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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.

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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.

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- 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

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id say plus one to all the above posts




except palm

? suicide bombers dont drop a huge breakdown do they?

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Bring on my soundcloud ya!

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