New Steven Wilson Album and Tour Announced

Hi,

I'm not sure I agree with this ... in a couple of cases, and in a few of those specials about the music and work, but I think that he likes to do it himself, instead of accepting some input, and this is clearly seen with Nick Beggs in one take that wanted to do something different on a piece, and he asked SW to hear it first ... and it must have been fine, but I get the feeling that in all the other albums, and in the idea/case of him playing the bass in that last PT album, that he did not want anyone else getting in the way of the ideas in his mind, whenever they came up ... and when some folks might want to add their touch, and I think that he minimizes this part, to ensure that he finds his own touch, instead of opening up to others ... which is understandable many times ... I mean ... look at Picasso ...how would you say something to help his work? You wouldn't because he did not feel necessary to listen to it at all.

I can understand SW wanting to stay clear of ideas, and thoughts that would stray from his idea, and that's understandable for the most part ... it's what an artist does! It's not about the addition and confusion of new ideas ... it's about you being able to hone down your feeling to help it come alive!!!

That's an important point! And "dynamic" or "dynamism" is just our own reflection of it all, and not something that is exactly meaningful to an artist ... we forget that part ... it's not our concept!!! It's the artist's that matters!

Catcher10 wrote: ... I don't listen to Vangelis, so don't connect with that type of music but I hear what you mean. For sure he has a lot of that older progressive influence that he will give a nod to usually, I do appreciate that of him. ...

Weird comparison for me ... since Vangelis is ALL VISUAL, and this is something that SW is not quite clear about ... his own lyrics and words are more important to him, than the visual element, though he uses a cinematographer rather well, but in general, the visuals are not quite as clear to us how it connects, and maybe, for me, it does not!!! AND, I'm into the music in films, and how it is used, and the best, honor the VISUAL elements, and SW is very clear that he is about his words, not the musical visuality of it all, as far as I can think ... and I'm not sure that I am quite correct on this.

BTW, I do not see that it is an important "influence", since we can easily find Beethoven, Bach and others in so much of this stuff we consider music! Regardless of whoever the artist is! It's the nature of the beast, but comparing the work via STRICTLY the sound of an instrument which is not fair to the music at all ... and this was how folks looked at FISH, for example, and in the end, he was much more honorable and honest than PG ever has been! They, both, were, and are, very different!