Magic.
It’s been slowly dawning on me. One of the things about music that excites me is making a decision and hearing its impact. It’s the closest thing to magic I can think of. It’s primal decision-making goodness. Every note, every effect, every word, every sound. Decisions heard.
Energy.
Since that has been happening, I’ve given up social media. It’s astonishing to me how many more musical decisions I get to make without notifications or scrolling. Sure, I’ve taken a hit on the jibber/jabber. I’ve also gotten a lot of musical experience in a short amount of time. I’m fine with that. A decision I can live with.
The impact.
I wonder what the impact is of everyone giving so many of their decisions away like I did. Are they possibly forgoing something enriching like I was? How many decisions is that? How many people is that? What else could be happening if folks had energy for deciding?
Don’t like making decisions? Are you sure??
Folks like deciding, they just don’t realize they do when they’re talking preferences, or shopping, or picking insurance. It drains energy. So for me, it means if I do a bunch I get tired. Maybe not even physically, but mentally. I’m not good for much after serious decision-making sessions except for maybe ice-cream and a nap. I feel good if there’s music to show for getting that way, ripped off if there’s not. Music is my decision-making trophy for the day.
How they get you.
People in this world are experts at harnessing your decisions. They make you exhausted and leave you too tired for your personal endeavors. If that’s not going on for all of you, great! But it is going on for a ton of you. You’re batteries then you are paychecks. They wear you out, then sell you stuff with all the decisions they got from you. Stop the madness!
I make things I’m proud of. They make what they think you want. We are not the same.
As an artist, musician, writer, or producer, I do not want to gauge your preferences first. I do not intend to cater to them. I want to make something that’s true to me that rings out to a few folks. I am my quality assurance also. If it works for me, I let it out the door. If I applied that standard to most folks selling me things, there wouldn’t be many things to buy. But those are the things I want. They want to ask me tons of questions and have me pick from a list of options. I’m doing their work for them at that point. I’m not the only me. I’m giving them what they want for everyone like me. Fuck them.
Being proud of your decisions is fine if they’re good ones.
Deciding means choosing something and sticking with it. If we are worn out before we even get to our personal endeavors, haven’t we created an opportunity for fascists? Fascism relies on folks’ inability to decide on what’s right and follow through with it. Given that we have full-blown fascism in the U.S., isn’t it time to reject corporate and government control? Start making your own decisions. Maybe write a protest song, I dunno. If you need help on that, [email protected].
Thanks!
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A fun Jazz indiecrate from Get Music. Me, Dino, and Sadie make an appearance!