Genres in general are a lot more fluid than a lot of people may think. One genre doesn't start where one stops, they all overlap and influence each other and always have done. E.g. The Rolling Stones developed from Blues, House is heavily influenecd by Disco. If you look at all "supposedly" new music, they all tend to be hybrids of stuff that's been done before. It follows that musicians must be fluid in their creativity also if they want to make fresh sounding stuff. If you become entrenched in one particular type of sound for too long you're going against the natural flow of musical development.
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