quoted 4 lines But seriously, studying other people's production> But seriously, studying other people's production
> technique too closely is a bit silly, you might end
> up
> sounding like a cheap copy.
I guess (as the original poster of this thread...) I should clarify, as well as add my own commentary to this.
Exploring the techniques (by reading interviews, listening closely to records, communicating with the artist directly, etc..) of artists is one of the most important and useful ways of advancing your own creativity. By learning how someone else does something, and perhaps EVEN EMULATING them, forces you to learn and find techniques that you may have never discovered on your own.
We all learn by example- and sometimes "copying" someone, or "covering" someone is a necessary learning experience. I am tired of hearing artists say that they don't listen to other music, or watch films, or read books because they may end up inadvertantly copying other artists. Hello? Get over yourself- learn to respect other people's work, and use it as foundation for your own explorations.
I LOVE listening to other people's work...it gives me inspiration for my own work. I create music, visual effects, images...and I applaud and bow down to all of the other artists out there who are doing the same thing.
I don't want to learn how someone else does something so that _I_ can do it...I use this knowledge as a map so that I can find myself in the same creative space that these artists were in when this wonderful work was made...so I can experience what they did, and perhaps catch something out of the corner of my eye that resonates with ME, and enhance my own work.
Believe me- I don't want to spend three days building a soundalike Aphex Twin track- what's the point? I can put on a CD...but if I explore Richard's techniques, in the classic craftsman/apprentice style...I can find MY own style and expression...
rant over.
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