Re: [LAU] Campaign: "The most remarkable album on this entire planet"

>
> Completely impossible if you are a studio artist, and your
> music can't
> really be performed. You could still set up a con show, but
> that will
> reflect badly on you in the long run.

I've playing on stage a few times before but I do spend all my time in my studio nowadays. I am not even sure the music I am composing will ever be played live (some of it can though). But to me, the whole project described in the OP lies on a few assumptions:

- one can make a decent living out of music production
- it is desirable to make such a living
- ppl will support artistic efforts if only the artist can be convincing enough
- I may forget other things ...

While point one is true in some cases, I am not sure it is a good thing in the long run as it fuels point 2, which will prevent a shift from the "capitalist" paradigm (shift that is sorely needed, but that's just my opinion, no need to jump on this as it is a vast and off-topic debate).

I would say that one can make a living doing whatever but considering the societal fundamentals we currently bathe in, I find it extremely hard to make music composition fit in. I personally gave up on the principle myself, too much stress and uncertainty regarding paying bills, etc. You either have to have jumped on the train 30 years ago or boost your ego to some insane extent in order to "make it" (cf. lady gaga for example). This is simply too crazy and I see no reason to emulate such a "success".

The music I compose does not have to compete with any other work or even spread to every corner of the world. What for ? I do not want to judge the artistic value on how much money I derive from my work. Some will say that the money is a consequence of the high artistic value ... I am not sure, I tend to think that involving financial aspects in such a project will bias it one way or another, or at least the way the artist will continue his / her work. This is how I see it, and I end up creating my own stuff without asking for money. At least, I am really on my own, using what I have, and thus not tied to anyone else in any fashion. The drawback is that it takes more time ... but it may not be a problem since my ideas have more time to mature, as long as I keep the artistic thread alive in me.

OK, maybe that was not really well formulated or thought and I don't want to sound negative about the OP's project :)

Cheers!
J.
   

      
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Received on Tue Jun 1 16:15:02 2010