Ethics are so annoying. I avoid them on principle.
I think the origins of music have probably to do with magic and transcendence as well.
I am not scared of making mistakes.
When I was growing up, my idea of Led Zeppelin was all epic lasers, castles, and ten-minute drum solos - that sort of thing.
I do understand the perspective of die-hard fans who complain that we don't play the same as the record, but at the same time I think fans are getting an amazing deal.
In Western classical music the idea of holiness, purity, perfection, and total beauty is expressed through clarity of sound - a bell-like sound. Obviously, that has its own place, and it's a beautiful way of doing it. But I don't think I am the first to point out that in Africa, the more buzzing the sound is, the more it indicates the other world - the spirit world.
In a lot of African instruments, you find a rattle, and sound engineers have a hard time making sense of it.
Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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These days her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore.
He wore a sprinkling of powder upon his head, as if to make himself look benevolent; but if that were his purpose, he would perhaps have done better to powder his countenance also, for there was something in its very wrinkles, and in his cold restless eye, which seemed to tell of cunning that would announce itself in spite of him.