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How a Jacob Collier gig taught me that experimenting with your work makes you vibrant and responsive, not ‘flighty’.

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Annie Ridout
Jun 24, 2023
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On Thursday night, my friend Sarah and I went to Bristol for the evening.

She had two tickets to a Jacob Collier gig, and had kindly invited me to go with her.

I started listening to his music on Spotify beforehand, as I hadn’t heard of him, and I couldn’t quite work out the genre.

Sometimes there was a woman singing; sometimes him. His music went from fol…

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