[This is a rant. This is a really ranty ranty rant. Feel free to avoid.

EDIT: Allow me to clarify here that I'm not talking about the whole genre. I was talking about specific songs when I wrote this, songs that sounded factory processed, and that weren't really moving at all. Just the stuff that sounded like an overnight job.

This rant was more a release of frustration at the people who I showed my music but they didn't really appreciate it because it wasn't their genre, because they loved the radio commercial stuff, and I was rather angry at that, and in the heat of that moment I wrote this entry. So - don't take it personal ]

Deep down inside I know I could write the commercial crap that becomes popular.
The world hating, identity crisis, tongue in cheek, bottled music.
Deep down I know that if I actually tried I could write all this pre-determined **** and my friends would love it and I would get commercial success.
It's so easy. Power chords, minor key. Intro, Verse, chorus, bridge, outro. Rhythm line, melody line, bass line, repetitive drums. It's so bloody easy.
And yet...
That's not expression. That's just a song. There's no artistic merit, no strength in that song. It's just a song.

In my personal opinion, my best songs are the ones that aren't always the most liked, but they're the ones that, when I strike the final note, I feel complete. I feel like I've said something, like I've told a story, relived an event, expressed a desire, and done it perfectly.

And maybe it doesn't have to be 'listeneable'. Maybe it doesn't have to be commercially viable. It shouldn't have to be! It should be something that makes me feel good, makes me feel relieved, makes me feel complete.

Don't let anyone tell you what to write. Ever. Write what you want to write, what you need to write, what flows through your fingers even if it's not what you expect.

Don't let people's opinions distract you from the simplicity of expression.