http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/your-contribution-it-matters/ Connect, Create, Collaborate Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/your-contribution-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-4757 Frustrations Boil Over Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:16 +0000 http://www.johnlacey.com/?p=2070#comment-4757 [...] Your Contribution: It Matters… [...] [...] Your Contribution: It Matters… [...]

]]> http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/your-contribution-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-4742 cindy Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:47:43 +0000 http://www.johnlacey.com/?p=2070#comment-4742 On voices, I was listening to Tom Waits (did you know he and Ricki Lee used to date?) version of Ol' 55 and thought about how the critics always said he didn't quite have the voice to make megahits, like the Eagles did with Ol' 55 and so many others with "prettier" voices did with songs he wrote. Rod Stewart singing "Downtown Train" cannot compare! Waits versions are so much, a million miles, better, and it's because of the roughness. the emotion caught in the gritty growl just rings so much truer somehow. On voices, I was listening to Tom Waits (did you know he and Ricki Lee used to date?) version of Ol’ 55 and thought about how the critics always said he didn’t quite have the voice to make megahits, like the Eagles did with Ol’ 55 and so many others with “prettier” voices did with songs he wrote. Rod Stewart singing “Downtown Train” cannot compare! Waits versions are so much, a million miles, better, and it’s because of the roughness. the emotion caught in the gritty growl just rings so much truer somehow.

]]> http://www.johnlacey.com/inspiration/your-contribution-it-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-4718 Mary Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:22:27 +0000 http://www.johnlacey.com/?p=2070#comment-4718 It's hard to make great art because you can't really know if it's great. I mean, you can love it. You can feel great about it. But what makes it great? People assign that word to works of art that are meaningful to them. Sometimes we agree on it. More often, we don't. That's why I think it's essential for anyone who considers themselves an artist to drop the word "great" from their vocabulary and focus on the "art" part. It’s hard to make great art because you can’t really know if it’s great. I mean, you can love it. You can feel great about it. But what makes it great? People assign that word to works of art that are meaningful to them. Sometimes we agree on it. More often, we don’t. That’s why I think it’s essential for anyone who considers themselves an artist to drop the word “great” from their vocabulary and focus on the “art” part.

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