Music that is authentic to you - - DOAMM#4

https://youtu.be/HtHLIkZhPRE

This week my focus has been to write music that I want to produce because there is a quiet whisper in my heart that is telling me to.

You know that little voice that is so quiet it’s barely noticeable but tends to gently guide you towards the things that matter to you and bring you in line with your authentic dreams and goals.

But, what does doing that look like as a music maker?

Honestly, I am still finding that out but it does seem to follow these points:

• Do something you are curious about
• Do something that excites you
• Do not let what other people are doing stop that

That last point is tricky; learning to not let what other people are doing or saying influence you.

This tends to be quite easy if you are creating in line with trends or what is currently popular but the moment you move off into places where your creations are “different” then it becomes very hard to move confidently in that direction.

That is what I have been practising this week - moving confidently in directions where I see very few other people. It’s scary but also very exciting. To boldly go…(cue Star Trek TNG them music)…where no music maker has gone before!

p.s. The artists I was discussing in today’s episode were To Be Invisible (Piano Slowcore) and Tenebrae Sonus (Horror music for imagined movies).

Thanks for reading The Diary of a Music Maker!

Happy composing!Rich