#& its bc we have preconceptions in todays society that if someone isnt famous then their music like. isnt good? which is COMPLETELY NOT TRU | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

doctorwhoisadhd · 10 months ago

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see on one hand i COULD totally make trock but the only thing is. im worried about like. would anybody actually listen to it. like thats the difference w/ blaseball, the fan music scene was so excellent and popular that like i knew that if i made stuff and shared it people WOULD 100% listen and have nice things to say. and in general making and sharing ur music does NOT feel that way outside of communities that are really FOR that... and like its one thing to write my own songs for me bc thats not so much a choice as it is a requirement for my mental health in a very human "desire to create art" way. so in this regard its entirely another thing to write fan music... thats me contributing to a space, as opposed to my own "for me" songs that are just my way of processing my own emotions.

#ari opinion hour #like i dont need to PROCESS about fan stuff... i already do that by talking about it w/ other fans #does all this make sense?#music in blaseball gets treated like fic/art in other fan spaces #music in other spaces gets treated like... fic in blaseball tbh #which sucks for musicians in non-blaseball fan spaces (and OBVIOUSLY fic writers in blaseball)#id make trock if dr who fan spaces treated fan music like blaseball fans did #this isnt just a dr who fans problem btw dr who fans are def better than 99% of other fan spaces! this is a general problem for musicians #ive tried to share music with friends and just sort of been ignored on a few occasions & it SUCKS and is extremely demoralizing #& its bc we have preconceptions in todays society that if someone isnt famous then their music like. isnt good? which is COMPLETELY NOT TRU #like it honestly couldnt be further from the truth #and it means less people are going to SEEK OUT music / songwriting as a form of expression #now me its my whole career! so IM not going to shy away because im already putting the work in!! but people who work as like. accountants o #in retail or sanitation workers or whatever #rather than music teachers #are going to be less likely to seek it out!!! which SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! SO BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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