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Gavin Bryars
English
Composer
Born:
Jan 16
,
1943
Another
Me
Music
Time
Writing
You
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
Gavin Bryars
Once
Underground
Surface
Coming
Now
There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.
Gavin Bryars
Music
People
Feelings
Way
Touching
Another
Another Way
Making
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Lives
The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.
Gavin Bryars
Music
Me
Something
Area
New
Academic
Attracts
New Music
Festivals
Modern
Modern Music
Which
Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.
Gavin Bryars
Technically
Assured
Tried
Something
Develop
Over
Years
Which
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Gavin Bryars
Music
History
Years
Many
Bridges
It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.
Gavin Bryars
Work
You
Try
Will
Mistakes
Sense
Research
Out
Bad
Some
Some Things
Having
Invest
Fail
Almost
New
Like
Make
Makes
Scientific
Least
Laboratory
Department
Organisation
Things
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
Gavin Bryars
Time
John
John Adams
Directing
Had
Know
French
Very
Hard
Hard Time
I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
Gavin Bryars
Technology
Plant
Digital
Understanding
Digital Technology
Record
About
Sceptical
Mastering
Friends
Labels
Very
Hollywood
Who
European
As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien.
Gavin Bryars
Music
Art
Time
Theatre
Writing
Alien
Before
Painting
Collaborated
Response
Visual
Colleges
Had
Idea
Performance
Pieces
Context
Taught
Artists
Whether
Works
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
Gavin Bryars
Me
Writing
Remember
Think
Once
Saxophone
Cross
Between
Like
Alto
Louder
Being
Viola
Started
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