Although I totally agree, I actually found this one more agreeable when i heard it in the film “ 'Too many notes, dear Mozart, too many notes” - Emperor Joseph II
I think for me, i have always struggled with creating overly complex arrangement or layers as its feels like I’m really trying and i just cant take myself seriously. I’d listen to my music along side other people’s and it just sounded so empty by comparison, but i just like it that way. It reminds me of a guitar solo, really going for it, centre stage, crowd cheering like crazy… im more similar to:
“you can start your soundcheck now” - soundman
“it’s already playing” - me
Or
“I think there is something wrong with the P.A” - soundman
“No, it’s meant to sound like that” - me
Both of these happened to me. Although the best one was when myself and Lucia were playing together back when we did Mimosa Moize and a girl came up to Lucia mid through our performance to ask the price of the t-shirts that happened to be next to her. 🥸
I try to lean into tracks that are arguably unfinished, and as if it only has just enough to hold together, like old blue skateboarder shoes held together with black electrical tape…also me, many, many years ago.
I used to make music to piss off my Dad’s parakeet, it seemed like the perfect critic.