I've a tendency to just create. If people like it, people like it. Otherwise I'm not really too fussed. I say that because pretty much from my teenage years I've been raised on various social media platforms etc, so to a degree I crave validation. Can't help but post some of my music there now and again, and I do enjoy the idea of having an audience that appreciates what I do.
But I do my best to let what I create evolve on it's own, which has taken it to some interesting places. Tend to keep my more "creative" and "experimental" stuff to myself; and to satisfy the other part of my ego which relies on validation, I make stuff thats accessible to people, usually about stuff everybody can relate to, or music so absurd that it's entertaining to my small-ish group of friends.
I do cycle wildly between not giving a shit and giving alot of shits about it, though. I feel personally that my music as an extention of myself and clinging onto it as a part of my identity can be a huge, huuuge barrier my creativity in alot of ways, and when I put that stuff out there expecting people to understand, I'm just sniffing my own arse in public and most people aren't really down with that, most of the time. That's why I try to keep some space between me and what I create and try to create and I try to make music I otherwise have no personal interest and attachment to.
But I do my best to let what I create evolve on it's own, which has taken it to some interesting places. Tend to keep my more "creative" and "experimental" stuff to myself; and to satisfy the other part of my ego which relies on validation, I make stuff thats accessible to people, usually about stuff everybody can relate to, or music so absurd that it's entertaining to my small-ish group of friends.
I do cycle wildly between not giving a shit and giving alot of shits about it, though. I feel personally that my music as an extention of myself and clinging onto it as a part of my identity can be a huge, huuuge barrier my creativity in alot of ways, and when I put that stuff out there expecting people to understand, I'm just sniffing my own arse in public and most people aren't really down with that, most of the time. That's why I try to keep some space between me and what I create and try to create and I try to make music I otherwise have no personal interest and attachment to.