Seductivpancakes
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Sweet nunchuck skills
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Talents you wish you had
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ThatStupidLion
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being quick witted
confidence
multitasker
speedreading
able to play an instrument
public speaking
confidence
multitasker
speedreading
able to play an instrument
public speaking
The Lone Courier
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I wish I could play an instrument. Preferably guitar, or maybe the piano. I can sing fairly well, but I can't read music or play an instrument.
I also wish I were a better cook. I'm all right, but I wish I were better. I can mostly follow recipes, but I wish I had the palate to really cook like chefs on TV.
I also wish I were a better cook. I'm all right, but I wish I were better. I can mostly follow recipes, but I wish I had the palate to really cook like chefs on TV.
True Savior
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If you train a little , you will dance better than 99% of the world.
RiderKairuu
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I wish I could draw really good. I like to come up with story ideas that often times I'd like to illustrate.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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Drawing. Although admittedly there's really nothing stopping me from getting good, I actually got into a bit of drawing during high school but stopped when I fell into depression.
It's ok, I am almost decent at drawing
I would say that the stuff you write in is more important than the cover. Writing is generally more usefull than drawing. Even for art class I have to write a damn report.
The Praiseworthy
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Singing :,(
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Anything, really. I'm mediocre as hell.
malingenie
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Discipline and work ethos
I'd love to be able to learn code, but at some point my brain just won't process things and retain it. The logic of code is great for some people, but for me it was incredibly difficult and frustrating just learning the basics.
Add in better artistic and music capabilities...I really wanna make my own game, but all I can do is come up with the idea and story.
Add in better artistic and music capabilities...I really wanna make my own game, but all I can do is come up with the idea and story.
Psychological Intellect
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I know that a ton of artists hate having their skills called talent. They weren't born being able to draw or paint well, they spent hours and hours and hours and more hours to get where they are. It's a skill that anybody that's able to pick up a pencil or stylus can attain if you're willing to put in years of work.
Andrew Korenchkin
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SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!
Allforce
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I wish I could just play like..a dozen different songs on a piano. Or at least learn in a different way than taking lessons for years and learning to read music. Basically I want it to be easy and do little work lol.
It just seems like a big ass videogame controller to me, with 88 buttons, I don't know why I can't just memorize the buttons and then have an iPad set up with a scrolling list of buttons to press like Rock Band. I think I could get gud that way but nope, its all lessons and music theory.
I just want to play the Cheers theme at a party one night.
It just seems like a big ass videogame controller to me, with 88 buttons, I don't know why I can't just memorize the buttons and then have an iPad set up with a scrolling list of buttons to press like Rock Band. I think I could get gud that way but nope, its all lessons and music theory.
I just want to play the Cheers theme at a party one night.
JinjoUnchained
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If you can type, then you can play piano. Problem is that a lot of piano teachers suck and make you think it's harder than it is. The best method for learning piano is to learn some basic general rules on harmony and composition, and then apply them at the keyboard to derive the music yourself.
For example, pick any key on the piano and derive a major scale using the pattern: whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half; where "whole" means going up by two notes and "half" means going up by one note. Then apply the same pattern to other notes.
Next, play the major scale again, but this time number the notes 1-8 and, after you've played the scale, then play only notes 1-3-5 and play them at the same time. Boom, you've derived a major chord and can apply it to any note. You could play the chord with your left hand lower down on the piano, the scale with your right hand, and now you have some very rudimentary music.
If you want to take it one step further, play that 1-3-5 pattern on every note of the major scale, and that will give you 7 chords that are related to your original major scale. Another way to think of it is to take a major scale and, on every note of the scale, play a chord which contains the note in question, plus two more notes, those notes being every other note of the original scale. You can experiment by cycling through those chords to get some chord progressions that sound good. The great thing about it is that you can switch between those chords in your left hand and stick with the same major scale in your right hand.
Theory gets deeper from there, but it's really simple to get started. The general idea, though, is that learning and applying theory is the best way to learn to play.
WorriedCitizen
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Being a good artist is all about practice. Talent is overrated. If it even exist then it's no more then a jump start for the first 5% of the way.
Omega Kirby
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Play an instrument and Dancing. The latter is easy remedied by going to dance classes classes.
abolisher6812
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nunchuck skills
bow hunting skills
computer hacking skills
bow hunting skills
computer hacking skills
MrCunningham
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Mad coding skillz.
Same for me. I'm tempted to use the term 'hacking', but it wouldn't be for malevolent or illegal purposes. Just the ability to decipher and fix any software/website/script/etc. problems in a jiffy.
I am a musician and never really viewed myself as having some inherent talent for it. I got good because I was very passionate about it and that passion made me very persistent.
If you want to learn to compose music, after getting a feel for basic theory I suggest picking the kind of music you like and start making covers. That's pretty much the equivalent of picking something apart and reassembling it. That way you'll also develop your hearing, your analytical skills, and just understand and be able to quantify your tastes better.
If you want to learn to compose music, after getting a feel for basic theory I suggest picking the kind of music you like and start making covers. That's pretty much the equivalent of picking something apart and reassembling it. That way you'll also develop your hearing, your analytical skills, and just understand and be able to quantify your tastes better.
You guys are in luck because there's a thread for that!
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Ravijn
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SmackDaddy
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I wish I could pick up women for meaningless sexual escapades.
And then not let it bother me the next day.
And then not let it bother me the next day.
Banana Aeon
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I wish I could make music first. Next on the list was the ability to draw.
ArkhamFantasy
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I've always been very envious of artists. I can't draw and i really wish that i could.
Kabuki Waq
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Cooking. I really wish i could cook
Aaron-Lagann
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More than wishing I was able to draw, I wish I was passionate about drawing. I can already kinda draw, but I'm just not passionate enough about the topic to devote that much time to it.
generaldane
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I wish I could become the strongest creature in the world
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