I got really tired of metal music. How do you pick what's good to sell when you're not totally into what you're listening to and marketing?

I don't think in time signatures, and when I do, what I write is generally 3/4 or 4/4, the most basic, straightforward stuff. I think that comes from just not being a super-schooled musician.

I got really tired of metal music. How do you pick what's good to sell when you're not totally into what you're listening to and marketing?

It's easy to gravitate toward something negative as opposed to something positive, especially if you're an outsider.

Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language.

I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me.

Being an evil dude: You create this false identity of who you really are and hide behind that as a means to deal with your peers and to hide behind your social awkwardness and inabilities and inadequacies.