Play it simple.

2 posts in a day wouhou! ;)

I read a very interesting interview of Spike Jonze on AICN earlier and beyond the fact that I'm dying to see Where The Wild Things Are, he made a comment on music that I found quite interesting.

Talking about his composer: "He was working with these world-class musicians from the New York Philharmonic, and saying, "Play it simpler. Play it like a fifth grader." "

It's true that you can write a very simple melody, but if you have an experienced musician, he'll play it with all his technical skill. So it actually make it SOUND simple, you also have to play it simply...

Might seem obvious, I think that's an interesting thought.