“The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways?” PeopleIfsWayDoeWholeAsksSidesEmotionTypeProjectsOriginalsAlbumsRapThese DaysAcidMusic BusinessMixtapesOriginal Music Author:Chance the Rapper
“I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.” DifferentEnjoyIndustryLuckyOriginalsMy FavoriteEntertainmentStudiosThings To DoArenaFavorites ThingsEntertainment IndustryOriginal Music Author:Bill Mumy
“There are a lot of disadvantages with the YouTube stigma, because no one wants to be known as just a cover band. It's all about the original music.” WantKnownBandOriginalsYoutubeDisadvantagesStigmaOriginal Music Author:Alex Goot
“I think anybody that is going to be taken seriously in [music] industry needs to produce their own original music.” ThinkingNeedsTakenProduceIndustryOriginalsMusic IndustryOriginal Music Author:Paul Oakenfold
“I have been looking for a name for years and of course it sounds like it would be easy. Americana came along for the same reason. But to me Americana means Original music with prominent folk/rock influence. Ameripolitan is Original music with prominent roots influence.” YearsMeanHas BeensReasonWould BeCoursesNamesEasySoundInfluenceRocksRootsOriginalsFolksProminentAmericanaOriginal Music Author:Dale Watson
“I've always been making original music. I think that when I sat down with Losing Focus, I approached it different. I had a clearer understanding of who I was talking to, because I was able to go out and tour and see them right in front of me. I wanted to speak to them and speak about this lifestyle.” ThinkingDifferentAbleWantedSpeakUnderstandingTalkingFocusFrontsLosingOriginalsLifestyleSatOriginal MusicLosing Focus Author:Young De
“I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.” PeopleWantLinesDrawsOriginalsOriginal Music Author:Colin Meloy
“One of the first decisions I made, as the director of "Hide and Seek," was that our film would be silent and use underscoring of original music that I was planning on composing. The decision was mostly predicated on knowing how time consuming the editing of dialogue can be and given the various locations we shot in, I didn't want to worry about having to mix room tones in such a short amount of time.” WantFirstsMadeUseWould BeFilmGivenDecisionRoomsWorryKnowingAmountDirectorsShotsOriginalsSilentVariousPlanningDialogueToneEditingLocationConsumingComposingTime ConsumingHide And SeekOriginal Music Author:Garth Kravits
“I'm from the school of putting a lot of hours of practice into playing. But at the same time you have to write original music - that's really important, because that's the things that's going to separate you from everybody else, that's going to give you your unique voice as a music that you create.” GivingWritingImportantSchoolVoiceHoursPracticeUniqueOriginalsOriginal MusicUnique Voices Author:John Petrucci
“I think the transition between singing covers on a reality show to being able to do my own thing was really exciting. I'm no longer singing covers every second, and people are actually getting to hear my own original music.” PeopleThinkingShowsRealityAbleMy OwnSingingExcitingOriginalsTransitionEvery SecondReality ShowsOriginal Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn't allowed [singing my own original music], because it's not that type of show. I think it's really cool that I get to do my own thing now.” ThinkingShowsVoiceMy OwnTypeMusic IsSingingOriginalsReally CoolOriginal Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“I was working on a piece for one of the things I was dancing to and I needed to have original music. I didn't know where to begin, I'm so bad at computers, and I remembered that he actually made music. I asked Astro Raw if he'd be interested in scoring and he said yes.” IfsKnowsMadeSaidPiecesNeededComputerOriginalsDancingRememberedOriginal Music Author:Jillian Hervey
“One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.” ThinkingYearsSuccessfulDeserveOvercomingOriginalsCreatorObstaclesWorriedBeing SuccessfulHeavyweightsBiggest ObstaclesOriginal Music Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.” SongOriginalsSimplicityStudiosRecording StudioOriginal MusicRecording Music Author:Grace Slick
“Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.” UsedCreativeOriginalsHip HopUsed To BeHipsHopsOriginal Music Author:Missy Elliot
“I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be.” InspirationalModernOriginalsDanceMusicalFoolishSupposed To BeModern DayOriginal Music Author:Danny Boyle
“A true music, that is to say, spiritual, a music which may be an act of faith; a music which may touch upon all subjects without ceasing to touch upon God; an original music, in short, whose language may open a few doors, take down some yet distant stars.” MaySpiritualLanguageStarsDoorsSubjectsOriginalsOriginal Music Author:Olivier Messiaen