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I used to make music as a teenager. Spending many hours in the "studio" certainly shapes your aesthetics and how you approach new music. Even understanding just
by arketyp 5y ago
I used to make music as a teenager. Spending many hours in the "studio" certainly shapes your aesthetics and how you approach new music. Even understanding just the basics and tiny bits of underlying techniques makes you listen differently, makes it easy to become a snob to be honest. Overall though, and generally, making things of any sort lets you appreciate the creative process as an overarching art in itself, an appreciation you can often transport to other fields, even those not conventionally regarded as artistic.
- duncan-donuts 5y agoMaking music had the opposite effect on me in regards to snobbery. After years of trying to make stuff sound good and write good songs I’ve learned that it’s really really hard and I no longer judge musicians as much as I used to.
- lwn 5y agoWell.. After learning how to create music I've come to appreciate certain artists more and others less. Sometimes I missed the ability to listen to music without analysing it. Other times I've wished I could hear my own music, like someone who didn't write it would. These days I listen mostly by feeling the music. Now it doesn't matter much whether it's my or another artists music. As long as it 'feels' right.