Follower or Leader?
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- KVRAF
- 14740 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
- KVRAF
- 4798 posts since 14 Jun, 2004 from USA
I am a follower of my own imagination and creativity. I might even be my only fan. Does that make me a leader or a follower? 
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- KVRian
- 581 posts since 9 Jul, 2004
Actually, the toaster is pretty dirty...
(RIP Douglas Adams)
Nice reference - made meMeffy wrote:KVR is big. I mean, you think it's a long way to the chemist's but I mean REALLY big
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- KVRAF
- 3057 posts since 9 Apr, 2003
Nora maya bee
5 twelve
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- KVRAF
- 7936 posts since 18 Feb, 2003 from out there somewhere
is that super cool or extra stupid? either way it must be awesome being you.serve wrote:Shorts in the winter, coats and pants in da summer kinda thing.
- KVRAF
- 4798 posts since 14 Jun, 2004 from USA
worst episode ever.Cordelia wrote:Jan Brady said that to Gopher on an episode of Love Boat.
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- KVRAF
- 2844 posts since 1 Jan, 2003
Jazzyspoon wrote:worst episode ever.Cordelia wrote:Jan Brady said that to Gopher on an episode of Love Boat.
Probably, but what about the "little people" episode, or "musical cabins" starring Michele Lee as faux celebrity Irenie Germaine?
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
At the back, of course! The line was already there when I found it. I'm no line-jumper, thank you very much!Cordelia wrote:At the front, or at the back?deastman wrote:When I see a line, I get in it.
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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Chuck E. Jesus Chuck E. Jesus https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=108246
- R.I.P.
- 7301 posts since 23 May, 2006 from in between a cornfield and a river
my favorite episode of The Love Boat is the one with Charo...
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- KVRAF
- 6596 posts since 21 Jun, 2004 from Secret Underground Hideout
all anyone has to do is ask http://www.xtheband.com/ contact link is lower rightserve wrote:I'm getting sick of the "How to sound like "X" Threads!
"Most people who experiment with drugs are not lying in the streets, suffocating on their own vomit. If you want to see some of that, go to the Pub on Saturday night at closing time." ozwest
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- KVRAF
- 11839 posts since 23 Nov, 2004 from west of east
True originality is rare. The vast majority of music is a mash-up of various elements that have been used many times before. So, unless one is unusually talented and creative, destiny is to be a follower, not a leader. Doesn't mean the music is any less enjoyable. When actual originality is combined with true talent, the results are memorable and remain unique even as many others come along trying to do the same thing.
What is interesting is when a leader tries to grow artistically, and the existing fans are largely unhappy because they want more of the original, not something else that may (or may not) also be original. Some leaders have a limited amount of creative originality, whereas others can keep creating music that either adds nicely to their existing body of work or can forge new paths that will leave some fans behind but add new ones.
Basically, 98 percent of musicians are followers even as they try to be original. It really comes down to which ones do a better job of it.
What is interesting is when a leader tries to grow artistically, and the existing fans are largely unhappy because they want more of the original, not something else that may (or may not) also be original. Some leaders have a limited amount of creative originality, whereas others can keep creating music that either adds nicely to their existing body of work or can forge new paths that will leave some fans behind but add new ones.
Basically, 98 percent of musicians are followers even as they try to be original. It really comes down to which ones do a better job of it.
We escape the trap of our own subjectivity by
perceiving neither black nor white but shades of grey
perceiving neither black nor white but shades of grey
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- KVRAF
- 6596 posts since 21 Jun, 2004 from Secret Underground Hideout
i'm a hugger
sometimes i'm a sniffer
sometimes i'm a sniffer
"Most people who experiment with drugs are not lying in the streets, suffocating on their own vomit. If you want to see some of that, go to the Pub on Saturday night at closing time." ozwest