>>5580048>That doesn't mean I can't appreciate musicians who do, like Fugazi or Paul Desmond.I didn't say you couldn't. My point was that "losing yourself" to the music is not one specific thing that only non-musicians can experience. The feeling of listening to an amazing piece of music for the first time is the same feeling as when you are composing something really good for the first time, yet there's no contest between the two, because the feeling you get from composing or jamming is the same thing but on a completely new level, that absolutely dwarfs the former feeling.
>I believe that attitude is what leads to bands typically declining over time, with their early years being their most creative.I have found, universally, that as musicians usually get older and more experienced, they make even better music, but it's better for the same reason most norps think it is worse: it is less apologetic. When musicians get older, especially ones who don't care about fame, they start making music much more because of what they want than what others want, which leads to most rejecting them. I listen to music because it's the only way you can directly experience the life and personality of the artist, but for most laymen, it's more about their own egos and experiences and how the music sympathizes with that, so it's a very self-centered experience, which offers little room to accept an artist when they are truly expressing themselves.
Like I said, if musicians were to truly internalize what you are saying, music would not exist, because if what you are saying is objectively true, then the only way to truly appreciate music is to never make it. That seems very backwards and counterproductive to me...
