DSmolken
Senior Member
A silly topic, but I was thinking there are many possible reasons to prefer making music you like to music you don't like. Let's overanalyze the deep reasons why we immediately and instinctively tend to go "ugh no".
Some people believe you have to like a style of music to do a good job of it, because otherwise the magic isn't there and the Muses will curse them with poor note choice.
Some fear being mistaken for people who actually like that kind of music, and being socially ostracized by others who actually like the same kind of music they do.
Some think only music they like is good, and making any other music would be depriving the world of good music, which is clearly immoral.
Personally, more than anything else, I worry that it will be a lot of work to become sufficiently familiar with a style to pull it off, and possibly even worse: I'll have to spend money on new tools, and if this is to be played live, maybe even appropriate clothes.
Related to the above, it's also reasonable to worry that by the time you learn a style, others will have beaten you to the punch, and market saturation will mean there will be no money or popularity in it anymore.
What other convoluted reasons can you think of?
Some people believe you have to like a style of music to do a good job of it, because otherwise the magic isn't there and the Muses will curse them with poor note choice.
Some fear being mistaken for people who actually like that kind of music, and being socially ostracized by others who actually like the same kind of music they do.
Some think only music they like is good, and making any other music would be depriving the world of good music, which is clearly immoral.
Personally, more than anything else, I worry that it will be a lot of work to become sufficiently familiar with a style to pull it off, and possibly even worse: I'll have to spend money on new tools, and if this is to be played live, maybe even appropriate clothes.
Related to the above, it's also reasonable to worry that by the time you learn a style, others will have beaten you to the punch, and market saturation will mean there will be no money or popularity in it anymore.
What other convoluted reasons can you think of?