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More thoughts on GG as "non-composer"
Considering GG's modus operandi when making recordings, i.e., doing
multiple takes, and then choosing one at a later date for release (by his
words, all recording sessions required at least a two weeks' waiting
period before listening to the works again, lest he make a judgment based
on first hearing), such self-imposed standards would surely confound the
emergence for publication of original musical ideas.
With such lofty requirements imposed on his re-creative output, it is
hard to imagine him lowering them enough to permit publication, his few
tentative and early compositional efforts notwithstanding. He revels in
the staggering amount of editing he engaged in while producing his radio
documentaries. But, as has been pointed out before, he was breaking new
ground, and there were no critics competent to comment on this media.
But, the time and effort that would be necessary for him to come to terms
with a work of his own would surely result in his musical ideas finally
dying on the vine, not only for lack of confidence in his creative gifts,
but for inability to finalize his musical ideas. One could, after all,
re-record another composer's work, but to recognize some self-critical
shortcomings in ones' previously published work...what then?