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[Not a Taylor Swift fan or hater] There is a common sequence of events in creator-driven popular entertainment, where an author or musician becomes too big to
by dsr_ 6y ago
[Not a Taylor Swift fan or hater]
There is a common sequence of events in creator-driven popular entertainment, where an author or musician becomes too big to edit (or produce, if you prefer). The later works have a tendency to be bigger, looser, and lacking the focus that characterized the earlier works.
Oft-cited examples: Steven King, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy, Alanis Morrissette, Tori Amos, Maroon Five, Aerosmith.
I don't know whether this has happened to Taylor Swift, but it's certainly a plausible explanation.
- ska 6y agoThis cuts both ways. In music particularly, inexperienced acts may not have much choice in producer, and production can radically change things. Sometimes what you hear later is the artists own voice, for good or for ill. Possible example, strings arrangements on Tom Waits early albums.
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- jedberg 6y agoGeorge Lucas.