In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
It's all about sound. It's that simple.
Sound comes out of a life experience.
I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.
Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.
Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.
Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.
Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.
I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play.