actually quest said in an interview that
they have multiple versions of songs from albums that weren't released
b/c everybody in the band didn't agree that that was the version to call the final version.

so i'm sure there are some very cool tracks in the vault
that remained unreleased for reasons that you or i wouldn't pick up on.


but i wouldn't think any artist is hurt
by having to broad of a musical palate to draw on.

that's like an saying an author would be limited
by knowing too many words.




>Being a historian might sabotage an artist?
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>It's great to know where your roots are, but it could go too
>far at a certain point. I wonder how many times ?uest has
>thought "that's way too obvious" when they were actually good
>ideas that a non-historian would appreciate.
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>Or in the midst of trying to replicate a classic sound forget
>about the actual reason for making the song?
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>I guess it's the whole "effective" thing. Is it better to be
>ignorant of what has been effective music of the past and just
>throw what feels right at the wall?
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>On the flip side, I'm sure a lot of their best material would
>never have happened without the deep record collection and
>knowledge of engineering techniques.
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>It seems like a blessing and a curse to me.
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