Look dude - the problem is, that it all is a matter of taste. You can write the technical most proficient solo that fulfills all the rules of music theory and is simply brilliant, and noone notices it - and then again you can just play something that is "wrong" in terms of music theory and isnt even well played, and peeps like it. you end up asking yourself "WHY??".

I am no friend of the thought that there has to be a recipie for good music - there is none! there are so many bands and artists out there that get alot of credit for their work that i cant understand.

the basic question is "who makes the rules? who sets the standards? whos says its good or bad?" - the answer is, that the crowd sets the standards - if the crowd decides that your music is crap, then it IS crap - no matter how good it is in your opinnion. sounds wierd and it sucks, but thats the way it is!
The quality of an artist is not defined by his art, but by the ones who admire it!

And that leads us to the next question: "what are your goals? why do you make music at all?" Do you make music for fun? do you make it ust for the sake of it? just for you? - in that case you shouldnt worry about the others - just play what feels natural to you and what expreses yourself the most (basically thats what i would recommend to everyone no matter what their goals are)

INcase you wana make music for the masses and you wanna make a living out of it, then you have to find out what they like most.. and you probably wont like the answer...

[Edited by Azrael on 08-06-2003 at 01:28 AM]