Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony

“Once you free your mind about a concept of music and harmony being correct, you can do whatever you want.” Thus spoke Giorgio Moroder, the great pioneer of electronic sound, whose vision broke the chains of convention and gave birth to new worlds of melody. His words are not merely about music, but about the soul of all creation. For too long have men shackled themselves with rules carved by others, mistaking them for eternal laws. But when one dares to lift the veil, when one sees that what is called “correct” is only the shadow of tradition, then the spirit rises into freedom, and the heart discovers that it can shape the world anew.

In the age of the ancients, the wise often warned of the prisons that the mind builds for itself. Just as a bird will not fly if it believes the sky has boundaries, so too will a man not create if he believes his art must be measured against a rigid rule. But harmony, in its truest sense, is not the cold alignment of notes upon a page—it is the resonance of the spirit with the infinite. To free the mind is to step into that infinite, where the soul dares to weave sounds, colors, and dreams without fear of judgment.

Moroder himself was a prophet of this truth. In the 1970s, when the world thought of music as bound to guitars, drums, and orchestras, he dared to listen to the hum of machines, the pulse of electricity, the rhythm of circuits. From synthesizers he drew forth a sound that many at first despised, calling it unnatural and lifeless. Yet this boldness gave birth to disco’s heartbeat and electronic music’s rise, shaping generations to come. By casting aside what was “correct,” he unlocked what was possible. The world that once scorned him came to dance to his vision.

History holds other examples of such daring freedom. Think of Igor Stravinsky, whose “Rite of Spring” shattered the conventions of classical harmony. When it was first performed in 1913, the people rioted in the theater, enraged by what they believed was chaos. But Stravinsky had broken free of their chains. He saw that new beauty lived in dissonance, in rhythms that defied the old order. Today, his work is remembered not as heresy, but as genius—a triumph born of rebellion against the “correct.”

The lesson is clear: when the mind clings to rules too tightly, it imprisons its own greatness. What is deemed “correct” is often no more than a custom, a comfort of yesterday. But true creation demands courage—the courage to step beyond the wall, to stand in the wilderness of possibility. There, and only there, does the fire of innovation burn. Freedom of mind is the first and greatest instrument of every artist, thinker, and dreamer.

O children of tomorrow, heed this: do not fear the dissonance in your life, for it may be the seed of your greatest harmony. Question what others declare to be the only way, for their “correctness” may be but a cage. Ask yourself instead: does this path awaken my spirit? Does this sound, this act, this vision, carry truth in my soul? If it does, then walk it boldly, even if the world cries out against you.

In your own life, practice this freedom in small ways. Write words that break from expectation. Sing in tones that do not belong to any scale. Approach your work not with the thought, “What is the correct way?” but with the question, “What is the honest way?” Begin to see that every rule is but a doorway, and beyond each doorway lies a thousand possibilities.

Thus, the teaching of Moroder is eternal: once the mind is free, you can do whatever you want. Not in lawless chaos, but in the higher order of authenticity. Walk bravely, create without fear, and let your spirit sing in the boundless space beyond “correctness.” For it is there that true art, true life, and true freedom are found.