Re: [Harp-L] music

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the closest the harp world has to Miles is Musselwhite.  He
changes CD to CD.  I almost always hate the next two, then love the
third.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica.com

On 4/21/09, IcemanLE@xxxxxxx <IcemanLE@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Robert  Bonfiglio wrote:
> > It's time for music to go somewhere else.  It's  not that the players
> > aren't good at what they do; it's that we've  heard it all before.  We
> > know where they are going before they  get there.  Everything is so
> > bloody safe!
>
> At every junction in music (classical and otherwise), there are always
> those trying to push the boundaries - evolve into something new and different.
> These brave souls are at the front of the pack, and as such, open
> themselves up  to criticism and negative reactions.
>
> Miles Davis is a great example - someone who didn't listen to the critics;
> instead, choosing to listen to his own inner voice. He said "I have to
> change.  It's like a curse". Once he finished a recording, he very rarely would
> revisit  it. Fans have a tendency to like one facet or development of music
> and hold the  artist to that point in time - coming to hear the "hits" and
> style that they are  comfortable with and used to. Miles changed so radically
> that he would infuriate  his old fans with a new concept - not unlike Bob
> Dylan the folkie showing up  with an electric rock and roll band. One of
> Miles' fans came up to him after a  show and said "Miles, you are great. But,
> this new music you are playing, I'm  just not getting it." Miles replied "so
> I'm supposed to wait for you?"
>
> Even critics who heard Beethoven's Ninth Symphony initially gave it a
> negative revue. Beethoven replied that "This was music for a future generation"
> - and he was right. It was not fully understood and appreciated until
> "later".
>
> To hear new music these days, you may have to listen to college underground
>  radio. They have a tendency to play what is not on the "Hit List"
> developed by  music programmers for commercial radio.
>
> Commercial success is a two edged sword. It rewards artists, but keeps
> evolution to a minimum. Too many producers will find an original successful
> song, analyze it, and repackage it in their newer projects. It is a money game
> -  they want to sell to the biggest general audience they can. The lowest
> common  denominator of a big general audience is the height a new revolution
> in music  may achieve with this philosophy.
>
> Look to the innovators for inspiration - Miles, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits,
> Paul deLay, Cassandra Wilson, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Van Morrison, Edgar
> Varese, Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, The Beatles,
> Muddy  Waters - the list goes on.
>
> Who would you call an innovator?
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