Are we supposed to be our biggest fans?

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OK, most of us are musicians, composers and sound engineers. That means we do everything. Our heroes had 10-20 people to do it, we have only one.

OK, that is the setup.

Now, we do all of the stuff above (I didn't want to write it out). Shouldn't we like it durst and foremost?

I like coming here and the guys say, yea, this sounds good, this isn't working, etc. Which I would like to say is a real treasure. I like this sight (TMI).

So, I think the question we ask, "Are we supposed to be our biggest fans?"

Thanks for reading, looking forward to the comments.
 
I’ve always looked at it this way.
We all grew up with a love of music. Much more so than the ordinary ‘music lover’

Our deep love for this stuff called music has led us to go more in depth than the average Joe to the point where we became creators of music rather than casual consumers of it.

This in various degrees makes us somewhat authorities of the subject. Again some more than others. Individual tastes aside, we know what good music is when we hear it. At least I’d like to think so.

So….(get to the point already)

If I like a song of mine as much as I like commercial releases I’ve imbedded into my musical brain, I figure I have a winner. I have stuff I’ve done decades ago that I still love to listen to. And then there’s other stuff that I think is crap.

So yeah, I’m a fan of my own stuff. I figure if I like the tune, there has to be, out of the 8 billion people on this third rock from the sun, a measly 1 million people that like that tune as well.

Now…… I just have to find them. :D
 
I guess one way to look at it is.... do I or have I listened to my own creative output because I like it? For me, the answer is yes. Absolutely. I have a couple of songs that I listen to from time to time because I like them. There are only 2-3 songs (my personal catalogue is NOT large) that I listen to occasionally. But I do it because I like what I did. It's fun. I enjoy it in the same way that I enjoy someone else's material. And I've asked myself - why do I like it? And the answer is that I made that because that's the type of thing I like. With one song in particular - it was done 25 years ago and the production quality is not good. But I like the composition. I like what I played. I feel more disconnected from this piece because it was done so long ago. (it just so happens I've just started to re-record this song to give it an updated production quality - hoping I can capture the spirit again - I think I can)

Good topic!
 
DM60 said:
So, I think the question we ask, "Are we supposed to be our biggest fans?"
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Over the years I’ve gained confidence in what I write and perform - I seek out opinions just to see what’s there and a different look on my tracks - wo while I’m not my own biggest fan - I’m not looking for the approval I used to look for when I first began.
 
Thanks for the replies. I was wondering what types of answers I would get, but so far seems to me that, yes.

I was pondering it and thought, there are some young composers out there that might trip over this board, and the folks here should encourage them to "write" what they want to hear. Let's face it, if you don't like it, why would you write it? Especially at our level, it is not like most of us depend on the income it generates.
 
I thing Porterhouse nailed it
What comes from inside ourselves naturally is what we like or gravitate towards. So therefore the music we create we can’t help but like or even love. I am drawn toward the songs that I have been involved in creating because of that
 
DM60 said:
Let's face it, if you don't like it, why would you write it?
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Because.
Sometimes, that song just has to come out. For me, songs are like passing wind. They're in me. They have to come out or, well, there is no "or" about it. The overwhelming majority of my songs I really do like. But there have been a few that I don't exactly "like" but I don't dislike them. But they had to come out and I worked on them as though I loved them because that's what one does with a song.
There are also some songs that I like but I acknowledge that the lyrics are absolute rubbish. Embarrassing and worthy of being burned alive. But it's the lyric and it had to come out. I fully understand why some artists dislike a particular song, yet so often, I've read of them hating a song that I happen to love. Just the other day I came across a video about some songs Pink Floyd hated that they'd done and they quoted Rick Wright saying that he hated "Remember a Day" and "See-saw." I loved those two songs from the moment I first heard them back in '79. I still do. But I get it.
I dig the vast majority of my songs. The mixes of some of those early ones may have left much to be desired {some of them are so bad, they're not even "so bad they're good" !} but I like the songs. Most of the shitty mixes and recordings I remade anyway, and the results were much more likeable.
 
I do like everything I write and that is why I bother to record it, but, like other artists, I like some songs more than others. There are songs that I've recorded that I'm quite sure no one else would appreciate so I won't release those. If I was writing songs commercially I would be writing music I don't like.
 
I don't know that I'm my biggest fan. As much as I would like to be able to write and record great music, I just don't usually like songs that I do. Now, reinterpretations of other folks songs I feel are usually decent. I've done a few like Inner City Blues and God Bless The Child that I'm proud of.

A collaborator would probably help, but I've never really worked with anyone on a song.

On the other hand, listening to all the folks posting stuff here on HR is something that I enjoy. Occasionally there's a bit of a stinker, but for the most part, you guys do some impressive work.
 
grimtraveller said:
Because.
Sometimes, that song just has to come out. For me, songs are like passing wind. They're in me. They have to come out or, well, there is no "or" about it. The overwhelming majority of my songs I really do like. But there have been a few that I don't exactly "like" but I don't dislike them. But they had to come out and I worked on them as though I loved them because that's what one does with a song.
There are also some songs that I like but I acknowledge that the lyrics are absolute rubbish. Embarrassing and worthy of being burned alive. But it's the lyric and it had to come out. I fully understand why some artists dislike a particular song, yet so often, I've read of them hating a song that I happen to love. Just the other day I came across a video about some songs Pink Floyd hated that they'd done and they quoted Rick Wright saying that he hated "Remember a Day" and "See-saw." I loved those two songs from the moment I first heard them back in '79. I still do. But I get it.
I dig the vast majority of my songs. The mixes of some of those early ones may have left much to be desired {some of them are so bad, they're not even "so bad they're good" !} but I like the songs. Most of the shitty mixes and recordings I remade anyway, and the results were much more likeable.
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Yes, you have to kiss a few frogs, right?
 
It's not fixed perception. if I work something alot at the end I can think this is really pretty decent . Then that veneer wears off after a week or so and I hear faults . Every now and then I ask someone else but that's even worse . If they said it's good id think they were lying to be polite . If they said it's garbage I'd think they don't understand . Bottom line is you just do what you can then let It go.basically I can't tell if I'm good or garbage . Never could. likely never will . I just do what I can then draw a line under it when I'm tired of it
 
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