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Thread #54100   Message #837554
Posted By: GUEST,Fred Miller
29-Nov-02 - 10:57 PM
Thread Name: The personal song - Who does it well?
Subject: RE: The personal song - Who does it well?
I don't quite agree with this notion that some people are too young to have interesting stories, although it may well be unusual that they are able to tell their stories well. But even so, I'm more often surprised when they can.

Some people's personal songs seem to have to do with "star" quality, and I think there is such a thing. Some very very good musicians don't have it, some poorer ones do. Picasso had it, Braque didn't. Maybe some people identify in a more personal, intense way, with their work, and that pressure comes through. And it is sexy, not simply because those people might be cute, but more in the way that good acting is sexy, bad acting, no matter what you look like, isn't.