To hear him describe it, his newfound wealth sounds almost burdensome: "I used to be really anxious about money.
The most interesting effect the experience had on me was that for a while after, I had a newfound appreciation for sounds I had always hated – that of dogs barking or babies crying, for example.
(Does Mel Gibson make beats?) Instead of sounding freed by his newfound faith, Ma$e sounds straitjacketed: provoked (in different ways) by women who "think I'm extra pretty" and fair-weather friends who "kick you when you're down," he's not allowed to respond, can't even flirt or curse, so he just smiles wanly and keeps moving.
Ankeny also cited it as "the grunge era's most overlooked masterpiece" and an indication of the band's musical growth, writing that "while still unmistakably a member of the Sub Pop stable, there's a greater maturity and depth to their sinewy sound, with a newfound grasp of mood and nuance".
I have to caution everyone against the puritanism of a newfound sense of ethics, which to me sounds more like righteousness.
A newfound appreciation of how the music of Gypsy sounds on an arena organ in a Stanley Cup Finals game.
This influential band's blend of flamenco with jazz and blues captured the newfound spirit of freedom sweeping Spain; Pacheco described Ketama's sound as that of "young Gypsies who have grown up listening to Prince".
And a third is a deal that opens the way to exploit our newfound bounty of natural gas, but with a plan that is environmentally sound and doesn't divert us from our long-term goal of a clean-energy economy that mitigates climate change.
His newfound passion is thanks to a system that turns images into sequences of sound.
I've only started to scratch the surface in my newfound home, but I can already see the common denominator: individuals experimenting with sound and supporting themselves.
