Originally Posted by
Jay Pace
A film director doesn't know the ins and outs of the cutting room, post production, makeup, lighting & special FX, but will still happily take the credit for the direction. And rightly so.
A band will have lyrics, arrangement, performance & production credits.
The architect Gehry is renowned for giving people his vision without much steer how they are to achieve it.
Classical sculptors used to have workshops full of statues their apprentices worked on. And sure as eggs the apprentices were not credited with the statues they made, as they were made under someone elses direction.
Plenty of poetry and literature has been practically unreadable prior to the intervention of a talented editor. Author still takes credit for the vision though.
Vision and direction are the key features of music.
Computer music is still in its infancy compared to other art forms.
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