I don't know if you meant it like this, but to a degree I think you have a point, if your point is that music production is a pattern that soothes some perceived need, like a drug that once was effective it might not even mask that "need" anymore, but the idea of it doing so still exists.No you don't. You do it because youre afraid to face what would happen if you don't do it.Ultimately, though, I do it because I have to.
I don't have to eat. But I do it because I'm afraid to face the consequences if I don't.
I think there are worse identities to have, I would rather hang out with the guy who smokes too much weed and noodles on a modular or in Max/MSP than someone who has masculinity issues, a jacked up pickup truck, MAGAtt and NRA bumber stickers and reminisces about bar fights from days gone by.
It's a drug to finish a song you wrote you actually like, and to play it well in front of an appreciative audience is in some ways better than sex. I don't think that has to be attached to ego or rejection of ego.
Statistics: Posted by machinesworking — Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:36 am