From: VincentLauw | #138
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How can I summarize already concise posts? If you don't wanna bother reading then don't bother arguing
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You just defined approach. Experimental music is an approach, not a specific genre or style. You can make experimental jazz music, experimental hip hop, experimental everything. That good enough for you?
Now see, here's where we disagree. You're looking at the example I gave, and not the bigger picture. Approach is...well, it's not entirely where style comes from, but a majority of it. Where does the desire to play jazz come from? From you saying 'I want to do music that is both relaxed and energetic, that conforms to this and this and this set of specifications', even if it you don't do it consciously. Where does heavy metal come from? From somebody saying 'you know what? I want to play harder than anybody else has played before. Louder. Rougher.'. And of course, from people saying 'I want to play like X!'. Your goals and mood when you approach music are responsible for what comes out for the most part. I think we are in agreement on this, correct?
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