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It seems to me that possibly we are saying similar things, but calling them by different names. I see music as a very ethereal thing, and I agree that you should write what you want within reason. I don't think you should necessarily allow others to tell you what to write (unless that's your job, in which case it is somewhat unavoidable sometimes) but I think you should be able to improve and regulate yourself (one of the reasons I don't think one should write for orchestra until one has a decent grasp on the basics.) I don't correlate 'good' music with music that I like. I like a lot of stuff and I recognize that it's not good music. I like it for whatever reasons. I am not sure about defining what good music is; it has some intangible quality that makes it good.
EDIT - This post was directed to SSC. Gardener's post popped up while I was typing this.
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