For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what.
Music is the strongest form of magic.
For me, personally, the most interesting music comes from the popular sector - from film and pop music - since contemporary classical music got stuck and went into directions where it lost a lot of the public by over-intellectualizing.
Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche.
I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.
In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past.
It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
I don't think there's ever been any music quite like what we came up with.
Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great. But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it's like there's no more magic - if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother?
I find that the kinds of music I'm drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.