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 brian eno is the best and most inventive musician of all time. And heres why.


he invented ambient music.


he used tape loops. to make an ever shifting compositional process


he invented using chance in musical compositions


he completely invented a graphic score technique where musicians and non musicians can collaborate together and play a composition that is different everytime, yet still retains a familiarity.


he completely invented the generative movie idea where the media is in a non fixed state. and used this process to make a film about himself and all the really good stuff he invented


he produced and shaped the sound of the masterful rock band U2, which went on to sell millions of vinyl records.


similarly he made coldplay into a really really great stadium band., and sold a  lot of music which is streamed on the Internet , literally millions of times, helping to cover the costs of keeping the servers online.


He invented a great sound for david bowie


he was really good in the talking heads


He helped save the music industry by trail blazing new ideas.


he actualy invented a way of inspiring musicians (and non musicians alike) by printing instructions on little cards that could give ideas in recording sessions, when nobody could think of anything to do.


he has made millions of pounds for others by producing many many records. And creating musical products that can be traded for money.


the generative software he personally built and uses is very very ground breaking.


he is excellent at playing the DX7 synthesisier.


he employs a non-hierical music making structure when he works with really famous people.


he put pavorrotti and u2 together and made a brilliant record. crossing over opera and rock into a terrific new genre


he was the first person to really really appreciate the velvet underground and understand what they meant to say.


he really understood the American no wave scene, and recorded all the best bands


he knew all about synthesisers and how they could be used in pop music before anyone else


he invented forth world music by recording jon hassel,laraaji and by making my life in the bush of ghosts ,which was very innovative, but he wouldn’t do that now as it might be seen as cultural appropriation. something he was very aware of before anyone else


he linked perfume and smells to music, which hasn’t really taken off yet, but when it does it will all be down to him.


he was the first musician , or non-musician to be aware of the larger issues in world politics.


community is very important to him.


he came up with a way to combine blocks of colours and shapes into literly millions of interesting different pictures.


he has writen a great book which you can buy

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