I always found the musician UI clunky and can subsequently understand why people who want to make better music turn away from it in disgust. Subsequently, that same problem can foster a sense of hostility when someone does decide to "master" this awkward system and sees someone can bypass it.

Like others, I think we need to take a different approach and allow people to script their own music. I get it, SE is afraid of the RIAA and other lawsuit happy individuals, but there are still avenues of free use and transformative work at play that shouldn't be a burden. Especially with the absence of lyrics. The cool thing is if that the user generated method is handled properly, XIV could actually go on to help people learn both reading and composing music. Whereas right now, it's just pressing some buttons and hoping it doesn't sound like nails on a chalkboard.

Being an older gamer, I've had my moments where I'd like to recreate old tunes from my youth just to trigger someone else's nostalgia or get them curious about what they're hearing.