Ledwick
Member
When I say "commercial", I mean "business", not commercials on TV.
It seems most people on these forums make music for the music "industry". Am I correct? Most people here are making music to sell, to make money? I know there's exceptions, but that's mostly what I see and with posts like "does melody even matter?" and "do clients really care?", it seems like maybe a bit of a toxic environment or a downward spiral [towards a mindset where commercial production supersedes artistic expression].
I've been making music for more than 20 years and I've always enjoyed it, played live clubs, made music people like... and recently I thought about trying commercial work, but idk... the more I read on VI the more depressed I get... it's all "how can I copy that and sell it", "what sample library do i need", "what the least amount of work I can do".
This post might sound negative, depending on how you imagine my voice, but it isn't necessarily. I'm just reacting to what I see and maybe it's because VI is a commercial music community and that's what it is and that's different than what I'm looking for. Isn't there a different side to making music and other art? The side of freedom... making what you want, expressing yourself, not caring what people think, not worrying about making money or other people's opinions? You know, the non-industry side of art... Maybe this isn't the community for me...
It seems most people on these forums make music for the music "industry". Am I correct? Most people here are making music to sell, to make money? I know there's exceptions, but that's mostly what I see and with posts like "does melody even matter?" and "do clients really care?", it seems like maybe a bit of a toxic environment or a downward spiral [towards a mindset where commercial production supersedes artistic expression].
I've been making music for more than 20 years and I've always enjoyed it, played live clubs, made music people like... and recently I thought about trying commercial work, but idk... the more I read on VI the more depressed I get... it's all "how can I copy that and sell it", "what sample library do i need", "what the least amount of work I can do".
This post might sound negative, depending on how you imagine my voice, but it isn't necessarily. I'm just reacting to what I see and maybe it's because VI is a commercial music community and that's what it is and that's different than what I'm looking for. Isn't there a different side to making music and other art? The side of freedom... making what you want, expressing yourself, not caring what people think, not worrying about making money or other people's opinions? You know, the non-industry side of art... Maybe this isn't the community for me...
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