Wouldn't the sock helicopter also be a giveaway?

Wonder if he's gonna try out for the Basketball team.

you can never know enough about the "mathematics" of composition.

Meh, music is a little too subjective to really be called mathematics. It's more like psychology. Certain sequences of notes and chords may or may not prompt certain feelings in the average listener, and each composer has his or her own set of quirks and idiosyncrasies. I guess if you want to get into the way frequencies relate to each other, or the history of music technology, then mathematics would be a relatively large factor. But you can never pin music down to an exact science like mathematics. Those who try are doomed, DOOMED, I tell you!

Puffy haired?

Galaxy of Prawns: you can never know enough about the "mathematics" of composition.

Meh, music is a little too subjective to really be called mathematics. It's more like psychology. Certain sequences of notes and chords may or may not prompt certain feelings in the average listener, and each composer has his or her own set of quirks and idiosyncrasies. I guess if you want to get into the way frequencies relate to each other, or the history of music technology, then mathematics would be a relatively large factor. But you can never pin music down to an exact science like mathematics. Those who try are doomed, DOOMED, I tell you!

Yeah, Flea is quite silly for comparing music to mathematics. That comparison has only been made since, well, before Pythagoras.

/And here I thought you could just program a computer and out pops a Beethoven composition. Very enlightening.

I'm gonna start bringing my calculator to band practice...just in case I come up with something complicated.

MiamiBlues: /And here I thought you could just program a computer and out pops a Beethoven composition. Very enlightening.

Well you can, but you have to put the Beethoven composition in to begin with.

Galaxy of Prawns: Meh, music is a little too subjective to really be called mathematics.

Anyone with two semesters of either applied mathematics or music theory would tell you that's balderdash.

Ever hear of the Circle of Fifths?

hes slightly above average, but has no business at any music school.

im retarded. hes STUDYING, not TEACHING. good for him.

Mathematics in music, you know, like 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4.

Anybody remember when George Lynch of Dokken went there? They laughed him out.

Tonic, dominant, subdominant, relative minor, er, all these things are actually mathematical descriptions using letters - go figure. I'm 57, I've been playing music since I was 2, was a classically trained opera singer and play virtually any instrument and I can assure you that the thinking is very mathematical, in a subjective way.

mahavishnunj: hes slightly above average, but has no business at any music school.

What exactly are you listening to maestro that in your book Flea is only "slightly above average".

Wait, I know. You're Geddy Lee right?

F*ck USC.

/go Bruins

dhudd: Tonic, dominant, subdominant, relative minor, er, all these things are actually mathematical descriptions using letters - go figure. I'm 57, I've been playing music since I was 2, was a classically trained opera singer and play virtually any instrument and I can assure you that the thinking is very mathematical, in a subjective way.
The post is 5% information and 95% self promotion... NICE JOB! Too bad we aren't taking applications for prodigies right now but we will keep your resume on file.

Galaxy of Prawns: Meh, music is a little too subjective to really be called mathematics. It's more like psychology. Certain sequences of notes and chords may or may not prompt certain feelings in the average listener, and each composer has his or her own set of quirks and idiosyncrasies. I guess if you want to get into the way frequencies relate to each other, or the history of music technology, then mathematics would be a relatively large factor. But you can never pin music down to an exact science like mathematics. Those who try are doomed, DOOMED, I tell you!

Indian music is largely based on mathematical progressions. Unfortunately, the math is too rigidly enforced, and the music ends up sounding like crap.

I thought he was a nihilist.

I predict he will not complete a music theory degree at any institute of higher learning

Dammit. Now you can take classes with rock stars. As if USC didn't have enough recruiting advantages already.

Galaxy of Prawns: you can never know enough about the "mathematics" of composition.

Meh, music is a little too subjective to really be called mathematics. It's more like psychology. Certain sequences of notes and chords may or may not prompt certain feelings in the average listener, and each composer has his or her own set of quirks and idiosyncrasies. I guess if you want to get into the way frequencies relate to each other, or the history of music technology, then mathematics would be a relatively large factor. But you can never pin music down to an exact science like mathematics. Those who try are doomed, DOOMED, I tell you!

While there isn't an exact formula for "good song", the basis of music theory and harmony is very much mathematical.

Are we reading any of the other words in the article yet or are we just sticking with "mathematics"?

Good on him, already a better-than-average musician in the pop world, for wanting to stretch his knowledge in a disciplined environment.

This is awesome. Why not go and learn more about the nuts and bolts? Good for Flea.

Cat Food Sandwiches: I thought he was a nihilist.

And I thought it was a nice marmot.

The pants... they rock!

Flea's a tiny little man, about 5' nothing but can play bass like a madman. He has skills but not much knowledge. Met him once, was quite an interesting little fella.

Shawn Lane was a very large man, could play anything. Lots of skill lots of knowledge. We once had a conversation about the mathematics of music. He was extremely intelligent and most of his shredding was mathematic and pattern based.

Musical notes are oscillations, cycles per second.

Rhythmic patterns are mathematic equations.

Whole note / 2 = half note

Eighth note / 2 = sixteenth note

Not hard to understand at all. Everything is mathematical in some way, form, or manner.

Much like everything can be linked to Kevin Bacon in six steps.

Behind every object is a mathematic

Seems he was a jazz trumpet prodigy early on. Interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_(musician)#Early_life

Uncle_Slacker

Kevin Bacon was in Sleepers with Brad Pitt who was in Ocean's 11 with George Clooney who was in O'Brother, Where Art Thou? with John Turturro who was in The Big Lebowski with Flea.

/Quick and dirty.
//Not sure if you can use the same director/producer back to back though. May have broken a rule.

I love how he strides into his bass playing.

He's got this swagger when he's playing that makes it appear that he really knows how to fark.

H31N0US: Ever hear of the Circle of Fifths?



/sorry

fiddle-faddle: Seems he was a jazz trumpet prodigy early on. Interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_(musician)#Early_life

So was Phil Lesh. Weird world.

And yeah, Flea played the trumpet part on Pretty Little Ditty near the end.

Flea co-founded a music school in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles called The Silverlake Conservatory of Music (new window) (it's in Sunset Junction, next to Intelligensia Coffee for you LA Farkers). I'm very sure Mr. Balzary is going to SC music school to sharpen his teaching skills for his school. that, and I'm sure he wants to catch some Trojans games.

/Fight On!

PerfectlyCromulent: F*ck USC.

/go Bruins

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

O RLY? At least we didn't lose to Arizona. And a bunch of Mormons. And a Cal State school. Might as well ass Washington State to that list this weekend! (b)RUIN football is entering a new era of suckage! Call us back when you actually win a game.

man he's gonna be paying off his students loans forever...oh wait.