RE: [microsound] MUTEK abuse...

[Kenric McDowell <kenric@xxxxxxxxx>]

What is the primary force that shapes our perception of an artist's status?
Is it critical reception, record sales, the amount of press in general that
an artist receives, the quality of their work? Can an artist be "larger"
without selling as many records? I honestly can't figure out what makes a
(micro)star...

-km

-----Original Message-----
From: taylor deupree [mailto:taylor@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:45 AM
To: microsound
Subject: Re: [microsound] MUTEK abuse...



>why is it that when you go to see 'larger' artists that you somehow
>leave more disappointed than when you go to see relatively 'small'
>artists.  i know this is slightly an off topic musing, however after
>being more impressed at mutek by the artists who i would (out of
>cognitive necessity) label as 'small' or 'less popular' (delay,
>clayton, chartier) as opposed to those i would label as being
>'large' (brinkmann, pole).  i realize that it's possibly only a i
>had higher expectations for the 'larger' artists but could it also
>be that the 'larger' artists shape their live performances so that
>they would be more appealing to a mass audience?  pole, brinkmann
>both seemed in my opinion to curve their music to be even more
>dance-y than their recorded material is.  opinions?


i think one major point is that "larger" artists are "larger" not
necessarily because of talent.. but because of marketing.. so, there
is no real correlation between quality and a "larger" artist...

and, yes, also it has to do with higher expectations.. but hopefully
people will realize that quality of the lesser known artists can be
just as good..

taylor,

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