I have been writing instrumental music since I was 16 (im 28), and mainly it has been sad music, and for the longest time I thought that I had to be sad to make sad music, and that isnt the case at all. I am a much happier person than I was before, and I still write sad, triumphant music. Not only that, but with increased clarity, my band is able to create more vaired songs that still sound like us, happy, sad or otherwise. Sad songs can be beautiful, especially when written in the context of the human condition...something everyone goes through.
I suggest people checkout the bands Godspeed You Black Emperor and Explosions in the Sky if you want to see how sad music can still feel uplifting.
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