Saturday 3 September 2016

Rules for creating music today:


  • Writing material is not the same as creating a piece.
  • If you start writing without knowing what you are doing, you are not in the process of writing a piece.
  • There is no reason for writing a piece in three movements.
  • People who don't like playing a certain type music should not do so.
  • People who don't like playing a certain type of music should not charge other people for hearing it.
  • If you only play classical music by dead composers, you have to be aware that you are working in a museum.
  • Playing a piece technically well has more to do with sport than art.
  • A piece that was created in 1816 is less relevant to today's society than a piece created in 2016.
  • If you repeat something because it worked before you are making a commercial decision, not an artistic one.
  • Imagining how an audience would respond is patronising.
  • Putting on a programme that you think people will like is patronising.
  • Poems should not be set to music. It has never been a good idea.
  • If you are concerned with colour when writing music you're a decorator.
  • to be continued