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Well, just to ask the question in the most offensive way possible, who the hell doesn't think he or she is writing music with meaning and substance? I don't think I know of anybody who sets out to write insubstantial music without meaning, (even those bad old academics) do you? For that matter I don't think I know anybody who's not trying to make sure that his or her music is concerned with drama and narrative. Easy enough to try to do, obviously not so easy to accomplish.
posted by Rodney Lister
2:26 PM
