Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.
We'll see some simplistic players for a while, who'll then get into more complicated things and evolve with their instruments. This is a cycle that happens over and over again in music.
I've been an amature inventor for a long time.
I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.
I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much.
I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.
I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.