I’ve been saying that a ton of music is put out with glitzy aspects, but very few ideas. There may be money behind it, but I want brains, like a zombie.
It’s very hard to think in ideal conditions. You have to get it just right. I’ve learned over the years to think while doing work or playing djembe drum. But sometimes, even now, I just need to sit and think. I don’t know how you get around that. I do know a ton of music I hear doesn’t have that step in it.
Sometimes when I’m listening to a great song like BkBirge’s “It Stings,” for example, I’m listening to great decisions being made. I’m listening to unique challenges met and toppled for a great vibe. I’m listening to someone who thinks about what they’re doing. I do not get any of that with a ton of music these days. I hear hurried, shallow, unoriginal.
I have to sit and think in the process of making songs I like. If I were to guess, I’d say that’s probably a few’s missing step out there. I just think about it. It’s not boring, I’m actually doing something. I may not look like it, but I’m the only one here (I’m told), who cares?
I hope folks out there take time to think thoughts worth hearing. It’s hard. It’s even harder today than it used to be. But the music just isn’t the same without it.
When we don’t take a few minutes to stop and think, we are reacting. Reacting music can be good, not saying it can’t. However, when we afford the listeners some deliberation, we are putting our brains on tape. A lot of folks like that too. Some, like me, admire hearing unique and amazing decisions. The best.
Your process is your process. I sure don’t want to tell people how to write songs. But I don’t mind telling anyone to stop and think. I don’t think that’s bad advice, no matter who you are.
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