Author: Gavin Bryars

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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.

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

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

- Gavin Bryars

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.

- Gavin Bryars

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

- Gavin Bryars

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

- Gavin Bryars

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

- Gavin Bryars

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

- Gavin Bryars

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.

- Gavin Bryars

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

- Gavin Bryars

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