Re: [microsound] re:re nissan

["scott allison" <lipistal3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

yea, keep it real thats my opinion. A virtuosic microsound/lower case person 
is EXACTLY the opposite of the idea of egoless sound.

-scott

> > at the present date, the Micro Sound is inherently un-
> > massmarketable, i mean, like, Pimmon's not gonna be on mtv
> > anytime soon right?
>
>maybe no. some avant garde formalisms become mass music staples, many 
>others
>no. i think this is an interesting question regarding whether commercial
>support is good for microsound. i think underground practices are defined
>oppositionally to mainstream, and one fundamental bright spot imo is a
>slight flattening of the virtuosity curve, so that more artists may produce
>work and receive attention, and a very mild resistance to capital culture,
>meaning that the practice (of soundmaking) can be enjoyed and valued 
>without
>rewarding people financially, (or threatening removal of that reward)
>Ideally it might value people, their expression, particularity, desire and
>belief over their ability to prove virtuosic (masterful, profitable). Of
>course other economies are there, cultural capital etc., but my point is
>that this art as others has potential to organize human effort and 
>attention
>according to a logic which differs (perhaps only slightly) from market
>ethics, the (fascist) valorisation of "mass" and thereby necessary
>instrumentalization of the smaller/fewer. a mass mediated version would
>reduce the number of approaches, produce virtuosic hitmakers, and
>restructure the many-to-many (few-to-few) architecture so that control was
>centralized- an important prerequisite to profitability. see
>commercialization of hip hop for further reference.
>
>brad

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