William Samuels <w_technoir@yahoo.com> wrote:
Speaking for myself, I don't really care how something
is made. And whether it is new or old doesn't really
matter, just as long as it's really good.
Originality is important. I usually get annoyed when
people try to sound like someone else, because they
almost always do a piss poor job of it.
Amen. This reminds me of the following quote (which suggests quite
a bit about why I listen to IDM):
Karlheinz Stockhausen once told me -- we were in Copenhagen --
"I demand two things from a composer: invention and that he
astonish me."
John Cage in "Indeterminacy".
I loose interest quickly when artists start to repeat themselves,
and even more when someone else tries repeating for them.
-Ed
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