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CynicKill	Pharrell Breaks Down Songwriting Process and Claims, "Anyone Can Do What I Do!" The two questions are: Is it true? Did we know that already? > http://www.npr.org/blogs/...ing-sounds
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Reply #1 posted 01/01/14 7:24pm

BlaqueKnight

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Same thing I've been saying for years.

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Reply #2 posted 01/01/14 8:12pm

RodeoSchro	First of all, that was an EXCELLENT interview! Thank you for posting it! Second, although he did close with "Everybody can do what I do", if you read the entire article you will see that he might have over-simplified that a little, LOL.
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Reply #3 posted 01/02/14 9:34pm

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Any chimp in the zoo can write a song today and have it be a smash hit. And the lyrics don't even have to make a lick of sense. It doesn't take any talent whatsoever.

"It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
"The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates

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Reply #4 posted 01/03/14 8:15am

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RodeoSchro said:

First of all, that was an EXCELLENT interview! Thank you for posting it!

Second, although he did close with "Everybody can do what I do", if you read the entire article you will see that he might have over-simplified that a little, LOL.

I agree - great interview, thanks for posting, and yes he's over-simplifying. And I didn't know he could be so articulate and thoughtful.
Interesting that he has synesthesia. It's true that many synesthetes are creative people, but many have a pseudo-synesthesia, meaning it's developed. And many if not most creative people are not synesthetes at all. I have developed it in certain contexts. I suspect that Prince has developed it, but was not born with it. There is a difference. As pharrell says, true synesthesia is when two or more senses are cross-wired and not pruned, and it is a learning difference (or, "disability"); a developed synesthesia is when you are neurologically normal and "learn" cross-wiring (and for most who learn, it's very easy to do; in other words, it's either easy for you to do it, or very hard, and it enhances your intellectual abilities instead of seeming a "disability").

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Reply #5 posted 01/11/14 6:12am

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kitbradley said:

Any chimp in the zoo can write a song today and have it be a smash hit. And the lyrics don't even have to make a lick of sense. It doesn't take any talent whatsoever.

I hope this isn't a dig at Pharrell but a genuine opinion. wink