I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.
Brian EnoI always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.
Brian EnoThe idea that something is uncool because itโs old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.
Brian EnoIn fact, quite a lot of what I do has to do with sound texture, and, you can't notate that. You can't notate the sound of "St. Elmo's Fire." There's no way of writing that down. That's because musical notation arose at a time when sound textures were limited. If you said violins and woodwind that defined the sound texture; if I say synthesizer and guitar it means nothing - you're talking about 28,000 variables.
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