#do you think a painting that uses the color red is derivative college dokpetra? is that the hill we plan to die on? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dokpetra · 3 months ago

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Me in college: every piece I write must be entirely novel in every conceivable way even if I have to spend the entire night smacking my head against the piano keys until genius strikes (and then it does not)

Me now: C major. Default tempo in the DAW. Pentatonic scale. It sounds nice. It sounds original. I am proud of it. No head smacky.

#now this is blogging #musicians on tumblr #dont get me wrong i still like trying to innovate and find new sounds #but my previous approach was like.... refusing to use any color that already has a name. and... the colors have all been named buddy #do you think a painting that uses the color red is derivative college dokpetra? is that the hill we plan to die on?#it was but happily i have come down from that hill and i am hangung out with my beloved friend c major and things are great

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