Sound is life! You cannot experience a precise moment without it, even those that cannot hear have a concept of it, and whether or not it is heard it exist!
Sound expresses, emphasizes and explains...it gives every moment or action definition and imprints those moments and actions into memory, allowing us to revisit, manipulate and even "RECREATE" such sounds. Now this is where things become very touchy..in the "recreating" part of things! As I said in the beginning while expressing the beautiful concept of sounds "it gives every moment or action definition and imprints those moments and actions into memory" IN...TO...MEMORY....why the emphasis, well as an active listener and forever participant of sound I know from memory and am absolutely certain that PLANES DO NOT HAVE TRAIN WHISTLES, trains have train whistles and planes, well I cannot recall the last time I hear a plane whistle?
As you probably have already figured out, this entire concept is an analogy for something that can make or break you in the musical arena. There has been way to many musicians, producers and designers unsure of what sound fits them. Sure confidence is an amazing thing and can take you very far in the music industry, but with that confidence one must understand that they cannot do it all, meaning stick to what you excel at. I have seen to many musicians wasting their efforts trying to perfect an attribute that they just were not suppose to perfect, which in turn takes away from what they are suppose to be.
Let me Give you an example:
Tyrese Gibbons, yeah I know you remember this singer gone actor, but before that, he converted to "Rapper", that's right 'Sweet Lady' was replaced by this horrible entity which was made up of a late 80's elementary rap style and a weird amount of over confidence to boot, it was embarrassing, thank goodness for The Fast and the Furious!! To name a few others; Shaq, WIll Smith, CeeLo Green, Kanye, 50cent, The Frey, Skrillex, I can go on for pages, but the point is that these people at some point in the their music careers thought they belonged somewhere they didn't, and if any one of them would have stayed there, we would not have known them as we do now.
SOooo take this as a challenge, to truly look at yourself objectively and ask yourself, are you a Plane With a Train Whistle, and if the answer is YES, then I suggest a 180 is necessary for any kind success.
Good luck in your endeavors!!
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