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One of the more interesting things I've learned/come to grips with as an aspiring artist/producer is that: we are really not the consumers.  At times it’s been difficult to maintain an objective perspective on both my own music and music from mainstream artists.  I think we all realize that we listen to music in a different manner than most, and that creating music for ourselves is not necessarily creating music for the consumer.

I recently saw a video interview with ?uestlove (the drummer/producer from "The Roots") and he made a very interesting statement about the difference between music lovers and people who like popular music.  I can’t remember exactly what he said but it was something along the lines of: “people who only listen to pop music aren’t necessarily music lovers but are more so lovers of pop culture.”
This made me realize that pop music is not bad!  I think that we forget sometimes that “pop” is just short for “popular”.  We all wanted to be popular at one point or another, then we learned to embrace our own uniqueness.  Now it’s time we learn to balance the two philosophies.  After all, it’s OK to make music for yourself, but if we’re trying to connect with the rest of the world then we can’t be selfish and only consider our own ideas.

Music is a tool for communicating.  Therefore if your music is not connecting with anyone then it’s just noise…

SirCharles
www.octiv8music.com