 Brilliant post by @mykie yesterday: "The Meaning Behind My Songs". I was the one who said the quoted "if I learn a song has no meaning behind it, I can no longer listen". To be honest, it doesnt' fully represent my involvement with music, otherwise I wouldn't love instrumental pieces :) I also love abstract lyrics and unclear messages, provided that they "speak" to me. My negative example was David Gilmour: adding random words "just because" doesn't mean squat. 4 comments
 @m2m In my opinion, the most important thing is to write music first and foremost for yourself, because you, as a composer, have the tools and the power to write almost the most accurate soundtrack of your thoughts. If you don't like your own work, even if not in terms of quality, but in terms of conveying experience, then either you didn't write sincerely enough at the time, or you changed and "grew out of it" yourself. :ablobthinkingeyes: @toby3d well, that's what I do when I write β though, in my post I was in the position of the listener :) |
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@mykie also, I'm neurodivergent, and I need to be touched by a song, with or without lyrics.
But in particular, if there are lyrics, then I tend to get whether the artist has added them for a reason or just as another musical component. Sometimes I do enjoy the rhythm, the sound of the words even without following a meaning β most times, if they don't give me emotion, I leave.
The fact that I need a message might be idiosyncratic, but I don't expect it to be a universal rule.