Oh, no, absolutely. It's not about whether or not music is tied to emotion, that goes without saying. It's about how we explore or arrive at the music we make, like where we draw from. And even there are different phases we go through as we become more well-versed in our ability to compose. Knowing or realizing that it is about communication can help to accept certain conventions and/or break them deliberately. For professionals like you and those, who are merely experienced, like myself, it is much less trouble to "speak music", but many just feel the passion to make music without fully understanding what it really is, occasionally stumbling about in some sort of confusion or afraid to submit to "conventions". Knowing that it is communication helps to accept the idea of musical words, structure, arcs and what they are for. The more our vocabulary increases, the more not only can we express our ideas, but actually recognize and understand our own ideas to the point when things can simply flow through us. "Make stuff pretty" isn't really much of a guidance for many, you know, hehehe.The Sound Of Merlin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 10:19 am I can't resist adding what I feel and think while reading conversations like these. Why do so many people need to search for deeper meanings behind something as simple like sheer emotion? Or beauty. Art. Well within this context it's about music. One can simply just enjoy it. Shed a tear or be happy, become nervous or whatever? Why archeology and dusting off deeper and forgotten meanings or truths? You know.... all these words. To me it feels as if those are not about music itself. It reads as if it's all about searching for deeper meanings related to who we are and want to become. To validate our existence. But music itself doesn't need that. It's just what it is. And we don't need it either. We are just who we are. I would like to break a lance for enjoying ourselves and the things we love for what we are, for what it is. There is no meaning. There are no underlying truths. There is love, light, energy, happiness, beauty. And their counterparts are there as well. And that's it. When I make music I just want to live the music. Enjoy it. Express my self only through music. To me this is the roadmap towards depth (and hights) that works for me. Hahaaa! I hope my words will arrive as an addition to the things you believe in. It's not meant to critisize anyone's beliefs at all.
I remember how I used to be afraid of conventions, like they were confinements. Took me a long time to realize that they were grammar, really.
All this talk is not about projecting too much "meaning" into it, but just to help gain more strength and clarity about how one can go about it, making music. That it is "fun" should go also without saying and it should bring us a real joy or even consolation at times, relaxing, exhilaration, whatever... ...I'm just always wondering, if a certain hint could help people to find the level of control they may still be missing, possibly by understanding "why".