Comments on: Childrens Literature Lesson: Quality vs Quantity with Bullfrogs http://www.shadesofadream.com/blog/guest-posts/childrens-literature-quantity/ Helping VFX Arists round out their skills and get paid. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: TylinaVespart http://www.shadesofadream.com/blog/guest-posts/childrens-literature-quantity/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 TylinaVespart Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:06:15 +0000 http://www.shadesofadream.com/blog/?p=645#comment-1748 I'm with you Carlos (great analogy with pop by the way), quality seems the way to go most of the time. Once you get good at it though you can start to produce a higher quantity of quality work; at that point I'm not sure whether its better to keep to the same amount or ramp it up. Something to ponder. :) I’m with you Carlos (great analogy with pop by the way), quality seems the way to go most of the time. Once you get good at it though you can start to produce a higher quantity of quality work; at that point I’m not sure whether its better to keep to the same amount or ramp it up.

Something to ponder. :)
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]]> By: Carlos Velez http://www.shadesofadream.com/blog/guest-posts/childrens-literature-quantity/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Carlos Velez Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:19:11 +0000 http://www.shadesofadream.com/blog/?p=645#comment-1745 Quantity has an effect, I do suppose. The question is how sustainablee it is for us as individuals. You can get ahead by producing quantity over quality but not all people can be happy doing it, making it unsustainable. With pop music you often find that the chorus or the "hook" is repeated many more times than in less mainstream music. The trick is that by the time you've heard the song through once you the chorus has you "hooked" because you know and remember the words. The song structure is familiar and predictable. These are the songs that sell millions of records. In a very general sense, these pop stars are not what we would consider artists, masters of their craft. It is usually the smaller quantity, higher quality music makers that we esteem as "artists". Quantity has a virtue, yes, and is sometimes more effective than quality, but I suppose that depends on your goal and how you want to experience it. Quality, like slow and steady, can win the race if you're committed all the way through to the end. Quantity has an effect, I do suppose. The question is how sustainablee it is for us as individuals. You can get ahead by producing quantity over quality but not all people can be happy doing it, making it unsustainable.

With pop music you often find that the chorus or the “hook” is repeated many more times than in less mainstream music. The trick is that by the time you’ve heard the song through once you the chorus has you “hooked” because you know and remember the words. The song structure is familiar and predictable. These are the songs that sell millions of records.

In a very general sense, these pop stars are not what we would consider artists, masters of their craft. It is usually the smaller quantity, higher quality music makers that we esteem as “artists”.

Quantity has a virtue, yes, and is sometimes more effective than quality, but I suppose that depends on your goal and how you want to experience it. Quality, like slow and steady, can win the race if you’re committed all the way through to the end.

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