Terry Riley Video

Terry Riley begins speaking of the cross-cultural influences of music that he was doing in the mid 1960's. I think the influence of other cultures while a good thing oftentimes to a young artist can be a precarious road to walk. Oftentimes perhaps musical influences can be pulled with no clear connection or lack of connection whatsoever. Also there exists the possibility of too many influences leading to a mashed up mess with no sense of cohesion and loses the individual flavors of the cultures from which they were drawn. The idea of a mirror being reflective of the various cultures was mentioned at one point in a previous blog. The inherent danger is that by the mixing of so many cultures those shards of mirrors can eventually be ground into so much dust that the ability to be able to reflect the light is lost.