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Originally Posted by ph33r
For someone who has no musical education, it's quite an accomplishment. Composing isn't easy even for people with musical education.
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BOth yes and no. Composing can be done by anyone, it's not a "great" accompishment, it does not take training. So in many ways it's not "bad or good" at all. ALl it takes is creativity, and that's something that seems to be inborn more or less. Of course there are rules for structure etc, but most people who grew up listening to any pop music will have that ingrained anyways. So you are right, it may be difficult to compose even for some professional musicians, because it does not depend on your skill on some instrument (However, knowing how to play the piano a little helps a lot).
CREA made many of my favourite songs, and they were my favourites even before I knew that she made them. Same goes for DAI songs and CREA + DAI. I don't really know why, but it's a fact that a composer leaves a musical mark on his or in this case her works, repeating the same rythm, the same passages etc. WHat I like about DAI and CREA is the simplicity and catchiness. I also feel that her emotions are even stronger in the songs she wrote herself sometimes.
I do think that the arrangements often can grasp you and initially make you listen to a song, but the melody is what makes a classic. If ayumi's melodies werent' good, or easily got boring, her remix albums woulden'tve been as succeessful.