Probably the biggest complaint you hear about pop music, or even music in general, is that it’s too formulaic. Every song sounds the same, like they’re made on an assembly line. What happened to the great masters of the past, who seemed to just ooze creative prowess? Well, in reality, they were following the same rules that we’ve been following for pretty much all of human history. It all comes down to innovation within these limitations.
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