Label this track

Those who have not completed these studies are also allowed to participate in the "poll":)

If the answer is yes, rather than giving a "label," I can say that almost anyone can write a piece like that (watch out for the paradox), but why that "almost"?

Because there are certainly people who have no musical taste whatsoever and, besides that, wouldn't know how to put two notes in a row; but the opposite also exists, namely people for whom it remains easy to write more elaborate pieces (but not lacking in flow and functionality) that are nonetheless accessible, yet they have "difficulty" approaching pieces that fall between the simple and the predictable (besides these, there is the banal, obviously for those who consider it such).

To me, these are pieces that can serve a certain function at certain moments, but will never achieve that charm that only works of a certain type convey.

I remember years ago a friend made me listen to a piece; actually, it was an excerpt of a song, consisting of a fixed sound and, if I remember correctly, another added sound. The question was:

"Do you think anyone can do something like this?", I replied yes, provoking disapproval, but for me it was so, and I would say the same thing today.

Of course, those who are admitted even if they haven't completed these studies. Anyway, I was thinking specifically about this: If anyone can do it, why doesn't everyone do it? Obviously, I'm not talking about anything trivial, but still, easy pieces within reach of many

I know what you are talking about, I think that anyway many abandon the idea of making pieces like this regardless, because they know that even if they are partly pleasant, the landscape is now saturated with them.

Ok and here I say: But shouldn't a composer compose for themselves first rather than for others? I'm not talking about commissioned pieces or various things, but specifically about the pleasure of composing

pianothor wrote:

Ok and here I say: But shouldn't a composer compose for themselves first rather than for others? I'm not talking about commissioned pieces or various things, but specifically about the pleasure of composing

Music is the relationship between 2 people: composer/listener by means of the performer.

If music is directed ONLY at the composer, it is just a failure... better to keep it in the drawer.

I think the same as you, namely that the composer also writes for themselves, for pleasure and for a certain sense of "duty," but the relationship with others and what they perceive is extremely important; I don't think a single person in the world can write music thinking they are its only listener. After all, everyone expects some kind of opinion from others, not necessarily a positive one, because it is implicit that (deep down) the creation of something always presupposes (even if only by 1%) the listening, viewing, reading, etc... by other individuals.

Expectations would not exist (which are already present even before the moment a piece is published), and expectations are strictly linked to the compositional process.

To give you an example, during this period I have thrown myself into various types of contests, including the latest one (for which I only have two weeks to prepare a piece), which is very important and difficult, but in the field of electronic music I feel more confident and am participating to be among the 6 who will be chosen for a proper publication. I discovered it by chance and I have to try; I've been working hard for years and I have received many "no"s but also zero responses, but I have "honed" my style (in this context) and I insist on proposing who I am, while always making the pieces pleasant and at the same time alternative (as much as possible); sooner or later, I will impress someone.