I recently discovered free software on my laptop that would allow me to create music, videos, and images. I was excitedly telling a friend about it, explaining how I could record from a keyboard, add instruments, compose melodies, etc. As I waxed poetic, she said, \u201cOr you could just get a CD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a>I was dumbfounded. It was so wrong, on so many different levels, that I couldn\u2019t speak. That was probably a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This woman is a good person \u2013 kind, gentle, caring. She\u2019d never deliberately say anything hurtful. She wasn\u2019t trying to be cruel. She just couldn\u2019t see any point in going to all the trouble to create music, when you could easily get a CD. The CD would be professionally recorded, performed by experienced, professional musicians, and would sound better than anything I could create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She didn\u2019t say any of this, of course. She didn\u2019t have to. It\u2019s all true. Nothing I created would be of professional quality. It would lack polish, would sound amateurish. It should; I am an amateur. No one is likely to hear anything I\u2019ve created. It isn\u2019t going to pay off in money, fame, or anything practical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is something you can\u2019t explain. It\u2019s like asking why someone likes pizza. There isn\u2019t a rational reason \u2013 they just like it. Similarly, making music is just something I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her sentiment isn\u2019t rare. If you\u2019re trying to be creative, people are likely to think you\u2019re wasting your time. It\u2019s hard work. Why bother?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t have a good answer, but I\u2019ll do it anyway. To avoid hurtful comments from Dream Crushers, maybe it will be my dirty little secret\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently discovered free software on my laptop that would allow me to create music, videos, and images. I was excitedly telling a friend about it, explaining how I could record from a keyboard, add instruments, compose melodies, etc. As … Continue reading