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:	post by aril at 2009-11-26 10:33:09

I'll just say this and I hope someone knows what I'm talking about.

In the end it doesn't matter if you know every scale, mode or any other nonsensical orthodox definition for patterns in music.

What it really boils down to is if one can COMPOSE music - which ultimately comes from within.

There's a line between great musicians that are virtuosos and can play everything on an instrument, and COMPOSERS. A combination of both a great musician and a great composer is hard to come by.
I'm not that great of a guitar player, mostly because I've always focused on composition before what is technically "right" or "wrong" with what I should play next.

ShadowSD said it much nicer in a post above; however, I still hold the belief that music comes from the soul of a person, rather than mathematical calculations on a map of scales and modes.

One can strive to be an excellent player at the end of the day by practicing skills (which, I'm sure you know doesn't hurt), but it really boils down to composing music.

I listen to a lot of prog and love technicality in music, however there are numerous bands that put flashiness over substance. Music is more than scales and modes - music is the audible representation of feelings and emotions.

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