Originally Posted by shellyboy9

So, on to music. At one point in my life both Phillip Glass and Cecil Taylor were close friends of mine. Phillip when he was doing Music in Four Parts. Phillip was poor as dirt, but always complimentary of others music. Cecil was an opinionated curmudgeon, and tough to be around. But watching either perform was revelatory. Both were hellaciously brilliant and fonts of musical information. They had another thing in common. After a few minutes people would walk out of their performances in droves. I remember one performance where Cecil shared the ticket with Oscar Peterson. Oscar played first. When Cecil came on after a few minutes half the audience rose and left. Phillip became mainstream while at 70 Cecil is still a hellion.
Where am I going with this. Well, with music you just can't tell, not really. My friends and I, we made a few lucky guesses. We came from an informed place, but even the stock market crashes. You really can't predict where music or a musician will turn. There are no true oracles.