This might be a little reactionary to say, but I think constraints breed creativity. I have noticed there's kinda a line in the sand temporally where not just g

This might be a little reactionary to say, but I think constraints breed creativity. I have noticed there's kinda a line in the sand temporally where not just game music but most music exhibits a cambrian explosion in quantity but not necessarily differentiation. I may have posted this [1] before but I think it's a great read, and you can likely see parallels between the points it makes in pop music as in VGM. [1] https://thebaffler.com/downstream/streambait-pop-pelly https://thebaffler.com/downstream/streambait-pop-pelly