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Fred Frith
English
Composer
Born:
Feb 17
,
1949
Feeling
Like
Me
Music
Think
You
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I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends.
Fred Frith
Politics
Win
Result
Perception
Think
Changed
Our
Exactly
Through
Period
Self-Righteous
Friends
Any
Us
Certain
Zealous
Things
We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don't just shut out different languages, you use all the languages that you have.
Fred Frith
Music
You
Improvise
Melodic
Out
Kinds
Songs
Just
Different
Use
Languages
Play
Things
Shut
There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.
Fred Frith
Life
Good
Great
Perspective
Everyday Life
Feeling
Everyday
Examine
Point
Point Of View
Always
Any
Maybe
Refuse
Interesting
Them
View
Keeps
Things
The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start working on it, but the component parts are, usually, fairly clear one way or another.
Fred Frith
You
Way
Component
Ability
Record
Totality
One-Way
Clear
Beyond
Fairly
Another
Parts
Working
Start
Imagine
Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want to use them.
Fred Frith
You
Concert
Want
Them
Use
Used
Necessarily
I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with.
Fred Frith
Me
Think
One Of The Things
Reconstruct
Composer
Most
Material
Influences
Working
Things
Extent
I remember playing football dressed in peculiar costumes with some friends in France and laughing so hard we couldn't even stand up, let alone kick the ball.
Fred Frith
Alone
Remember
Kick
France
Laughing
Some
Dressed
Costumes
Football
Ball
Up
Friends
Stand
Stand Up
Hard
Even
Playing
Peculiar
Well, I think music for kids is never anything but experimental is it?
Fred Frith
Music
Think
Kids
Never
Well
Anything
Experimental
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