Creating Music

I haven\’t felt the

I haven’t felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music along with reading and writing for too many years now. I feel guilty beyond words about these things. For example, when we’re backstage and the lights go out and the manic roar of the crowds begins, it doesn’t affect me the way … Read more

Creating music to fit

Creating music to fit the marketplace, so that music can be heard? If ever I thought that I even came close to catering to the marketplace, or designing my productions and my music to cater to what is currently fashionable, I would sell shoes for a living. For me, the marketplace can rot in hell. … Read more

When I’m actually creating

When I’m actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you’re listening to a record and it’s really hot, then you’ll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it. Curtis … Read more

Creating music fulfills me.

Creating music fulfills me. It gives me purpose. It connects me with the world. Colbie Caillat

I’m not like a

I’m not like a legend that – so I’m sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you know, I’m creating music and I’m not saying there isn’t an audience because there is because all of those people go out and spend $80 to $150 on a concert ticket. Brian McKnight

I’m creating music –

I’m creating music – it doesn’t matter if anyone else likes it. Brian McKnight

I enjoyed singing, I

I enjoyed singing, I loved song writing, I loved recording. All those things that involves with creating music was great. Ben E. King

Staying true to yourself

Staying true to yourself and trusting your instincts is very important. I’ve learned this both through creating music, where I’ve always stayed focused on recording music that is true to who I am and to my fans, and through my recent health struggles, where I knew something more was going on than what I was … Read more

It’s too bad music

It’s too bad music can’t be like movies. For me, playing music and listening to music and creating music is very environmental. It creates a certain environment; it sets a specific mood. Avey Tare

I think that the

I think that the thing is, all those years of creating music or trying to express something of a dark shadow, an existential angst that I have felt most of my life and still feel today, to not be overwhelmed by it. Music, in a way, is a great vehicle, a means by which one … Read more