The Idea of Distributing Creative Potential in Music.
Before explaining the idea itself, I would like to clarify a few points:
Firstly, I believe that musicianship and acting are two trees with the same root.
I've been thinking about what differentiates them, and so far I've come to this: an actor plays anyone on stage except themselves, while a musician, on the contrary, only plays themselves.
And even if a musician literally reveals their life through music, they still remain a character in the eyes of the public.
It also seems to me that some aspects of acting could be transferred into music, but I haven't yet figured out which ones or how.
So, having explained all that, let's move on to the main idea.
The idea is that there are 3 main creative forces in music, and I call them the Actor, the Poet, and the Mathematician.
How do these 3 main forces manifest?
Actor – creation of aesthetics, the universe of the musical world, the philosophy of the musical world, visuals, info topics (hype/storytelling), etc.
Poet – skilled at writing lyrics (whether meaningful lyrics, good punchlines, etc.), and also has a good vocal ability, but not necessarily both together. They can be good only at lyrics, only at vocals, or both.
Mathematician – their strength lies in writing the instrumental, mixing, mastering. They also understand what kind of instrumental an artist needs. But they don't write music dryly, purely mathematically. They also pour their feelings into their instrumentals. Why are they called the Mathematician? Because music is mathematical. To write it (melodies, compression, equalization, etc. are mathematics at a basic level), you need to understand the fundamentals, which are mathematical.
So, how do we get an artist?
Previously, I thought that each type is mixed in percentages to create an artist (e.g., 70% Actor, 30% Poet). But over time, I realized that was too dry. I came to the conclusion that each type has a palette of colors. The palette of colors is the same for each type, but different colors may belong to each type.
An artist is created by mixing 3, 2, or 1 archetype and their colors.
Yes, mixing archetypes is not mandatory, because there could be a 100% Mathematician with their colors, or a 100% Poet.
But many musicians mix these archetypes within themselves.
Interestingly, there could be a 100% Mathematician (responsible for the instrumental) and also a Poet (lyrics, performance), but I've never seen a 100% Actor.
I think the idea of colors is underdeveloped and the weak point of the idea, because this explanation is abstract and works more by association, differently for each person, but so far I haven't come up with anything better.
So, let's analyze a musical collective based on this idea. This will be Sad Boys before Warlord.
Yung Lean – 60% Actor – his colors are pink, cloudy, bright colors. 40% Poet – also cloudy, melancholic (gray), and pink colors.
Yung Gud – similar colors, but pink predominates, along with something acid-green (psychedelic).
Yung Sherman – similar colors to Yung Lean, with melancholic tones standing out (because of the track "Lightsaber" (personally for me).
Do you think this model is comprehensive enough, or are there important archetypes or aspects of musical creativity that it doesn't account for?