The hardest pill for musicians: audiences care about results, not process
Hey, to all the “real” musicians” trolling these threads: I get it. Watching the gatekeeping disappear must be rough.
But let’s be honest — most musicians throughout history were performers, not creators. They played what already existed, or added only small variations that never truly pushed music forward. Very few actually created something new. Creativity was never owned by the people best at scales, theory, or technical perfection.
Now the tools changed. That’s all.
While some of you are busy writing essays about why this “isn’t real music,” other people are busy making things audiences actually connect with. The world stopped waiting for permission to create.
And the truth is: adaptation requires creativity. Technique can be taught. Theory can be memorized. Creativity can’t. It comes from experience, emotion, perspective, obsession, pain, curiosity, love — from actually having something to express.
Some people have that instinct. Some don’t.
Stay bitter, or evolve. Your call. ✌️