View Points: Inside A Musician's Studio 1 of 5

Steve Kado of Blocks Recording and Owen Pallett aka. Final Fantasy being lead in conversation with Carl Wilson.
They discuss the many facets of artistic process.

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[kendrascool]

haha steven!

will you all stop dissing my cousin please! he's wonderful!

[Vlant]

I think the fundamental difference between Owen Pallett and Steve Kado is that for Pallett, making music is his 'job', but Kado plays for fun, for the heck of it. It doesn't matter if he's any good at his instrument, because in the end it's not going to make much a difference. We're not all going to be 'great' musicians, so instead of striving to be great, we should just try to have fun, which I think is what making music is really about.

[lurajoonami]

I said you need skill to play music...not a whole ton if it. But skill doesn't create art. People do. I'm agreeing with what you said.

and I don't agree with mainstream standards. they create a poppy tune and it makes LOTS of money.

[Stef89]

I disagree with what u said about needing skill to play music.I played in rock bands,went on to produce electronica (music such as techno,hiphop,dance etc) and my colleague doesnt even know how to play an instrument but still manages to come up with great songs by painting the picture from the vision in his head.Yes music is art,but art progresses as time goes by true? And to my knowledge with music appealing to the teenage pop market,it doesnt seem to be progressing

[lurajoonami]

Music is art. You need skill to play Music, not create art.

As long as you have people who you can discuss with and get into deep conversation and have fun at the same time, you can have ideas emerge. Labeling people as "good", "ok" at playing an instrument is low. every person is equally able to play at any level they wish and create music.

[departmentofsafety]

is selling out shows and winning awards a good goal for musicians to have?

[racependleton1]

I really can't understand what they are saying.

[hannahfk]

It's funny how he talks about he doesn't practice his instruments and how it's the "better" way or whatever... and it's like, yeah dude, that's why Owen who is very musically proficient and practiced and trained is selling out shows all over the world and winning awards and you're not.

[vicarpeggio]

That Kado guy seems smart enough, but does he ever have some lame theories about music. Rarely does good art ever come out of such dogmatism. It's no coincidence that people stop listening to hardcore after the age of 15.