cRookie_Monster wrote:Yayyyy! Great interview
It's so great to hear someone else confirm Mike's existence beside myself lol. I wish he'd friggin storm onto the scene with some new music.
And yeah, just like with us at Faulconer's studio, you see that being in the creative business is rough...making a product that you don't necessarily identify with. My biggest example is the giant metal stuff for Trunks...yeah I recorded it etc, but I was diametrically opposed to it being used. We had to satisfy the client.
Even the video game I scored later (Empires) had similar issues where I was writing stuff that I didn't really think was the best thing for the game...but I had to cater to the client.
Glad you liked the interview! I was curious what you would think since you have such a unique perspective.
Who was the "client" at FUNimation at the time? Was it Barry Watson? Or was it that Bruce relayed everything to you guys, and you never had a chance to interact with the FUNimation staff directly?
I agree about the creative business side of things. As a freelance web developer, satisfying the client when they insist on horrible choices is very difficult to deal with. It completely saps my motivation and makes me want to stop the project altogether, basically because I lose my pride for the work.
Of course I'm cool with making adjustments and changes to please the client. Here I'm talking about things that go 100% against what you know is proper and correct. Know what I mean?
But of course I've learned since those encounters that I'm trading my expertise for money, and I should be unattached to the work. Therefore, if I really want to be super creative and have complete satisfaction, then I need to become financially successful with my own projects. That's the ultimate goal.
I can only imagine how many times you experienced similar frustration while working on the DBZ music.
The thing is, as a member of the audience watching DBZ at home, you have no idea that the music staff is working against their own conscience, so to speak. Same with Mark on GT.
And I think this is what leads to so much antagonism and outright hatred by the fans against the different types of music throughout the series. There are no explanations to the audience for the choices that are made, so there can be no understanding. This ignorance leads to frustration, which leads to hatred... which leads to the dark side.
It's only when you have interviews like this, where you see the humanity of the people behind the show, that you're finally able to gain understanding and let go of those previous notions. Then with this understanding you gain compassion, and perhaps even a little regret for the way you used to think.
Then at that point you change as a person. Maybe even feel a bit of redemption.
Perhaps I'm over philosophizing, but hey, that's my thing! It's what I do!
