Considering he now calls PT a "side project" that will never again be his prime focus, I am so thankful his solo stuff is equally amazing. Hoping his support players stick around.
Great interview, along with great questions from the interviewer! Steven is one of my favourite artists from his generation and I hope he continues to release material for a long time.
I'm saddened that PT will never be a full "band" again, but there's hope for another album at least. I still will respect Steven's decision, but something about his solo work I really love, so at least there's that. Plus Marco Minneman's an amazing drummer.
He mentioned the dynamics in his music. When I had to explain why I liked his music I also mentioned that word..."dynamic"! Ofcourse I also like his music because of the sound..
I disagree with Steven's point around the 20 minute mark of Cinema and Literature being less of an interactive medium of storytelling than Music. If i had to pick one of the three as the most demanding of the audience member's attention, i would pick reading. Music and Cinema, to me, are things that you put on and let wash over you, through you. Press play, take it in. Literature, on the other hand, especially insofar as any philosophical or poetic writings are concerned, is especially demanding on individual interpretation, various individuals with various personal subconscious contexts for each and every word the individual knows. In this day of abundant stimulation, choosing to sit in a quiet locale and pull concepts and ideas outside of words on paper is nowhere near as commonly sought after as whipping out your phone to look at Facebook or play angry birds, play xbox, watch tv etc.. A book is as though someone wrote a screenplay for you to adept to cinema, and the feelings you have while running this gamut of ideas and concepts through the filter of your mind, garnering tugs at various emotions, produce the score. On a whole, i find that all three mediums are able to reach the same levels of demand from the audiences attention, the common denominator being the particular creative force behind the medium, how much they choose to demand and how compelling their voice is.
I kinda agree with what he says about the access between band and fans. While it does have its advantages for bands to get their music out there without going through major labels and fans can, if they choose have closer access to musicians. Musicians I hero-worshiped for years & years have been ruined for me by their access to social media. When I was young it was magazine interviews, the occasional TV appearance and the music. I must admit I prefer those days. You didn't get to "know" the musicians more and well quite bluntly there was far less opportunity to see how much of an arsehole some of them sadly are.
Andrija Midžor Richard Barbieri, the keyboard player hates jazz. Actually, Gavin Harrison started as a jazz drummer and Colin Edwin plays double basses as well...
MrCookie31c Yeah, I'm aware of both Colin and Gavin's careers as jazz musicians, I just thought it could've been Wesley, considering he was pretty much a part of the band in the later years.
Man, he can talk like that as soon as he is one the greatest prog writer/player/sound engineer and he has a great culture regarding jazz and prog music...
+Doofus He's an extraordinarily intelligent artist from a progressive nuclear family based in the UK. His cadence, inflections, choice of vocabulary and repose are typical of such a combination of characteristics. There is another characteristic, though--unrelated to Steven--indicative of insecurity born from feeling unsophisticated. I won't belabor what you already know, of course.
John Doe Good lord. I haven't seen this video in a while, so I can't remember the exact things he said. I remember thinking that the things he said were reasonable, but he presented them as some kind of uncommon wisdom that wouldn't occur to most other people/musicians, therefore I found him to be pretentious.
