Music; we hear it everywhere we go and almost constantly if we wish to but have you ever stopped and thought how or who creates these sounds that fill our lives?

It is not like cooking a roast dinner or learning how to drive a car. It is hard and one has to follow rules and formulae or it just doesn’t sound right or sit well.

Yes it is very hard but new songs and pieces of music are written every minute. Without these masters of entertainment our lives would be so much duller and unfulfilled. Image a world of no dancing, no songs and no catchy tunes. Okay for some no dancing or singing would be bliss but even they like listening to other’s work.

It is relatively easy to write a poem or air one’s thoughts via a blog but to work a song or write a story is another world of talent. Being able to play an instrument by interpreting one’s rambles from the mind to the strings or keys is probably the first step but having the ability to write musical notes and understand and imagine their sound is the next but harder step. Adding words then is a walk in the park. However, if the former two steps are beyond your capability can a song still be written? I guess so. Singing the tune and accompanying lines would work but it is setting out the layering and structure of the whole piece of work that is hard. Yes, one can churn out mindless and meaningless pop trash but they hold no emotion to the individual singing or the audience that they subject this tripe to.

Of course the above is only my opinion and should be taken with a pinch of salt. All music will be loathed by some and loved by others.  Personal taste and influences will dictate what or how one interprets a score just as the pallet of food and ingredients will develop the dishes of cultures and countries around the world.

It is wonderful to listen to the workings and creations of songs as they are formed by the artists to become some of the most renowned tunes of all time. Equally, when a friend sends a sample as and attachment or you listen to a sound-bite of a song on their phone, it is  brilliant and exciting.

It is a God-send that we can record our workings so easily in our modern times so others can experience and enjoy those tunes at later times. Before this once a song was sung, a guitar was strummed or a piano was tinkled the sound was lost forever. We had to live every sound in the moment and any mistake was washed away with the river of truth.

Have a go at it and see how you fair. Then some respect for the art will be gained. I do not state this as a patronism but just as a bit of fun.

“I will see you at the crossroads to meet the devil for a swap meet”.

Ha ha ha……But beware the Devil will want payment……