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Gilliana Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: Aug. 2003 Posted: Sep. 19 2003, 10:52 Hy, So what is your opinion? Is Mike rather a musician or a composer? Or both? And which dominates most of the time? And why? Some people say that he have never been a professional guitarist, he just has reaaly powerful tracks...I do not really agreee with them, maybe I'm just too young... -------------- 'Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around' 'Send me your dream, one more to believe in Send me a dream, realities lost and unseeen.....' Back to top

MO fan Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Sep. 19 2003, 13:12 Well I have been a fan since his first album and followed each album through the years with antisipation. I dont really care if he is mainly composer or musician or best guitarist, as long as he can keep creating the magic of his music and the effect it has on me     Cheers MO fan   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 19 2003, 19:13 I think that now he's more like a composer who plays... at the beginning of his career he was a player who composed, i.e., as he puts it, "I didn't think, back then. I just played". For me there's a huge difference between the two. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Sep. 20 2003, 11:43 When you get to a place where Mike is,i would say that there is nothing between composer and musician,he is clearly both,because he excells at both,a composer will use the tools available to him,and Mike uses instruments to that end,and in doing so that makes him also a musician,the other way to look at it is Eric Clapton is a musician,but not really thought of as a composer,Roger Waters is a composer and not really thought of as a musician,Mark Knopfler is like Mike,a composer and musician!!!! Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Sep. 20 2003, 12:50 Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull) once said, "I've never been a 'real' musician. I can't play any Beatles songs or classical pieces. All I can do is play my own music. Peter-John Vettese [keyboarder on some 80s Tull albums], to me, is a 'real' musician: he can play any song you ask him for." (Quoting from memory.) I think a lot of that can be applied to Mike as well. Of course he can play some classical pieces (and I guess so can Anderson), and really I guess what Anderson meant to say is that he is not someone who spends a lot of time practicing such stuff, in order to become a 'real' or 'professional' musician. Much in the same way, all Mike can really do is to be Mike (although yes, he did some more or less succesful attempts at emulating certain styles...). I'd probably see him more as a composer who performs his own music. Back to top

DanishDonJuan Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: Sep. 2003 Posted: Oct. 03 2003, 07:13 If I had to chose, I would say composer. But he's clearly both. There is not many I would put in the both category, but Mark Knopfler is definately one of them. -------------- If every road we traveled were the easy, we would be weak, and would eventually think every road difficult. If every road we traveled tough, we would be strong and eventually think no road to be difficult. Its the tough road that leads to happiness. A smooth sea never made a great sailor. Back to top

Wanderer Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: Oct. 15 2003, 15:45 He is a composer. Mainly because, most of the time he doesn't structure his pieces as a showcase for his skill's on one specific instrument. well okay, there was "Mirage", but I did say "most of the time". He certainly restrains himself from preening "look at me, I can play guitar" solos more than many other guitarists. Back to top

Watcher of the skies Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: Oct. 2003 Posted: Oct. 16 2003, 01:42 he is a Composer and Musician! -------------- Hillmen are swore of allegiance living a live of silent dignity for your protection only so you don't worry... your pretty little head! Back to top

Guru Meditation Unregistered Posted: Oct. 16 2003, 13:16 Mike Oldfield is a composer, that is clear. Beethoven, Mozart or Bach were virtuosos on keyboards, and Gustav Mahler was the greatest conductor of his time, but nobody calls them musicians or conductors. They wrote their's own music - same as Oldfield, so he is a composer ofcourse. Back to top

MusicallyInspired Group: Musicians Posts: 1445 Joined: June 2001 Posted: Oct. 16 2003, 20:37 I think Mike Oldfield is a musician and a composer. Moreso a composer, though. -------------- BrandonBlume.com "The beauty in life is in the embracing of the variety of things. If all the world was blue there would be no colour blue." Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Oct. 19 2003, 14:29 I want to understand your definition of "musician". In my mind, every composer is a musician, but not every musician is a composer. Are you saying "musician" as in "performer"? -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

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