That beautiful first moment, you can’t get to it by playing the song again, you can only get to it again by creating another one.
The magic in the room when that melody was hummed with those chords for the first time and then the words flowed…a room that was once devoid of a song now has one.
That’s a moment worth chasing again and again. It’s fleeting and life giving at the same time.
After the song is written it immediately becomes something else. It’s beauty that now already exists, it’s a different kind of beauty…as playing is different than writing.
Playing the song again can remind you of the first moment and bring you a similar feeling but it can never actually be that moment again.
That moment is extra special. The first time that song was sung in the world. Before anyone else heard it. Before it went on the charts. Or before it went nowhere. That moment is a gift to you from music…the moment of creation.
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