Do You Always Write Toward a Specific Target?

[buildingcastles]

Jun 15, 2008, 9:29am, milfus wrote:thats great and all, but you do realize the listings ask for specific genres, and people listen to specific genres. I am not tryna get on your case, but I think that mentality is gonna end up hurting you in a commercial song atmosphere. Not that I have anything against artistic expression, but if they want a rock song, and you send in something thats not exactly rock, then you are going to get a return.I see genres as more of a challenge requiring different skill sets vs being stifling, its a lot harder to write with constraints, than to just throw notes, and I enjoy the difficulty. It is more about precision and hitting your target, you should try and do specific genres for awhile, I am almost positive it will raise your musicianship as a whole. Forces you to work other areas, when some are limited.Well, if you're in it to make money, then you do what you do. The rest of us rebels will make the future genre's that will dictate your artistic direction.

[vicky]

hey there....I've always written for something......before Taxi, it would be for a specific group of players, where I'd have their playing in mind as I was writing.....I've always wondered about the saying.... "jack of all trades master of none" since I've had my hands in so many projects and genres for so long.....and I wish I was doing better at all of them ....luckily life is long vtbp

[squids]

Well, speaking as an....umm.........experienced (old, heh) musician, lemme jes say thanks for sayin that! To be honest, sometimes it gets really boring hearing kids talk about how they invented music. Glad to hear some of all y'all realize that it's been going on for thousands of years before we got here. I wonder if anybody knows how many musicians it takes to make one good one?Anyway, I appreciate hearing that, lil bro.

[squids]

Well, you're right, that's about how many it takes cuz the ones who influenced me were influenced by 10s of thousands more over the centuries, all leading to me doing this thing at this time. If only I was as good as they were. Still, the key (and the thrill) is in the tryin.....Thanks for the compliment. That's lovely.