Why do you love music? - Why do you make music?

Everything is easier with music. I can't imagine life without it. Music is an integral part of my life.
Music never gets boring. There's always something new to discover and play.

 

For all those reasons.
I'll add for mental health as well. I always use the analogy of working out... I'm not trying to become Mr Olympia, I just enjoy it and it makes me feel good.

 

I always liked music. I remember reading some research that affinity to music is in good part genetic, so that would be the why.

Why do I make it? Because I like making the things that I love. I enjoy the process. I make music for myself, ignoring genre and guidelines. Some day I might release something into the wild, but I don't have a need to do it, nor do I expect to gain anything out of it.

 

because its fun

 

I started to like music because of my father (he always had some music on) and then school friends that liked music.

Playing? I remember being marvelled by seeing some friends/a neighbour playing the acoustic guitar. I started to learn together with some school friends at 12 or 13.

Then I was in a band as a teen, and this helped my sociability with girls lol.

I started to compose and then buy gear to help me compose and record with a friend. Apart from guitar gear (guitar, pedals, fx unit) I also enjoyed an Alesis Sr 16, then a boss dr 5 groovebox, and a Tascam portable 4 track studio. Until today I see and like gear and software just as if they were toys.

Playing with software/hardware, exercising on the guitar etc. is like meditating for me - I get into another state of mind, which is rewarding by itself. I have been in some bands, now and then I play live (last time was in November last year), but what I really enjoy is messing with software and a little hardware (to compose, sound design, or just play, listen to, relax and trip with the sounds).

 

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I can't imagine a me without music.

 

if I am sad i understand it, if I am happy it makes me move - its the most honest way to communicate and most reliable way to store positive moods for a long time.

 

I love music because it's one of the few things that makes me feel like i'm more than a neuron tentacle monster piloting a skelleton mech covered in decaying meat sitting on top of a big-ass space travelling rock. Okay that got a little weird but you get the point, it gives meaning to things, including myself.

Why do i make music? Well, because sometimes the music i'm looking for is not out there, sometimes i want a challenge, sometimes i can't (or won't) express myself in any other way. Sometimes i just want to feel the execution of an instrument, sometimes it's an adventure and i have no idea why i'm doing it until i do, and sometimes i want to tell a story. I'm sure i could find more reasons if i give it a bit more thought.

 

Because I am a sound.

 

Perhaps weirdly, I love the ever changing science/technology behind it, particularly synthesisers and software. Been messing around with both for nigh on 40 years and have no intention of stopping anytime soon.

 

Agree to disagree.

 

honestly.. we just love the way music sounds!

 

... dunno, " @PulseWave " (if that's even your real name,) this sounds suspiciously like a question an A.I. would ask a music community to further its understanding of human emotion and thus, better mimic our inherent ability to create music.

 

I like making loud and obnoxious sounds... actually all kinds of sounds but that's beside the point. Music's just an excuse, otherwise I'd be just an obnoxious asshole making loud sounds.

 

its the soundtrack of our existence. without, its all crickets and rustling leaves.

 

Sorry, upfront with my deepest apologies...but since you brought it up...

 

I generally dislike watching TV and I needed a hobby that wasn't passive.

 

Because of "Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll"! ... and free software...