an related artist ..on realted artists! Hope it wasn't already posted.



We talk in music production class about the three crowns a musician or
band can earn - the popular crown (slips off the minute you think you'll
wear it for life), the critical crown (as heavy as the head that wears
it), and the peer crown - maybe the most secretly coveted because it's the
only one that has the potential to stay put.

Wendy & Lisa have been wearing this third crown since the beginning of
their careers. I haven't known a musician who, upon getting to know their
work, hasn't stood humbled or at least astonished. I've seen jaws drop a
couple of times. Their work is more than craft - the assemblage of parts
or maneuvers - it incorporates the genius of reinvention and original
thought. This is music that is best appreciated with a level of knowledge
but getting to know it is like learning about sculpture or painting.
Visits to the art museum become not just pleasurable but necessary for
re-inspiration. Someone without an art education might look and say, "my
kid could draw that." An artist would reply, "yes, but when Jackson
Pollack drew it, it stayed drawn."

Wendy & Lisa's music is deceptively simple in this way. They push the bell
curve forward by making music that musicians take inspiration from and
listeners cherish. I'm so happy to have a new Wendy & Lisa album to visit
and to hear life (our lives, not just theirs) interpreted musically as
only they do.

Susan Rogers

(Susan Rogers was an engineer for Prince in the 80's and also worked with Wendy & Lisa)

that's a great quote. where did it come from?

Susan could sell sued cars with a gift like that.

Anxiety said:

Dunno if it's the original source, but I saw it on the GBN Myspace page:

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that's a rather...umm...servicable comment about W&L...

i really don't like their music much anymore. it sounds too insular and i've never liked wendy's voice. to me their music sounded brilliant bcos of the way it was mixed in with prince's ideas- that was the magic imo.

i guess you have to there and watch their process ....

wavesofbliss said:

funny - thats just how i feel bout most of Princes music these days. Cept for his voice.