“[GnR] wrote, erased, rewrote, sweated, talked and stressed instead of just letting it out. ”

By the way, what the hell are you talking about here? I disagree completely. If a successful band takes 10 years to release an album it’s because they didn’t have clear vision they were happy with in the first place, or more likely had difficulty just sustaining commitment with each other. (as most bands do) Or that GnR are just crazy dudes.

I’ve worked hard on many projects where I didn’t have a clear vision, and then ended up no where. When I ask people who are “perfectionists”–who are having trouble finishing whatever project their working on, to what their actual goal is, they usually can’t give a clear answer. Or they might say it’s too abstract of an idea. But even someone like Aphex Twin for example, who makes very abstract a-typical music, claims he knows exactly what he wants before going in the studio. (although I’m sure he leaves some room for accidents)

By the way, don’t you agree that forward thinking and innovation go hand-in-hand with imagination? Can that really just be, as you said, “let out”?

-d606
your humble fan (…and critic)