Interesting Chords - Ben Levin

A method for quickly writing interesting chord progressions, plus an example of further development.

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[nickboyd]

"Sometimes cleverness will just getchya killed" Bens the man

[moshadj]

"you might get something that sounds bad like..." plays some dope spread voicings

[nathansorese]

"Am I gonna try to be clever or am I just gonna go with the flow? Sometimes cleverness will just get ya killed" Ben on his taoist shit, I dig it

[irusu.]

"id ont know, everything sounds good to me today" I know right? As a musician, you get at that point of life where you just understand and appreciate everything

[vincentveilleux]

The relationship you have with music is enviable. Love the very down to earth and mellowness of your approach.

[sammiller]

I love your none-standardized approach to music! As Stokowski (1882 – 1977) would instruct his orchestra, "Each one of you must be a poet as well as a great player of your instrument, and through your poetic feeling, you can express every kind of music. Do not permit yourselves to become, as is the tendency in the world today, standardized, so that you all think and feel the same way. Do not be alike. Be different as you really are in nature. No two violins are alike. No two bows are alike. No two hands are alike. No two nervous systems are alike. No two minds are alike. No two emotional characters are alike. You are all different. Be different! Don’t standardize yourself. And put all those differences, all that richness of different coloring of personality into the music." This is what I appreciate about your musicianship.

(I would add, know that we are the Sameness expressed as infinite differences and let that be the muse of our creations.)

[tumpperi]

You're teaching me how to be creative again, instead of relying on music theory :D

[spzzeit]

4:43- "Any of this stuff could work, depending on how we arrange it." - Fact. That is all.

[drawntothefire]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that records myself singing gibberish to make up vocal melodies! Then I write the lyrics later. The random rhythm of the gibberish usually inspires the lyrics.

[tyh]

Ben managed to writ in like 45 seconds what is quite possibly my favorite melody/vocal line of all time.

[SilentAttackTV]

I love that you're so transparent about your process.

[dtrio]

Youre so relatable! „Be clever or go with the flow?“ this is so me.

[michaelbourguignon]

i hope you scheduled the doctor and got your plane tickets ben

[stefan]

Love how you give us this close look on your process.

[arthurmee]

Love your approaches Ben. You've influenced me a lot in my own writing. Thank you

[JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

Fantastic idea and very inspirational.

[melasonos]

I'm a really sad person and this makes me happy. Hope you feel good about that. THanks.

[boerhae]

I haven't slept in about a day. I dozed off while watching and Ben's singing scared me half to death

[StompL]

I like your way of doing that kind of things. Not thibking too Much, just throwin ideas, without worrying too write the perfect chord progression.

[TubeYouScreen]

What is that gamelan sounding patch? Holy cow!