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| From | "Michael Carpenter" <Stagefright@msn.com.au> |
| Subject | Re: Borack Thought |
| Date | Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:25:09 +1000 |
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As Anna wrote, the important thing to remember about an artist like Eugene
is that this IS his debut album. Hopefully the beginning of the unfolding of
a major talent. I think every new artist has the right to be a little
derivative on their debut releases. (I have this theory that all great
artists don't really develop their own voice until album 3 or 4, but that's
another email.) The difficult thing about today's music business is that a
lot of great talents don't get the opportunities to develop through their
debut, especially if the debut or follow up doesn't sell.
Without sounding like a broken record, the greatest thing about small labels
like Tallboy, Not Lame, Jam, Laughing outlaw, is that the artists have small
labels who share their vision.. who 'get' what they're doing. It provides
artists a home to grown in and become hopefully the great unique artists
they promise to be. My favourite Bruce Brodeen quote was when i handed in my
rather derivative, but i'd like to think still pretty good 'Baby' album, was
"i can't wait til your 3rd album, because, you barely even know what you're
capable of yet". And i think that's about right..
In the meantime, i guess we all have our thresholds of 'acceptable
derivation'. To me, Eugene is coming along fine from what i hear on the
record, and derivative or not, it's still a good one to listen to. I can
imagine that 'No Matter What' was considered derivative of the Fab Four when
it came out. But there's no denying that it's one of the greatest powerpop
singles of all time, right up there with the Paperback Writers and I Feel
Fines. I guess my point is that as i get older, i'm settling into a mode of
'styles i prefer to listen to'. In my world, an EC sounding debut is always
going to find it's way into my CD player faster and more often than a lot of
other crap that's out there (or is 'cooler')..
MC
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