Music affirms people

──What I thought about when I lost sight of why I continue to compose

To live as a composer, I must continue to hone my skills.
I work tirelessly to improve myself, and
there is also joy in creating the music I love and having people listen to it.

But ever since I started composing,
“What am I continuing to compose for?”
that thought had been nagging at me somewhere.

Immediate recognition, or perhaps just because I'm good at it.
I felt like I was continuing for those reasons alone,
and it felt like my music wasn't connected to my values or my outlook on life,
so I had been feeling uneasy for a long time.

The meaning of me creating music.
Why do I compose music?
I couldn't easily find words that truly resonated with me.

However, I am grateful that after thinking about it for years,
even someone as shallow as me has been able to sort things out little by little.

──I started to think about it this way.

What was it that I was getting from music?

Listening to music is, in short,
being guided by sound to feel "that's cool" or "that's beautiful,"
you were having an experience of becoming one with those sensations, right?

And everyone,
wants to be "cool" and "beautiful."

So, byrecallingthat sensation experienced through music,
I would be happy if you could live your days
as a "cool" version of yourself,
as a "beautiful" version of yourself.Because that is the figure of someone trying to live as their ideal self,
and if so, I, the creator, feel somewhat better about it too.

Alright,the music I compose exists for that purpose.
──I decided to think of it that way.

My musical life started somewhat aimlessly, but
it feels better to think about it this way.

Since then, I have continued with this feeling.
It might not be the right answer for everyone, but
at the very least, this way of thinking has made my unease disappear.

The words below this article
were written for myself, to remind me of those feelings.

Since this is my first post, I think it is also appropriate as a self-introduction.
Perhaps it might even be a hint for someone else.

With that thought in mind, I am writing it here.

Music affirms people.

Not as the ordinary me, but
as the cool me

Not as the small me, but
as the me living largely

Music affirms people.

When you listen to the music you love,
it is──
while it seems like you are listening to sound,
it is when you are listening to your best self.

I want to affirm the "best" in that person.
I want to create music like that.

People have both good and bad sides, but
I want to discover the "good parts" of people and affirm them.

I hope to be able to do that through music.

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