LISTEN
There is no such thing as simply making music, sound art or whatever term one prefers to use. I do not mean that making music itself cannot be simple; sometimes that is simple enough. I mean that making music implies listening to it as well. It implies an involvement beyond the process of creation as we usually define it. Making music requires the composer to act as a listener as well, whether one truly listens to the resulting sounds themselves or one imagines them playing in the head. Taking this position, the composer is forced to distance him/herself from the work and thus identify with a potential audience. There is no harm in this; in fact, in my opinion, there are only advantages. Taking distance allows for redefining predetermined concepts or ideas about the work, creating the possibilities for change and nuance. Without this, a work is merely another form of an idea, which is nice for a while, but not very interesting in the long run.

A composer should always be a listener. Roel Meelkop

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