Interesting to think of the world without Brian Eno. What a
wonderful and brilliant mind. Crazy how in 1975 he was plowed into by a Taxi
cab moving 40mph. It seemed to put him at rest long enough for him to capture the
ambience sound coming from one speaker due to the music being too low.
After being exposed to conceptual painting from art school
in 1965 and not able to play traditional instruments Eno began to build sound
sculptures and spent days on creating collages of sonically sound. Brian would
speed up and down the sound and was amazed by the possibilities he could
create. Most believe he is pop’s most influential artist! Eno has stamped his
techniques and sound on a number of projects and artist alike. Some artist
include The Velvet Underground, Maxwell Demon, Merchant Taylor’s Simultaneous
Cabinet etc… Eno changed the way music was produced, mixed, approached,
performed and you name it. I like how Brian collaborated with art and made it
come to life. I find it very interesting that Mr. Eno calls himself a
non-musician. Yet he was sitting in his Drake Hotel suite playing a lineup of
glasses filled with liquids of varying degrees. (According to www.enoweb.co.uk )
As a professional in the industry I think Brian Eno’s role,
as producer was incredibly needed. It takes a special person to jump out of the
box to make a change and create something… That’s right, I said, “CREATE.” So
many try to imitate something that’s already being done. Here we have someone
that said, “Ok, I may not be able to play an instrument but it doesn’t mean
that I can’t get involved and CREATE music.” I wonder, “what if everybody sat
down for one minute a day and thought about something they could do or CREATE
that would change the world forever.” – Our world might be in better shape!
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