My mailer says that Mike J. Brown said:
quoted 6 lines but not very creative. most musicians wouldn't be satisfied with something>
> but not very creative. most musicians wouldn't be satisfied with something
> that easy, unless you are talking about something more than just layering
> multiple tracks. when you're composing something, you don't want people to
> listen to it and say "anyone can do that."
>
umm... einstein said something like "if you can't explain it in a few simple
sentences, it's probably not right". some of the most extraordinarily
difficult things appear simple on first perception. it is only after
actually creating something new that has the same depth that i've come
to appreciate the craft and genius that went into the thing that inspired
me.
i'm perfectly comfortable with the idea of compositions that build over
long periods of time. many rituals take hours, even days to reach some
kind of conclusion. certainly a quick orgasm may be utilitarian and
satisfying in some ways; an orgasm (musical or otherwise) that builds
over a lengthy period of time is satisfying in entirely different ways.
while the instantaneous measure of "difficulty" may be low, the measure
of "difficulty" taken over the entire length of the composition may be
extremely high. hence, that "washed out" feeling after a four hour set.
any single mix may be easy, even downright trivial, but taken over four
hours, the overall mix may be quite difficult.
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