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Month: August 2007
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The benefits and dangers of listening to other peoples’ music
I count among the benefits of listening to other people’s music a broadening of understanding and the encountering of new musical vocabularies that can be absorbed and used in new ways to enrich your own creativity. It’s also refreshing and can reinvigorate your own muse. In fact, for my part, it would be nice if…
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Why did I “retire”?
Certain events stick in the mind. Who knows whether they were indeed as pivotal as they appear to be in retrospect; nevetheless, they carry certain charisma in the memory that can seduce you into thinking that, yes, this was a moment when the world changed. I have one such memory of a night, spent with…
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Why boredom is a “good thing”
Because it forces you, albeit eventually, to break out and seek new ground. Perhaps tedium is the mother of invention. Oh, the unbridled joy of altered chords. A prising open of hidden doors. Enabling the smash and grab of fresh sounds. A suprise for the ears around every corner. A break from the humdrum of…
