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>> unnecessarily hard to appreciate the music.
>
>Not to champion an anti-production value reactionary DIY aesthetic, or
to
>suggest that amazing work cannot be done on a budget ~ but I do find
>myself regretting again the economic realities that come between many
>talented people and the realization of their vision.
>
>I lament when I'm turned off from talent by poor or naive production. Bu=
t
>I'm glad people are out there doing their thing and finding their way.
>
>There was another debate about college admissions on NPR's Talk of the
>Nation yesterday, and one recurring topic was the myth of meritocracy:
>which was universally admitted to be a myth (if a useful one).
>
>High production mastering and distribution (and hence the ubiquity that
>becomes 'fame' and makes you 'influential') by established labels seems
>something of the same game:  yes, there are unknown talents being signed=

>and carefully mastered etc.;  but there are also people 'winning' who ha=
ve
>the right connections (yes, often hard won through years of dues paying)=

>or the right pedigree.  No need to provide fill-in-the-blanks footnotes
>about the self-fulfilling consequences of being recognized... (and not
to
>get hyperbolic, winning at Ars Electronica is not exactly going to put
you
>in your very own '8 mile' anytime soon...).
>
>I think it's important to recognize the mercurial quirks of fate that
>leave artists of cough 'equal merit' in very different circumstances. 
We
>all want slip-cover custom designed full color impeccably mastered widel=
y
>distributed releases.  Some of us get them.  Some of us deserve them.
>Some of us don't.  Some of us can afford to found a label and DIY.  Some=

>of us can't.  I think it's a mistake to 'blame the victim' (ironic quote=
s,
>folks) who releases on MP3 and CDr.
>
>Such as, of course, myself... ;)
>
> aaron
>
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>
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