neonico wrote:I dont want to get into the big argument here but i have to agree that and artist should remain as an artist
with his own free spirit.
when someone is a painter no one says anything when the style changes the painting is either purchased or not...
i find it a shame that muscians dont have this freedom without a large amount of critic........
I don't think that any painter or artist of any kind is completely free from critics' and public audience's judgement. The artist who is not under that kind of pressure, even subconsciously, is partly lost for his art. David is not an exception.
I see 'Manafon' as a random flyout and I'm certain that he actually thought at that time 'yeah, that's finally it, I've made it properly for once...' but I also bet he's not so pleased with it right now, will be even less in the future.
Also I can't imagine him going this direction much further than he already went, I couldn't imagine how it would sound at all. He's still capable to surprise anyone, even his oldest fans. Looking forward to it already!
btw neonico, ur absolutely right, u are beautiful, but somehow I don't think u can be objective enough to judge David as an artist, considering u know him personally (or just met him?)