Finding Solace in Music After Failure: A Personal Reflection
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A personal reflection on overcoming failure and loss through music. The author describes a difficult year after a major project fell through, leading to sleepless nights and depression, but finds solace and positivity in creating music — paradoxically making more uplifting music the worse they feel.
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I don't know where I'd be if I couldn't make music.
And it may sound paradoxical, but the worse I feel, the more positive music I make—and the more I want to make it.
I want to believe in the good, in a positive future, in the fact t
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