Nearly all of the people who listen to your music can not, and will not, appreciate the fine details of your work. I understand that it isn't their job to understand what we, as DJs and producers, are doing, but it's frustrating to me at times.
People will skip through mixes aimlessly. People don't appreciate smooth mixing until it's noticeably bad. No one cares how much time you spent finding a way to transition out of a certain song. I guess they don't have to, because that's your job as a DJ.
As a producer, 99% of the people listening to my songs don't care how great of a synth setting I've created, or how much time I put into creating a varied amount of drum loops. No one cares. No one wants to hear about how much time I spent tediously changing EQ levels and and compression ratios so that it sounded just right. It's safe to say that I spend just as much time, if not more time, on these "technical" aspects of my work as I do on the "musical" aspects. People don't understand that without these boring, technical adjustments, the music they hear wouldn't sound half as good.
Does this drive anyone else as insane as it drives me!?
I suppose this applies to many, many fields of work, both creative and non-creative. For example, very few people can appreciate the time a painter devotes to choosing just the right color and using precise strokes. Lots of people will take a look at the painting for 3 seconds, go "meh," and walk away. Likewise, no one walks into a building and says "Man, look at this drywall work, and the insulation is phenomenal!"
That, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of my mindless rant. But that's what happens when you work the overnight shift five days in a row!
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