[Fons Adriaensen]
>If music is about 'communicating' anything, it should probably
>(IMHO) first communicate itself. There's nothing more boring
>than an artist trying to communicate his or her very personal
>feelings, be they sorrow or anger. The very least you need is
>a wider context that is relevant to others, and the music (or
>any form of art) that will most strongly communicate anything
>but itself will be the one that in which the creator himself
>disappears completely.
To quote Miles Davis, "I think people want to hear music and think
what they want to think."
(I think this is especially true for live performances. I -- like
probably most of us -- hold dear a couple of recordings exactly
because they so strongly express a particular emotion or state of
mind.)
Cheers,
Tim
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