10-12-2018, 06:17 AM
(10-12-2018, 03:50 AM)mat422 Wrote: I worked on some music last night and instead of focusing on making it good, I just did what I felt. Then I realized my overly critical nature killed my creativity. My perfectionism made me throw out anything that wasn't top quality. But I slowly realized yesterday there's so much subjectivity to music. I've been waiting for it to sound "right" when in reality it's just me being insecure about how I want to express myself in my music. Instead of having fun creating, I've always been plagued with the thought "is this good enough?"
Hahaha, how very true. You never really know whether something's good until someone listens to it and likes it, and even if people dislike it, it doesn't mean it's bad. Simply means the listeners did not enjoy it or were unable to grasp it (which, incidentally, very often happens on the off-chance you've created something that hasn't been done before)
The only "right" in music is "is this what I wanted to do/express?" And even then you may end up with something a bit different than what you were going for, but it does not mean it's bad.
"A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him." - A. Crowley
