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Originally Posted by acousticrock87
If a guy picks up a guitar for the first time and wails on it like Branca, or plays a Jandek chord, I can't appreciate it as art no matter how sincerely it's done. But if I know that those guys are aware of what they're doing and put a genuine amount of work into their art (though after this many years, all three have paid their dues regardless), then I can appreciate it.
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This is exactly what I don't like about a lot of musicians in the first place. It's absolutely not true that if you put a lot of work into your art it will necessarily be either heartfelt or worthy of someone else's attention. There is no explanation as to why someone could play exactly like Branca putting no effort whatsoever into it and either sound better than him or worse, other than they know what they're doing regardless of the amount of theory that they know in the first place.
Also, any type of music or band that has to rely on being intellectualised and contextualised
constantly is probably ultimately better talked about than listened to.