Maybe I'm finally starting to "get" Yes' TFTO.

Walton Street wrote: ... i know what you're saying - but sometimes it's just going against the grain no matter how you educate yourself....

Reminds me of a comment that Vangelis made ... to tell a 4 year old child that what he is playing is wrong is "criminal" ... and I think what he is suggesting is that you close down the avenue that the child has that helps create something, be it music or otherwise.

I agree to this vehemently, and not suprisingly enough, advanced acting exercises make a point of taking the actors to a "child" stage, as a way to help the actors work around simpler things, and perhaps discover other attitudes and ideas that can be used in acting. Thus, you might even find actors "goof'ing" off as a way to let off steam and add to the work, as well.

The harder part of this all, is that as wwe become adults and age, a lot of these things end up "lost" and many folks have a tendency to look back and think a lot of that silly ...  but if there is one thing that is strange is finding that musicians are not always ready to have a little fun in rehearsal as a way to learn something new ... it has to be a riff, for example, and that is always a mental exercise, not a true instinct exercise. "Instinct" exercises require a completely different point of view and experiment ... and this is not something everyone is comfortable with all the time.

People are really tying themselves in knots here. Its 4 very separate pieces of music linked by a common theme. There is no rhyme or reason why you should like all of it less trying to force yourself which is ridiculous. Tracks 1 and 4 work okay for me. I quite like Steve Howe noodling away on acoustic as well. Its a good album for those too lazy to get up and change the CD but still want a decent varied listening experience.

Skullhead wrote: 'PiphanyRambler wrote: Walton Streets wrote: Once you do listen to something a few times and still can't connect with it - that's just chemistry. I think taste grows with knowledge. BINGO!!!

'PiphanyRambler wrote: Ok guys, you showed me how poor my English is. Perhaps I used "knowledge" in the wrong way. I meant to say exactly what you said, ie. exposure. I know absolutely nothing about musical theory. I wanted to say that knowing (being aware that there is) more music can lead to expand one's taste, because it will generate curiosity. Hope it's clear now.