--- "jacob z." <jsz@eds.org> wrote:
quoted 17 lines On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, ugly and mean wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, ugly and mean wrote:
>
> > and who did Aphex study to learn his technique?
>
> lots of people. believe me. art does not come out of nowhere - all
> works
> of art are influenced by what has gone before. truly we are standing on
> the shoulders of giants, and that is the only way it can be. this is
> not
> imitation, it's the process of creation. if you've ever heard any song,
> it has already influenced any music you may write - even if you choose
> to
> consciously write something that sounds completely different, it has
> still
> influenced you to do this.
I asked who Aphex Twin studied to learn his -technique-. I wasn't talking
about musical influences. and it was a rhetorical question that could
have used Squarepusher, Global Goon, Autechre, or Bel Biv Devoe in place
of Aphex Twin. My point was that the truly great musicians, at least in
this genre, that rise quickly to the top, are not people that spend all of
their time trying to figure out how other musicians arranged their music,
or what synths they use.
When i was really into rock, and playing guitar and all that, i remember
reading a lot of mail to guitar magazines from people that were just DYING
to know what specific gear Randy Rhodes used to get his trademark sound.
They got told the same thing: instead of trying to imitate your heroes,
why don't you use trial and error to find the sound that suits your taste.
Be original.
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