I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does NOT do that defines a style.
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As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
Style, to me, is an extension of one's personality, a kind of self expression which is very personal. It is an expression of your moods, your personality.
Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music.
First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.
Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like Scott Joplin and on through Bessie Smith.
Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost.
Style is an expression of your individuality. Who you are and what your mood is, is what you wear.
I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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