How important is music theory to become great?

[T Prod.]

Is music theory important if your a sampled based producer? I would usually make my own baselines and do my own drums but if im flipping something that has already been composed, learning music theory myself isn't important right?

only you can answer. Forget about the whole thing, and make music.

[OneEleven]

only you can answer. Forget about the whole thing, and make music.

Yeah I agree, but do you think the great sampled based producers today take music theory into consideration? That's judging by quality of music and not sales etc.

[[F_or_DEAF]]

keep doing your thing and hammering at them keys, you will develop your own music theory...

cosign...

make your own "theory".

[T Prod.]

Yeah I agree, but do you think the great sampled based producers today take music theory into consideration? That's judging by quality of music and not sales etc.

you know, I can't really answer this. Every fantastic beat has music theory in it, but you can't tell if it's "from heart" or the guy was thinking about the minor seventh.

don't forget that music theory was created by people. there is a reason why a minor scale sounds good. it's not a rule, it's by law.

when they wrote down the minor scale, they used their ears.

it's music, so using your ears is a good way to go.

but if you want to create some similar feel like your favourite beat (not biting), you're good if you know theory because that beat probably uses some well known chord progression. that's a lot faster to create if you know theory.

[OneEleven]

you know, I can't really answer this. Every fantastic beat has music theory in it, but you can't tell if it's "from heart" or the guy was thinking about the minor seventh.

don't forget that music theory was created by people. there is a reason why a minor scale sounds good. it's not a rule, it's by law.

when they wrote down the minor scale, they used their ears.

it's music, so using your ears is a good way to go.

but if you want to create some similar feel like your favourite beat (not biting), you're good if you know theory because that beat probably uses some well known chord progression. that's a lot faster to create if you know theory.

Ah I understand you, even if I myself don't have any idea about music theory when sampling a track, the track I sample will no doubt have alot of theory behind it. The ear is the most important thing to sample based producers.

[T Prod.]

Ah I understand you, even if I myself don't have any idea about music theory when sampling a track, the track I sample will no doubt have alot of theory behind it. The ear is the most important thing to sample based producers.

and for every other producer too.

[Robot Sunset Extreme]

The only guys that didn't know theory sampled because the music is in the samples. The audience wants melody and chords to feel emotions.

The only ones who dint know theory sampled and since sampling is gone, you do the math.

For those of you who want to be producers, take a month outta your life to memorize scales and understand the basics. It will open up your ability to do things efficiently and give you more scope as far as inventiveness.

They are not rules??? MT is a language. Once you speak it, you can say whatever you want.

But if you don't speak the language your will just be mumbling.

To you it makes sense what you are mumbling, but the audience, the ones you are trying to communicate with won't understand you.

You will forever be that retard walking down the street mumbling to himself.

Anyone can make noises, but it takes music theory to speak to peoples souls. (emotions)

[[F_or_DEAF]]

Creativity and imagination was there before ANY theory came.

TRUE.

and if you really wanna get technical, CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION CREATED THEORY.

[[F_or_DEAF]]

If you want to improve your playing, you need to start PLAYING! Not sit and read a book and try to learn a bunch of terms.

/thread.

hands on > book knowledge

[T Prod.]

TRUE.

and if you really wanna get technical, CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION CREATED THEORY.

creativity and imagination also created the technology how they builded the Empire State Building. but if you don't learn ****, you won't find out in your room how to build that yourself.