What do you want to be?

Strutter · 2023-12-06T14:08:43.892Z

Having been more into visual art than music for the past few years I feel like I’m in the middle of reinventing and revisioning my creative process. Things from different mediums bleed into each other.

I don’t really know if I can define what I want to be but I know exactly what I want to do, which is to aim higher, dedicate more time for creative activities by diminishing time from interacting with other ppl, and not to let anything distract me from this.

I can’t be well if I’m neglecting that stuff. I will be more selfish and committed to expressing myself through art and will make sure everything else stays secondary.

uhstevenk · 2023-12-06T14:22:59.970Z

Happy, and I work on it constantly. Electronic music has been a large part of that recently. If I’m having a ton of anxiety I grab a piece of gear and put on headphones. Currently rehearsing for my next gig. Second one… this one is a door deal ha ha and I’m just one of many acts that night. I’m 53 so I’m crazy excited about it. But I had to make that excitement happen. That type of happiness is hard work.

m0ld · 2023-12-06T15:22:15.812Z

I’d like to be free of my the mysterious and apparently undiagnosable tendon/ muscle issues which have plagued me for almost 2 years.

I’d like to learn to be equally content with less stuff.

I’d like to find wonder in the everyday. That sounds mildly ridiculous typed out, but it’s a feeling I very much miss and would like to try and cultivate again.

neilbaldwin · 2023-12-06T15:24:35.961Z

generalkustard:

My long-term goal is to make music that brings people to tears.

Like Ed Sheeran or a less angry emotional response?

generalkustard · 2023-12-06T15:51:16.202Z

No, I don’t want to actually hurt people.

Landings · 2023-12-06T16:06:14.638Z

I want to be a tree

MartinH · 2023-12-06T18:11:56.434Z

I want to be a responsible, reliable, empathetic, warm, reflective and sustainable person. Music is a welcome luxury that must be subordinated to these principles.

Bitsnbobs · 2023-12-06T20:28:46.036Z

a tree

cixelsyd · 2023-12-06T20:41:08.911Z

What do I want to be?

Free to find joy in making music just for myself.

Kegeratorz · 2023-12-06T20:55:15.370Z

I wanna be a billionaire!

Because money can by happiness and shit!

stiiiiiiive · 2023-12-06T21:03:28.896Z

I want to create with freedom, not worrying how it fits into a song or idea.

Around 2008, I started a practice of free improvisation -alone, with a trio or with strangers. It consisted in 1-2 hours sessions of continuous musical creation. No codes to comply with, neither in esthetics not structure. An encounter. The moment. Kairos.

It basically made me more confident about one fact: I can have ideas and it’s not a problem if a good idea does not end into a good song.

There is very few material left from this period but what I know is that it is the period I progressed the most in my general musical practice. Technically?.. Well, not that much, but mentally, fore sure.

heckadecimal · 2023-12-06T21:07:28.666Z

i want 2 b me

DaveMech · 2023-12-06T21:20:50.932Z

A better thing is to do in stead of want.

What are you ?
What are you improving?
What are you starting?

I am letting go of this thing that pushes me to create a certain type of techno rather than anything that comes naturally and flows out of me.

Already started a few months back. And it has been both difficult and super easy. Difficult because I feel like playing techno live is really a great thing to do but it simply is not the only thing i can focus on as it makes me feel quite insecure for some reason. Super easy because I don’t have to think about the direction I have to create something in. I can just be the artist free of any boundaries.

Joy

HoldMyBeer · 2023-12-06T21:45:47.662Z

I would like to be a person who has more pizza.

Microtribe · 2023-12-06T21:54:55.466Z

inmazevo · 2023-12-06T21:59:28.584Z

Huge question, but I’ll stick to music-related and not existentialism.

As much as I really enjoy electronic music, and devices and the flow of things when I’m disciplined and not procrastinating (I like that from some comment above as being what GAS can be for some, and I definitely can fall into that category). It’s such a cool-vibe when I just sit back and DO things, and quite rewarding.

But despite of that what I really want to be is:
The trumpet player I used to be. That covers just about every base regarding getting better in ‘the studio’ (lol) and personal lifestyle choices. So… THIS: the trumpet player I used to be (and it’s not that hard; just takes time and discipline and ‘boundaries’)

And then it gets existential.

LyingDalai · 2023-12-06T22:40:28.029Z

xxxx · 2023-12-06T23:31:56.667Z

Love this. Are there recordings of you playing trumpet?

taxhaven · 2023-12-06T23:33:51.209Z

when i grow up i want to be a fire man

inmazevo · 2023-12-07T00:25:49.761Z

No, no
Lol

It’s been a LONG time since I was at my best
But I’d love to get the that capability

At one point I could do what’s at the end of this track, and that’s the goal again: