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Why make music?

It's obviously not the girls being a reason why you try composing music, innit? So come share your 'why's. Why do some people need to compose music while others just go for listening to it?

For me, its a hobby.

Because nothing gives me more pleasure than creating the very thing I love. For me, there is nothing else like EDM, and I want to be a part of creating that vibe for someone else be creating tracks.

In addition, its a very challenging and rewarding pursuit.

Oh yeah, and I'm already married, so I'm not concerned about the girls part.

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Originally posted by Eric J Because nothing gives me more pleasure than creating the very thing I love.

^ This.

Also, knowing that people have enjoyed listening to my tracks. And finally the pure fun of experimenting with sound.

What about self-expression?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles the pure fun of experimenting with sound.

And finishing a track that you're proud of/happy with is one of the most satisfying experiences possible.

B/c I love EDM

it is addiction for me. It's like trying to reach the highest flash with drugs, or the biggest orgasm when doing some things :-) It always starts with a blank page and ends up full of your life.

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Originally posted by Eric J Because nothing gives me more pleasure than creating the very thing I love. For me, there is nothing else like EDM, and I want to be a part of creating that vibe for someone else be creating tracks.

Same for me, i don't DJ, not my bag i'm too shy, i love running my label and making tracks, takes up a lot of my life, sad i know but it's what i like doing

To be creative, and the feeling of making something you didnt know you could make.

Always looking for the next high.

hobby

Why not? What else would I do?

It was never a conscious choice to start making music, it just felt natural. It's quite odd to even have to wonder "why".

So there's finally some good music out there.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery It's quite odd to even have to wonder "why".

Quite odd maybe, but I enjoy thinking about the philosophical questions. It's totally natural for most of us to want to do this, but, to me at least, it's interesting thinking about why, what part of our brain it satiates.

I would suspect that the majority of us all have been involved with music in one way or another our whole lives. For me I have been involved in special music programs, choir, etc. from an early age and all throughout school. Then I played drums in band, and then finally moved on to EDM and DJing. With that level of involvement in music for that long, its hard to imagine music not being a part of me for the rest of my life.

to avoid exploding

because I like to 'produce' things instead of just consuming stuff. Programming is also a hobby (job :-)) of mine.

- Sense of accomplishment
- Expression
- Therapy

Mixing and producing are extremely theraputic to me. It unwinds me.

Because I'm unemployed... Or is it the other way around?

For me, it's something of an addictive compulsion. What is behind that? I suspect it has something to do with opiate releases of certain chemicals I get from the neural connections firing the way they do, in the creative process.

There is something I call the "eureka" moment, when I've been pounding out different ideas for a while and finally 'happen' on the one I can hammer into a working tune. It's something of a physiological phenomena that I really can't describe beyond the chills I get. When I get to certain points, in the creative process, like finding a groove for note placements as I'm playing or happening on the 'right' sound for a part, I get the same feeling.

Beyond that, there seems to be something organically and psychologically mystical about the whole of it. Intellectually, I have surmised that any song is essentially a mathematical argument; that every song has a sort of logarithmic foundation. In-as-much as there seems to be a lot of people who enjoy debating as an avocation, amongst the musicians and producers I've known (and some who I'm getting to know on this very board), music seems to satisfy a great deal of my own compunction to argue.

Additionally, however, beyond that simple mathematical puzzle-solving, there is an emotional component. There are certain chords, phrases, cadences, et al that seem both to have arisen from and provoke emotional responses. I may not be able to articulate with words what I am feeling as precisely as I can with music. Of course a lot of that depends upon my mastery of each medium; language and music.

to create what I love and share it with who I love

id say plus one to all the above posts




except palm

? suicide bombers dont drop a huge breakdown do they?

I've always been pretty creative, writing, dance are things I've already done, music seemed like the most logical step in creative arts, being cheap and all to make.

Plus I've always been interested in it.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles ^ This. Also, knowing that people have enjoyed listening to my tracks.

More of this ^^

To be more involved in something I love. A lot like if there's someone you really love, you want to be around them, be part of their life, make them part of yours.

Playing other people's music wasn't enough for me, I felt I needed to make my own just to feel complete.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Also, knowing that people have enjoyed listening to my tracks. And finally the pure fun of experimenting with sound.

^ That

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Originally posted by palm to avoid exploding

This. Seriously.

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