Is giving in to the photographer's presumably natural impulse to compose and light well sometimes okay and not okay other times?
David ByrneMy take is that the kind of complexity which says we can always generate complexity from simple interactions following for example rules.
David ByrneWith pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters.
David ByrneWhat's been missing from digital music sales has been the possibility of added depth. In a printed package one can only include so many images and so much text - for example - but digitally it's wide open. For the most part at the moment we get less information for slightly less money - though we could be getting a lot more.
David Byrne