——————————————————My Thanks, Nocturnal Risk
P.S. Those that agree with this message post a reply please.Kinda like signing an open letter.
Cindy is a great talent and a special person and i’m happy knowing she’s my friend.
On that what i heard was beautiful, sad people didn’t appreciate it.
P.S. And as far as blowing up……we all have our "diva" days, it comes with greatness, or at least that’s what I tell myself when I get snippy after feeling mis-understood and un-appreciated.
Before i do that though, i thought i’d say this one thing, so it won’t go to total waste with me.
I’m a design student (by accident mostly, i’m actually trying to make it as some sort of artist). The teacher i got his year for the core class is pretty cool. He told us this story not too long ago, goes sort of like this:
Some people with money had just purchased a recently abandoned butcher’s shop and wanted to turn it into a night club or something. They called up a designer to do the remodelling. The guy goes there, enters the place, sees all the butcher setup, with all the hooks dangling from the ceiling and whatnot. Goes back to the client and says "Change nothing. Set up a couple tables here, a counter there, some lights here and there, and you’re set. Call the place The Butcher’s."
The club’s turned a major hit, my teacher said.
Point of his story is, a designer’s not meant go around changing everything he sees. The ability to resist the urge to go around altering things that are fine as they are is one of the points that separates a real designer from an amateur.
And it’s what separates you from every composer out there who thinks a worthy remix is the J-trance thechno-hip-pop rap version of Still More Fighting (quoting my youtube comment here, i know), as far as i can tell.
The guys at OCR laugh at this, it’s their loss. I’d take your work over VOTL any day.
And on that note, i’m gonna go start my scouring.
I am a composer, and I completely understand what a hugely personal thing it is to allow other people to hear your creation. Regardless of why you create (for yourself, for others, or anywhere between) when the time comes to allow other people into your world, it is a spectacularly terrifying exercise. When you show somebody a picture you painted, or play them some music you composed, or read them a story you wrote, you’re inviting them into the inner depths of your psyche. It is *not* an invitation that should be taken lightly.
Whether or not they *like* what they have seen, read, or heard – that’s another matter, and of course people may like it and they may not. But of the greatest importance is that you respect the fact that you are critiquing somebody’s *personal creation* – and make your comments with the necessary sensitivity that would dictate. Part of being an artist is being able to take criticism… BUT, part of being an art *appreciator* is treating the artist with reverence and respect.
Peace, all. 🙂