I'd like to point out it's not all studying and influences and technique and
practice. All that only gets you so far ... there is also a need for a
certain factor known as "talent" which is the real reason mr ATwin and mrs
ATechre are where they are reputation-wise. Which is not to say that talent
cannot be learned. Some people are just born with it and they get a wicked
head start on the rest of us. So whoever said RJames could not be educated
by GGoon is not thinking in the proper frame of reference. Everybody has
something to teach somebody else.
on 6/27/02 6:04 PM, ugly and mean at ugly_and_mean@yahoo.com wrote:
quoted 44 lines --- "jacob z." <jsz@eds.org> wrote:
>
> --- "jacob z." <jsz@eds.org> 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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