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Re: [microsound] stockhausen verlag



> andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > packaging, is using distributors and still charges rather low prices.
The whole
> > Stockhausen-Verlag set-up seems very greedy and inefficient to me. He's
basically
> > making the majority of his music inaccessible to a quite lot of people.
>
> I agree completely, but remember that Stockhausen is actually from another
planet (or
> was that another solar system?), and so he lives by different rules. I´m
sure his
> distribution system makes sense on planet X,

yep, the Planet X is filled with a pseudo-highbrow yuppies who are perfectly
willing to fork over the same amount they do for a Streisand concert.

> and I´m sure he isn´t bothered by the fact
> that it´s very hard to get hold of his music. After all, he´s made elitism
into an
> artform.
>

Well his audience certainly isn't punk rockers looking for a $5 mosh pit.