They’re not into dicing and slicing everything up.
ALAN BISHOPI like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings.
More Alan Bishop Quotes
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There hasn’t been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres.
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I hear things my own way and I present them.
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The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction.
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I’ve had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we’re truly after.
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Like most of the popular songs are today in the English language that I hear – then it would be much more of a turnoff then if it would allow me to interpret it.
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In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don’t think about music.
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My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities!
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I love what I do so I find ways to keep doing what I love. Music is certainly not all that interests me.
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Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who become actively involved with the ladies, not the music.
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Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.
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If I must live on the same planet as Mr and Mrs out of touch, I will do whatever I can to jolt their zombie-ass skulls from the upside-down veal market they hang from.
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From the expressive capabilities of the vocalizing or of the sound itself, which allows me to create my own meaning for it, which elevates it into a higher piece of work for me.
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Old is unwanted. You don’t find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.
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I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/challenging the reasoning of others.
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If you’re somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you’re pretty much going to know what’s going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works.
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