Maybe it’s that twelve bar thing. Kinda constrains creativity...
Yup exactly. 12 bar 1-4-5s. Not creative at all when you’re copying songs that have been around forever.
read my #18 on this thread
Well, there is more to the blues than just 12 bar blues, even if that is all you will ever hear from your average “bar band” type blues band.
Besides, blues is not about harmonic variation, it’s more about melodic and rhythmic variation. Other forms of music sometimes focus on harmony but use the same rhythms or melody patterns in most songs. You can be boring playing any kind of music, or interesting playing any kind of music. It’s really a matter of the talent of the musician or composer.