It’s got those modal touches of introspection and mystery I love from people like Trent Reznor and Terence Blanchard and Ryuichi Sakamoto

Yeah hes said he didn't know how to play any actual instruments till way way later

But that's not uncommon for people with Rap and Electronic backgrounds in production tho

He used daws and a lot of hardware gear, and for full on instrument pieces he would have people play for him which he would then edit and evolve from there to make it fit

You can do and get by a lot with a piano roll, a metronome, and some natural/familiar rhythm

Idk what's worst itt

The capping for Andre

Or pretending that Jazz is just niggas f***ing around doing whatever when it's literally its own musical art form with its own rules and scale and is one of the most fiercest n competitive genres of all time where technical play is literal king along with the way to bounce off of that technical play to create something of your own

Half of jazz is literally about showing off how good and crazy you are at playing while still keeping within the culture

Breaking rules while still being within the rules

Oh for sure, I’ve seen people draw in whole orchestral pieces on a piano roll

Still pretty impressive for someone to make a whole album that sounds like jazz samples without sampling or knowing how to actually play

Flylo the goat, Need a new captain Murphy album asap tho

Like them niggas literally created Rap battles before rap battles but for instruments LOL and s*** talk each other and their skills all day to today 💀 💀

Def agree.

And honestly, generally speaking, with digital music it's really about the overall idea and plan and being able to execute it.

As long as you're passable but do it in a dope and crazy way it works and is impressive.

The sound scape, mixing and effects FlyLo always had and created has always been wild and high level - plus him being able to direct others when needed which a lot people cannot do.

Throw "actual playing" on top of it and you got an even crazier monster. Understanding even the basics of how a irl instrument actually works, reacts and behaves too will help so much more with your midi and vst instruments as well and make s*** really crazy that one or the other can't do on their own.

That 2-track EP was far more potent than anything he's dropped since

Since you actually play, What would you recommend as some good practice? For keyboard

I know scales, some basic chords and my ears are pretty trained but I just have not been able to get my fingers moving the way they need to

I'm no expert and idk keys precisely off the top of my head but I can play.

I don't have a real piano myself (I do play on one tho sometimes) but honestly any full size midi keyboard with full pressure keys (I forget the correct term for them, but it's so you can get real feedback of tension, note velocity and note extension that reg general MIDIs don't have) for "true" playing. You also get weighted keyboards if you want as well but imo it's not necessary and in some cases depending what you're doing can be a bit of a hindrance. Like for example my weakness is fast consistent play and weighted keys would just slow me down even more. But if you're looking for a more authentic piano feel or just used to a real piano then def get it.

You honestly don't need to be a master pianist for 90 percent of things outside of perhaps impressing people that right in front of you. Most concert pianist can't make a song and an ok, average or good piano player can't do full on ensembles. And most music producers genuinely fall into the ok to average section besides a few, but structure and editing and stop n go play helps a lot. The main thing, if you're solo, is too know what sounds and keys go with what for your full track idea and have it lead somewhere.

But yeah, just make sure it's at least full keys for the board with velocity pressured keys. Weighted if wanted but it isn't necessary.

Getting a synth can help a lot too with how fun they usually are. I have the Korg Monologue, 4 voice.

and when the jazz man's testifyin...

and idk if i hown u these before or if you heard them before (ive posted them a few times on here cuz theyre some of my most proudest pieces ive made of instrumentals) but these are examples of my pure instruemntal playing og compositions no samples or pre made loops just all by me:

a major piano play, n strings

horns played off a midi in the intro wth the idea of me mimicking how horns actually work irl (i used to play some sax in middle school)

brass playing and then later on piano

@notbrock

Real

Andre should drop a record every year that's just him playing a different instrument

yeah ofc but im talking to someone here that would turn on b****es brew and claim it’s just a buncha guys playing whatever

like the ep isn’t nearly free form to that extent

this isnt whiplash man it’s andre 3000 posting recordings off his voice memo app

I f***ing hate Andre 3000

Lmao at niggas who thought this wasn’t a rollout

This is also a demo album

I cannot stand niggas who think OutKast was basically only Andre smh. Idk when niggas got to the point of glazing Andre so hard that they disrespect Big Boi

S*** harming niggas ears

Woahhh heron???? Dog food?????

idk the point of releasing this but nothing about these piano “sketches” warrant a reaction like this

he nowhere calls it a demo album, its just him literally screwing around 10 years ago on pianos and midis that he dug out his harddrive

he says there is no concept to it and he doesnt even really know chords or any type of real play even tho he's doing full live playing sessions as tracks, for some reason