Re: [microsound] 1D

["pelagius pelagius" <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The word "labor" keeps popping up and I don't know if either of you are 
implying a political dimension to this discussion but that word certainly 
pushes those buttons for me.  I just want to point out that as someone who's 
only real jobs have been sitting behind a computer, I connect the computer 
far more closely to the idea of "labor" than any physical activities.  The 
frustration, drudgery, immobility, etc. of computer work is the contemporary 
"sweat."  But I may be totally misunderstading the use of the term "labor 
theory."  Read the below paragraph and replace "musician" with "employee", 
"audience" with "manager."  PS I'm writing this message from work.

>From: billashline@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>The dimension implied by the labor theory is whether we  can confirm that 
>the musician is really adept enough to be earning the pay that she's 
>getting.  If all she's doing is sitting at a laptop and watching things 
>happen, we don't really know if she's "talented" because it cannot be 
>confirmed.  By "we" I mean audience.  But if we can see her play a cello, 
>we can rest assured that we were indeed giving our money to a worthy 
>musician.

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