quoted 7 lines Innovation == experimentation that works.
> Innovation == experimentation that works.
>
> Most experiments fail.
>
> Sometimes not until after the fact, do you realize they failed. The
> difference between innovations and failed experiments is determined
> after the fact when, strictly speaking, they're old news.
Good points, I would add though that innovation is expermentation that
works because it is *musical*. A lot of people experiment with something
but then fail to transfor what starts as an interesting
technique/technical idea into a new medium for expression.
I think you can tell while you are "expermineting" what is musical and
what is not - IF - you are able to be objective and musical to begin with.
quoted 6 lines An innovation can be a new technique or strategy that bears
> An innovation can be a new technique or strategy that bears
> exploration. Said explorations aren't innovations.
>
> As listeners, you can A) seek out and listen to only the innovations,
> or B) Listen to music that makes you feel good regardless of the
> source.
Right, well both are interesting. And B) music can often be driving
future innovation much as a good album pushes a genre in a direction as
other's join the "sound" and copy it... even if it is not innovative.
quoted 3 lines I'd be interested to hear what he comes up with if he starts really
> I'd be interested to hear what he comes up with if he starts really
> caring, and manages to devote sustained effort to making the best
> music he can imagine.
Agree with all these comments. Oddly enough I also said this exact same
comment to someone just a few weeks ago. Richard has the talent to do
something incredible, but often I feel like the music isn't taken
seriously enough. It's a shame. At least, this is the image he projects
to me. Perhaps he is strongly commited, and I just don't get that image
from his image - as it were.
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