originality = pretense? NOT!

[Dale Lloyd <dkl37@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:06:18 +1300 "Greg" <gregg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Yes, but i'm saying that so-called emulation is vital. Any attempt 
> at
> originality is a pretension. 						
> Someone who goes out of their way to
> deliberately sound like the music of another should be congratuated,
> basically because it cannot be done. Thus mutation and progress 
> occur.
										
Congratulated how? With another Grammy award? Formulas have always been
copied successfully and many have been subsequently rewarded. Maybe what
you're trying to say is that inspiration and influence are unavoidable.
Originality is not a pretension and it is entirely possible, otherwise
"mutation and progress" as you put it, would not occur. 

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