RE: The Hardest Part of Making Music

I've had that feeling with authors and books. Ted Chiang, for instance. Incredible. Makes me feel illiterate at how smooth the prose is and how effortless the storytelling (and reading of it) is.

On the musical front, even though I'm normally a metal head, I've been going back through a Florence and the Machine phase. Its popular, but like your example, my favourite songs are the least played.

I'll have some long rambling posts reviewing each album in the coming days, because I'm an evergreen rambler.

All I know is that I like the progression of A / D / E, and so many songs on those albums use it.