"I like music where I can understand what they're saying."
Have you heard that one before? I have.
I kind of get it. People want to know what the song is about on a very specific level. But as an instrumentalist, I don't agree with it at all.
If a song is written properly, you already feel what's going on, usually on a deeper level than just having it described in words.
Honestly, I'd argue it's harder to make a song that fails to tell a story. Even someone who hardly knows anything about music can feel emotions and that translates into what you make, whether you know it or not.
If you can't understand a song without words on an emotional level, the song isn't good. You don't even have to be a really good musician if people get you and can relate to you, even as someone who's never met you, just by listening to your music.
That's about it. Just a thought that's been in my head over the last month or two. Something interesting for you to chew on.
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