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Jacob Collier: The Language Of Harmony

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Playful? Is That Really What You Want to Be a Professional Musician?

I was essentially brought up by my mamma, on her own, and so she had this kind of extraordinary attitude about learning. She really came from play rather than practice. And yetin certain things, you need to practice in order to be able to do them. Other things, i think are better discovered through just the process of kind of sniffing out what feels really good. Both sides have existed for me ever since i began the world of music,. however conscious i've been of either process. I fell in love with the idea of grounding my own ideas an instead of things that i was interested in. The more i figure out, the more there is to be figured out.

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