Both stream and this convo is long time over,and to be honest, I don't really care about Lando that much, and some anons already stated few things I agree with, but it's deep dead hours, so whatever
>>689995121)Learning music theory in not big chunks (there's a shit ton of info on the internet, so key component is try as much different people/resources as you can to find ones more suitable for your type of brain and click with you). Start from something relatively easy like major scale/intervals, what types of simple chords (major, minor, sus etc) exist, maybe even circle of fifths/fourths etc and go from there depending on your needs. I absolutely hate relatively popular agenda, often coming from people who're either don't make music themselves or dogshit at it and trying to justify it. And a lot of people afraid of being called nerds or autists for trying to understand it. Music theory is very handy tool, not only in "active" way (using it in writing process) but also in passive way (for example, you came up with something cool, either unconsciously or by throwing shit at canvas, and you can understand at least to some degree what you've done, how to do it again, why you like it etc)
2)Apply it to practice as soon as possible, do short 1-2 minutes songs/loop pieces/beats as much as you can
3)Learn or analyze different songs (even in most overplayed and well-known songs you can find a lot of details and tricks you can take in your toolbox, but you can never hear them during average "listening music on background" experience)
4)Treat process of composing not as something out of your control (muse/momentary inspiration/streams of the universe going through you/God's help and other crap). Creating music - is process consisting of various choices, which is done by no other then you
5)Embrace all ways of writing: writing consciously (using your knowledge), writing unconsciously (using your ear), "by throwing shit at canvas" way. All of them have their own ups and downs, but all of them are valid and useful. By using certain ones at right moments will really help boost strongs sides and diminish weak ones.
There's certain specific in Lando's case (because he streams that process to big audience), but I think those are my general advices to anyone who's trying themselves in that field
