Comments on: Types of Music http://blaise.ca/blog/2007/05/29/types-of-music/ Searching for beauty in the dissonance Wed, 16 May 2012 01:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blaise http://blaise.ca/blog/2007/05/29/types-of-music/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Blaise Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:06:52 +0000 http://blaise.ca/blog/?p=11#comment-135 Yeah, great point! I added the paragraph or two about performance in there, but it wasn't part of my original train of thought when I began the post, so I probably didn't give it enough focus. Your distinction between writing for yourself and others is really interesting too. It reminds me of a book <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Songwriting-Bob-Snider/dp/1554470129/ref=sr_1_1/701-2274487-2945916?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183021380&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">On Songwriting</a> by Bob Snider. I have yet to read the book myself, but I heard him talk about it one day, and I remember him bringing up and making light of the apparent contradiction that songwriting is both about writing for yourself and writing for others. It's definitely a difficult thing to try and balance... And the default Wordpress theme is no more! (I wasn't aware that anyone was actually reading this blog yet, lol) Yeah, great point! I added the paragraph or two about performance in there, but it wasn’t part of my original train of thought when I began the post, so I probably didn’t give it enough focus. Your distinction between writing for yourself and others is really interesting too. It reminds me of a book On Songwriting by Bob Snider. I have yet to read the book myself, but I heard him talk about it one day, and I remember him bringing up and making light of the apparent contradiction that songwriting is both about writing for yourself and writing for others. It’s definitely a difficult thing to try and balance…

And the default WordPress theme is no more! (I wasn’t aware that anyone was actually reading this blog yet, lol)

]]> By: Dan Imbrogno http://blaise.ca/blog/2007/05/29/types-of-music/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Dan Imbrogno Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:55:06 +0000 http://blaise.ca/blog/?p=11#comment-124 Hey Blaise, interesting post. You make some really good points, I've never really thought about what "defines" a good song before. However, I think maybe you've underestimated the importance that passion has in music. To me, music is all about self expression. If you can effectively express yourself, I don't think anything else matters, you have written a great song. Whether or not others agree is another point entirely. There seems to be two approaches to song writing. Song writing for others, and song writing for yourself. I constantly struggle with this when I write music, because on one hand I really want to write music other people will like to listen to, on the other hand I want to write music that expresses how I feel. When I try too hard to write songs other people will enjoy it usually falls apart, I lose interest in the song quickly and move on to something else. I think the highest quality songs that appeal to the masses are the ones that are written as self expression but happen to have the three necessary attributes you mentioned. Tears in Heaven, is the first song that jumps to mind while I'm writing this. Anyways keep writing, the blog is interesting. But you gotta do something about the default wordpress theme :P Take it easy! Hey Blaise, interesting post. You make some really good points, I’ve never really thought about what “defines” a good song before. However, I think maybe you’ve underestimated the importance that passion has in music. To me, music is all about self expression. If you can effectively express yourself, I don’t think anything else matters, you have written a great song. Whether or not others agree is another point entirely. There seems to be two approaches to song writing. Song writing for others, and song writing for yourself. I constantly struggle with this when I write music, because on one hand I really want to write music other people will like to listen to, on the other hand I want to write music that expresses how I feel. When I try too hard to write songs other people will enjoy it usually falls apart, I lose interest in the song quickly and move on to something else. I think the highest quality songs that appeal to the masses are the ones that are written as self expression but happen to have the three necessary attributes you mentioned. Tears in Heaven, is the first song that jumps to mind while I’m writing this. Anyways keep writing, the blog is interesting. But you gotta do something about the default wordpress theme :P Take it easy!

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