From Kelsey Damas Sent Wed, Jun 3rd 1998, 23:59
From Kelsey Damas Sent Wed, Jun 3rd 1998, 23:59
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Heatsink wrote:
->rather to make *mine* the best it can be. No-one can help or choose what
->influences
->they have, and while I`m not going to blatantly steal from another track,
->I`ll
->readily use techniques pioneered by others in my own tracks. How original
->is the Aphex Twin anyway? Not very.
So you are borrowing techniques from artists (such as aphex) who are
unoriginal themselves? I don't think it is a very cool thing to borrow
from someone and then turn around and call *them* unoriginal. Perhaps I
am misunderstanding you.
->And if, by drawing influences from
->others I actually branch off and come up with something different/original,
->then great. Chances are, if you spend all your time trying to come up with
->something totally original, you`ll end up with something totally shite.
One person's shit is another person's gold. It's possible that something
totally original will take a while to completely understand and
appreciate (and it could seem like "total shite" at first). But at any
rate, I would rather listen to someone spending all their time trying to
come up with something original than someone copying someone who copied
someone else (i'm NOT saying that this is what Map One is doing).
->I`ll stand by every one of those tracks on Map One and defend them as
->utterly valid, thoughtful and release-worthy tracks. Some of them I might
->even think of as <gasp> pretty original.
Unfortunately, I haven't heard Map One yet (but all I have heard is good
things, and I'm looking forward to hearing it), so take what I say with a
grain of salt.
respect,
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