Is the music you make - the best music you have ever heard?
And if not - why not?
This might sound like a silly question. But I am dead serious.
If I studied cookery for a few years - I can be sure that every meal I make would be the nicest meal I have ever had. Since it would be exactly to my tastes.
So - along similar lines - if you make music. Why would you finish with a song until it sounds incredible? At least to your ears.
I honestly don't know why musicians cannot make music which they honestly feel is the best music they have ever heard.
Also - with music - is the difficulty in coming up with interesting hooks, ideas and being inspired.
Or is it making that inspiration come to life in the recording studio?
I am just curious about these sorts of questions. Since my best friend is a musician - and all of his music is shit. Yet we have alot of musical tastes in common.
So - why is it difficult to come up with great music? I never come up with clever ideas, funny jokes or moving poems.
But I am constantly inspired to come up with great music (my head is constantly filled with great hooks and so on). And it is hard to listen to a great song without thinking of ten ways to remix it and make it sound even better.
But I can't be bothered learning to spend a few years learning how to make and record music. Whilst I love music - it doesn't strike me as being as fun and interesting as other creative pursuits I have.
I know this post makes me sound like I am drunk. But for real - why do musicians make so much dreadful music?
Surely if you can appreciate good music (and most musicians are fans of talented and inventive musicians) - that taste should guide you away from making boring music?
Its like if you gave me money to make a porno film. You might not like the end result - but if I could pick let my imagination go wild and use any porn stars (etc) I wanted, I can guarantee it would be the best porno film I have ever seen.
So - why is music any different? Just fucking don't hit the record button until you have a killer song.
For any musicians - what are the key difficulties that hold you back. Is it the lack of inspiration, inspiration which is hard to recapture when you spend too much time working on the same song - or is the compromises involved in having to work with the other members of a band?
And on a sidenote - one thing I enjoy about Guns N' Roses is how alot of their classic songs seem to be the result of only wanting to record a song if it is new, different and has a hook which immediately grabs your attention. Isn't that an easy trick for other bands to use?
For fucks sake. If you are a band. Just fucking don't leave the studio until your song you are working on is the best thing you have heard that year. I know that sounds dumb - but I don't see why it should be so hard??!!
Its like this. I don't mind if your music is shit. But I do mind if you don't think it is incredible? It would be like me going to a restaurant and not being able to order food that I thought was kick ass.
And if not - why not?
This might sound like a silly question. But I am dead serious.
If I studied cookery for a few years - I can be sure that every meal I make would be the nicest meal I have ever had. Since it would be exactly to my tastes.
So - along similar lines - if you make music. Why would you finish with a song until it sounds incredible? At least to your ears.
I honestly don't know why musicians cannot make music which they honestly feel is the best music they have ever heard.
Also - with music - is the difficulty in coming up with interesting hooks, ideas and being inspired.
Or is it making that inspiration come to life in the recording studio?
I am just curious about these sorts of questions. Since my best friend is a musician - and all of his music is shit. Yet we have alot of musical tastes in common.
So - why is it difficult to come up with great music? I never come up with clever ideas, funny jokes or moving poems.
But I am constantly inspired to come up with great music (my head is constantly filled with great hooks and so on). And it is hard to listen to a great song without thinking of ten ways to remix it and make it sound even better.
But I can't be bothered learning to spend a few years learning how to make and record music. Whilst I love music - it doesn't strike me as being as fun and interesting as other creative pursuits I have.
I know this post makes me sound like I am drunk. But for real - why do musicians make so much dreadful music?
Surely if you can appreciate good music (and most musicians are fans of talented and inventive musicians) - that taste should guide you away from making boring music?
Its like if you gave me money to make a porno film. You might not like the end result - but if I could pick let my imagination go wild and use any porn stars (etc) I wanted, I can guarantee it would be the best porno film I have ever seen.
So - why is music any different? Just fucking don't hit the record button until you have a killer song.
For any musicians - what are the key difficulties that hold you back. Is it the lack of inspiration, inspiration which is hard to recapture when you spend too much time working on the same song - or is the compromises involved in having to work with the other members of a band?
And on a sidenote - one thing I enjoy about Guns N' Roses is how alot of their classic songs seem to be the result of only wanting to record a song if it is new, different and has a hook which immediately grabs your attention. Isn't that an easy trick for other bands to use?
For fucks sake. If you are a band. Just fucking don't leave the studio until your song you are working on is the best thing you have heard that year. I know that sounds dumb - but I don't see why it should be so hard??!!
Its like this. I don't mind if your music is shit. But I do mind if you don't think it is incredible? It would be like me going to a restaurant and not being able to order food that I thought was kick ass.