World Phamous
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I am at a point right now where I feel I have accomplished much but still have many areas that I need to improve on with most of that being music theory. I have bought the music theory books and watched countless tutorials and I just can't retain the information or grasp I think due to my lack of music background. I really enjoy making music and to try and get around these problems I am leaning towards taking private lessons and or going to a local college/online for some classes as well.
I can get the lessons for somewhere in the ball park of 25-30 per hour. I know that I need to cover chord progressions as well as scales and eartraining. What else do I need to really focus on. With the college I have been looking around and I might be forced to do it online. I work 10-7 and haven't been able to find any night classes in the Chicago area. I found the Berklee online courses and while they are expensive, do you think they would be beneficial? The money isn't exactly coming out of my pocket. (free tuition from the army) I am well aware that you get what you pay for and basically I just want to put myself in a position where I can steadily improve. I know success doesn't come over night but most of my time spent in my DAW is mostly me improvising doing things that I really don't know why I am doing it but only doing it because it works for me.
Basically I need advice on what lessons to pursue as well as schools or classes. I prefer the school be online unless someone knows where I can find some night classes around Chicago.
I can get the lessons for somewhere in the ball park of 25-30 per hour. I know that I need to cover chord progressions as well as scales and eartraining. What else do I need to really focus on. With the college I have been looking around and I might be forced to do it online. I work 10-7 and haven't been able to find any night classes in the Chicago area. I found the Berklee online courses and while they are expensive, do you think they would be beneficial? The money isn't exactly coming out of my pocket. (free tuition from the army) I am well aware that you get what you pay for and basically I just want to put myself in a position where I can steadily improve. I know success doesn't come over night but most of my time spent in my DAW is mostly me improvising doing things that I really don't know why I am doing it but only doing it because it works for me.
Basically I need advice on what lessons to pursue as well as schools or classes. I prefer the school be online unless someone knows where I can find some night classes around Chicago.