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I first learned about Cage at university and was lucky later to meet him when he came to speak at the Almedia Theatre in London a year or so before he died. Earlier I had met one of his best biographers: David Revill. Exploring Cage's art taught me not to fear 'letting go' in composition. Just as there is never silence, I suspect there is never lack of influence from a composer on their own composition - however much they try to censor conscious change over what they do. Cage's writings are fun to read and the prepared piano sounds lovely. Schönberg, his teacher, described him as being not a composer, but an inventor of genius. Indeterminacy, letting sounds be themselves and finding order in chaos all engender creativity. Cage keeps us thinking. His approaches encourage freshness.
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