Music Mentor Dan
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If you tell your brain you can’t do it, guess what your brain’s gonna believe?
December 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If you tell your brain you can’t do it, guess what your brain’s gonna believe?
Learning tension and resolution is a skill—you’ll get it with time and listening.
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Learning tension and resolution is a skill—you’ll get it with time and listening.
The note on Line 1 of the staff is E. The musical alphabet starts on E, goes through, and finishes on F.
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The note on Line 1 of the staff is E. The musical alphabet starts on E, goes through, and finishes on F.
You don’t need talent to start. You need tools and action.
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You don’t need talent to start. You need tools and action.
Motifs can live many lives. Slow them down. Speed them up. Change the outfit.
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Motifs can live many lives. Slow them down. Speed them up. Change the outfit.
Simple meters always divide the beat into two equal parts. That’s what makes them “simple.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Simple meters always divide the beat into two equal parts. That’s what makes them “simple.”
Music theory is the light switch. Flip it on. Create on purpose.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Music theory is the light switch. Flip it on. Create on purpose.
there's a natural flow of what expresses itself from you in terms of your experience, your life, your influences, what you grew up with.
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
there's a natural flow of what expresses itself from you in terms of your experience, your life, your influences, what you grew up with.
You give yourself the feeling of feeling good.
December 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You give yourself the feeling of feeling good.
Take massive action. So much that not winning would be weird.
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Take massive action. So much that not winning would be weird.
Use rests to spotlight new sections—fake-outs create anticipation.
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Use rests to spotlight new sections—fake-outs create anticipation.
You don’t need 250 chords to write something incredible—one or two can be enough.
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
You don’t need 250 chords to write something incredible—one or two can be enough.
Major V chords create more urgency to resolve than minor v chords. That half step from the leading tone to 1 makes resolution powerful.
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Major V chords create more urgency to resolve than minor v chords. That half step from the leading tone to 1 makes resolution powerful.
Gratitude → fuel for progress. Share yours.
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Gratitude → fuel for progress. Share yours.
Late night show? Cool. Learn, rest, keep going.
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Late night show? Cool. Learn, rest, keep going.
Music theory isn’t rules; it’s decades of pattern recognition compressed into weeks so you can create faster.
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Music theory isn’t rules; it’s decades of pattern recognition compressed into weeks so you can create faster.
Your real originality is your life—nobody else has lived your story.
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Your real originality is your life—nobody else has lived your story.
Melody first or chords first? Yes.
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Melody first or chords first? Yes.
Arrange like spices: add/subtract layers; don’t dump the whole cabinet in bar 1.
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Arrange like spices: add/subtract layers; don’t dump the whole cabinet in bar 1.
Don’t decorate a raw potato. Cook it first. (idea first, production later.)
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Don’t decorate a raw potato. Cook it first. (idea first, production later.)
Win with rhythm.
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Win with rhythm.
When you give feedback, you’re holding someone’s artistic heart in your hands.
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When you give feedback, you’re holding someone’s artistic heart in your hands.
Shapes for melody: climb, fall, zigzag, reverse zigzag, arch, upside-down arch. Harlem shake. Superman. Pineapple. Line-by-line: pick ONE shape per 4 measures. Stay simple.
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Shapes for melody: climb, fall, zigzag, reverse zigzag, arch, upside-down arch. Harlem shake. Superman. Pineapple. Line-by-line: pick ONE shape per 4 measures. Stay simple.
Effort equals calories. Our brain is designed to keep us alive, so it says don’t spend effort.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Effort equals calories. Our brain is designed to keep us alive, so it says don’t spend effort.
Octaves sound different high or low, but have a family resemblance your brain recognizes—it is a doubling or halving of frequncies. A 220, A 440 A 880 etc.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Octaves sound different high or low, but have a family resemblance your brain recognizes—it is a doubling or halving of frequncies. A 220, A 440 A 880 etc.