u/Mr_shmorgan

Hi everyone! I just moved to Atlanta a few months ago and I, unfortunately, haven’t been having a great time. I’m working on putting things together in a new city, but it’s been kind of tough so far.

One of the main things that’s been getting me down is how hard it is to meet queer people, on and off of dating apps. I am a queer pansexual black guy, (but I don’t think it shows very much, other than the septum piercing) and want to meet more queer friends and make platonic and/or romantic relationships. I’m pretty introverted as it is, and I would like to work more on being more social and meeting people in person. However, as I don’t have that skill yet, dating apps have been my main way to try to meet people/people I may be interested in.

Since I’ve gotten here, though, I’ve mostly been ghosted, or had someone match with me and never respond to a hello message, or I just never match with people in general. I had a really wonderful date and a half with another queer person in my second month here, but then they ghosted me and I never really found out why.

Is this literally just the nature of dating apps and the amount of choices people have therein? Or am I doing something wrong? Some advice from other queer people/people in the dating scene would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Hey all! I’m working on getting my new practice routine together and had a question for individuals who have a lot of experience transcribing, transposing, etc.

I was wondering: when I take bebop heads and heads in general through all 12 keys, and when I’m trying to figure out the chords in each new key, should I focus more on understanding, like, the Roman numerals of the chords in their relation to the tonic/key? Or should I primarily just be focusing on the sound of the chords and how they relate to the key?

I assume doing either or both probably has its own respective benefits.

Thank you!

I have big aspirations of being a great jazz pianist someday, I want to create music and share my ideas and stories with the world. But for right now, I’m pretty much starting from the bottom.

I’m not new to jazz, but I’m new to transcribing. I’ve been playing for a while and mainly transcribed tunes and what a solo “sounded like,” (like directions up and down, but not the actual inner workings of a solo), etc.

This year, I’m actually sitting down and saying “if I want to be good, I have to transcribe and actually learn what is happening.” So I’m working on that now.

But on top of that, I also have a huge interest in theory and classical music. And I want to transcribe the harmonies, rhythm, orchestration, etc, of Turandot, which I just saw for the first time Sunday.

Am I wasting time by not focusing solely on jazz, and then exploring classical and world musics when I gain more proficiency in jazz? In college, I was always told I’m splitting too much of my attention between jazz, funk, and everything else, so I can’t help but fear I’m doing myself a disservice.

TLDR: Does seeking and transcribing other music styles take away the focus on jazz, and make me less likely to be great at jazz?