Re: [microsound] are all microsound/contemporary music/etc fanscomposers??

["e.g.ø" <glere@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a simple stupid rule: I call artists those who can live without 
having a "real" job.


> well, it doesn't matter and shouldn't bother us. it just leaves the
> question: who's gonna buy all those records?
> 


nobody.

Why do musicians not behave like "artists"? :: that is making only one 
physical copy of the CD with music and sell this like a painting or a 
video? All the other can download the music for free and enjoy it like 
we can do with a van gogh painting. I know that maybe Bjork gets more 
money from selling a copy to everybody rather then a single copy to a 
collectionist, but when a musician sells so few copies because the 
audience is so little, why has he to fight to produce a record, often 
having also "a real job" to survive? Why can't he do like "those" 
artists that sell a (IMHO) not-so-beautiful-picture for 10000 US$?

Some music is more like video art rather then "pop", so why does it 
use the same distribution channel of pop system?

This morning I'm not so fine, and I make stupid questions.
Forgive me.
have a nice day.

e.