I Fell In Love With Electronics, Which

It's What The Pixies Always Said About Music - They Were Writing Songs And Just Trying Not To Be Boring. That Was Their Main Motivation And It Worked For Them. I Remember Reading That And Thinking That Was The Way To Do It.

I Worry About Being A Fogy And Just Writing For Orchestras. Like, Really, I Should Be Doing More Electronic Stuff, I Feel. Laptops As Part Of The Orchestra, And Installation Sound, And Speakers.

Composers Are Influenced By All The Important Music In Their Lives - And I Suppose That Since Radio Started Playing Popular Music, That's As Likely To Be The Beatles Or Aphex Twin As It Is To Be Verdi Or Ravel. They'd Be Strange Teenagers If They Didn't. But Cross-pollinating Happens Too - Aphex Twin Did More Interesting Things With Electronic Music Than Most Trained Composers, Who Seemed To Approach Samplers With Undue Caution And Reverence In Those Early Days.

I Suppose, Counting Back, If The Beatles Had Been Influenced By Music In The Same Length Of Time Ago - You'd Have To Put That Into Better English For Me, Thank You - They Would Have Been Like A Banjo Orchestra. They Would Have Been Doing Show Tunes.

Right Now My Mind Is On The People Who Stole Our Instruments, And, Specifically, The Person With My Guitar, Which Will No Doubt End Its Days Having Green Day Songs Worked Out On It. A Better Fate Was Deserved - And While The Reverence Given To Guitars Annoys Me, I Shall Miss It.