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not sure what folk understand by talented in this thread---are you talking about virtuosity on the instruments?
if so, then zappa's bands are amazing--captain beefheart's magic band even more so....but there is also a world of classical players or jazz players or people working in spaces that do not sepaerate music from other modes of living whose technical skills are extraordinary.
are you talking about organizing pieces or compositional sophistication?
then i dont understand why you would talk about pop music really (with some exceptions) as the form is so rigid.
in terms of organizing sounds, then there are lots of folk whose work demonstrates a remarkable listening ability, especially in what you might call experimental electronic music, where ones listening is pushed to the front.
are you talking about the range of a particular person, the number of different things someone can do well and/or publically? i admire brian eno in this respect, but am sure there are loads of people who do more than one thing really well.
or if talented is used as another way of making a thread about stuff we really like, then the question is different yet again.....
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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