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This was my favorite part, the banality of it. The music they made was so transcendent and impactful, it feels as if it must have been made differently by some
by ssklash 3y ago
This was my favorite part, the banality of it. The music they made was so transcendent and impactful, it feels as if it must have been made differently by some super-human geniuses. But all they really did was just kinda screw around until something they liked came out, and then they built on it.
I'll never be a Beatle, but it does feel validating that I can at least attempt to write music in exactly the same way they did, even if the results won't be quite as good.
- te_chris 3y agoTaste is the secret in most good art: what to put in and leave out.
- emmelaich 3y agoYes, and this stood out to me -- "They were much better at saying what they didn’t want to do than at making sensible plans for what they did want to do." To me, choosing what not to do when you have ideas pouring out all the time is vital.
- beautron 3y agoThis is a neat perspective. I think it can help for avoiding creator's block (more commonly known as "writer's block," but I'm being more general here). It's easy to avoid getting started because you don't think you have a good enough idea yet. But when the thinking gets long, try just diving in and making something. Now you have something to react to, and you can often quickly identify things you don't like about it. Then you think of ways to avoid these things you don't like, and dive back in to make the next something. Gradually you fill in the negative space, and after enough iterations are left with something good.
- bloomingeek 3y agoThis has always been my mindset on most areas of my life. When an opportunity in life comes into view, I always focus on what could be a negative result. My friends say that's pessimism, I say it's trying to avoid some types of potential reality. It has served me well for the most part.