I try to minimize the mouse movement by changing the browsers zoom setting and adjusting the DPI settings on the mouse. My scores are about as good as they can get for me. At this point I'm mostly trying match or beat my personal bests, so I'm satisfied to get a good fast, error free run. Wherever that lands on the leaderboard, so be it. Cheers!
Thanks, that's interesting! Aiming to surpass oneself is what I'm here for, too! My main problem is that I can't command the mouse to go where I want it, if I'm trying to be fast. Very often I overshoot!
1-Probably a big part of the community are musicians. I’m a musician too. I’ve done many gigs, and over time I developed some problematic habits. For example, I mostly played acoustic sets with two speakers, and most of the time it wasn’t really about the music, it was about the atmosphere. The main expectation was “don’t disturb the customers.” As a vocalist and guitarist, my first focus became sibilance control and taming the low end of the acoustic guitar. Then I aimed to make the vocals as clean as possible so everyone could understand every word. I repeated this process so many times that now, whenever I sit down to mix or start a project, these are the first areas I focus on. How can I fix this problem? It feels like I’m stuck in that mindset.
2-The second thing is related to the first one. I’ve listened to music from the 70s and 80s for most of my life, and I’ve always played whatever I liked. Now I want to start listening to all genres of music. I want to develop more artistic ideas, perspectives, and a deeper technical understanding of music.(not talking about music theory) I know it’s kind of a weird question, but what should I listen to? Where do you guys usually find new stuff to explore?
3-Do you guys work out using open-back headphones or closed-back headphones? Which one is the right choice?
4-Lately I’ve been doing daily exercises and taking some mixing lessons, but now I’ve hit a plateau. Finishing my daily workouts feels harder. Should I try to complete all the tasks no matter what, or if I fail one day, should I just continue the next day? What do you think?
Regarding your question No.2, what I did was getting seriously into studying world music. There is an endless amount of new melodic ideas, vibes, harmonies and grooves to explore out there. Coming from a western musical background myself, I realised that although I love the western functional system of harmony, equal temperament and all, there is just so many more colors we can use as musicians to paint our songs. Its also a bit like treasure hunting, you never know what you will find along the way.
Once you seriously get into this, you will also find that there are many patterns (rhythmic as well as melodic) that seem to pop up everywhere. Things like clave patterns, pentatonic licks, microtonal bends are an integral part in many seemingly different styles, from rural african music, to blues rock, from jazz fusion to arabic music and modern dance grooves. Its all interconnected, not surprisingly, if we think of music as language, it makes sense that it evolved in a similar way.
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