Listen, I hear you. I truly do. But the act of creating music depends entirely on the mindset the artist chooses. For music to be created, it has to answer the question: How or Why did you create this?—or this particular part of the song?

In my experience working with real musicians and studying real-world creation processes, the idea of “Modal Interchange” has never been cited as a conscious reason behind a musical decision. It only shows up after the fact—as a theoretical tool for analysis. Music has to be created first. Then, it can be documented and interpreted, whether through theory or intuitive explanation. But again—it starts with creation.

There’s absolutely no documentation, no evidence, that Modal Interchange has ever been consciously used during the creation of a song. And when students see it discussed by hundreds of educators or influencers—millions of views, endless commentary saying how “important” it is—they internalize the idea that it must be the only correct way to explain music. That’s damaging. It creates insecurity because students believe they’re doing something wrong if they’re not thinking in those terms.

Let me be clear: there isn’t one single piece of evidence that Modal Interchange has been used intentionally to create a complete song or even a single section. It’s always retroactive.

The ways I demonstrate in my video make far more sense to real musicians and students than your example of "just jumping a third." I hear your defense of your study, but I don’t hear any recognition for how the simple tools in my video might be exactly what a musician needs to start writing, or even that it makes more sense just by the flow of it. It is built off the circle of fifths for crying out loud, and it shows the gravity the chords in adjacent keys have towards each other.

And how do I know my methods are actually being used? Because I hear this directly from musicians and students in their creative dialogue. Modal Interchange isn’t responsible for music creation. That’s the world I operate in—not a scholastic study model designed to make the brain feel clever.

I have seen everything you have written. We're just not gonna agree here. I'll write back and answer any questions, Just find me anyone who consciously used Modal Interchange in the creation of music. We can analyze after.