's a profound melody (an astonishing melody) that conveys something otherworldly. But, I can't trust my own judgment because, as I said, I'm a complete novice at composing. So, just because I judge my melodies as astonishing, profound, or powerful, and just because I judge them as conveying specific scenes, events, or characters, doesn't mean I should trust said judgment. Any musical judgment I make might be false. But, if, let's pretend, I became a professional composer with a lot of musical knowledge, then I could trust my musical judgment because it wouldn't be false. Anyway, before I share my melodies, I wish to say that my goal as a composer is to create compositions, such as melodies or songs, that are not only astonishing, but convey the specific moods I wish to convey. Talented composers are able to achieve this goal. For example, John Williams has created astonishing compositions that conveyed what he wanted to convey, which was the world of Harry Potter and Star Wars, the character Superman, etc. I'm not implying I wish to be as talented as John Williams. I'm just saying I wish to possess the level of talent required to achieve my composing goal. I think I have this talent because I think my melodies are astonishing and convey the specific moods I wanted to convey. But, I might not have that talent, and I just think I do. With that being said, I'm going to share my melodies, which have chord progressions. I used Hookpad to compose, by the way: https://soundcloud.com/user-432115982/melody1?si=506637fe9149408b91ef1f9e01c21355&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/user-432115982/melody1alternateversion?si=0c804df2f1364ac6b237ac81a349ff9c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/user-432115982/melody2?si=b6513946834049db9ce1db4bb8f10d94&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/user-432115982/melody3?si=9c13cb3e9db24b59a8a751db3add5f89&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/user-432115982/melody4?si=99dec3cc2c164fe98125bba4938f125e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I did start off with tunes on the piano that I found to convey the catchy, profound, and powerful emotions I describe. So, from my perspective, these tunes of mine do convey what I describe them to be even while played on a basic instrument such as a piano. I do not understand this because, again, other people are telling me that my tunes convey nothing of the sort. From my perspective, the notes of these tunes don't need any more development. If they do, then I am not exactly sure what you mean by that. Nonetheless, I will learn what I need to learn to create good music. If I am fully trained and educated in the future and, yet, I still find myself in the same predicament, then something is going on here that I cannot explain. I did share my music in my opening post. It is the link to the playlist of my tunes at the bottom of that opening post.

My goal is to compose music that is catchy and conveys profound and powerful emotion. It would really be no different than how there are, for example, very memorable, catchy songs and tunes in video games and anime. I plan on composing music like this. But a strange issue I am having here is that, when I produce a certain tune that, from my perspective, is catchy and conveys profound and powerful emotion, it is nothing of the sort when I go and share it to others. Other people report that, yes, it is an actual tune since it has a rhythm and whatnot to make it actual music, but that the tune itself is nothing catchy, does not convey any profound and powerful emotion, and that it's a tune that consists of randomly plucked out notes like a cat walking on the keyboard. From my perspective, I see nothing of the sort at all. But, from other people's perspective, they see it as being so. As a matter of fact, the notes of my tunes do have a pattern to them and aren't just randomly placed notes. I do not understand why others perceive my tunes the way they do and I wish to figure out what is going on here and how to address this issue. I do not want to produce and share music that I simply perceive as catchy and conveying profound and powerful emotion; I wish to produce music that actually conveys the catchy, profound, and powerful emotion I want. Take note that I am a complete beginner to composing and, at this point, I am only putting down the exact notes of these tunes I hear in my mind along with a beat and chords. If you or anyone else would like to listen to one of these tunes I have made, then I would be glad to share one of the soundcloud links to my tunes. Actually, I will go ahead and share my playlist now for others to listen to and figure out what the problem is: https://soundcloud.com/user-432115982/sets/my-best-themes