Re: GG: the big question

["L. Lalonde" <llalonde@lightspeed.net>]

Dear K.

I do believe interpretation is an art form.  Look at Shakespeare 
productions.  Each provides a different view and interpretation.  Just 
this past year we have seen a new version of Richard III, Romeo and 
Juliet, and soon to be released Twelfth Night and Hamlet.  How can 
this be possible except through creative interpretations.  The same is 
true for music.

In GG: Off the Record, he admits that the creative process is 
difficult for him.  And when I listen to Opus 1, I hear an attempt at 
trying to be like Schoenberg, or Wagner.  I believe he saw music in 
relation or comparison to other music.  I think this may even have 
been discouraging to him.  I believe he really wanted to create music 
for it's own sake.  However, he did this with the radio documentaries.  
He created music using the human speaking voice.  Couldn't this be 
considered "melodic invention"?  He certainly had to manipulate the 
voices to get the sounds he wanted.

:-)

Lori Lalonde