Re: [microsound] sea of homogeneity

[neil@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I totally agree not enough people have tunred on thier personal filters
and have decided that any thing they make is worthy of putting out there
regarless of how good or bad they think it is... personally I look at it
like this if I cant listen to it because its terrable why would I want to
any one else to listen to it...

neil..

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Kim Cascone wrote:

> > no, neither would I.  my point is that the "sea of laptop homogeneity"
> > is there, not that it's there because of laptops.
>
> this 'sea of homogeneity' has been a part of all musical genres...as an
> example, look at the entertainment section of your local weekly paper and
> take notice all the bands that are sweating it for a label deal or fame...it
> never goes away and is exacerbated by a consumerist economy whose top
> entertainment media is now 'Reality TV'...the laptop medium is possibly more
> rife with homogeneity because of the method of production and distribution
> (computer/internet) made more noticeable  by its presence and
> availability...but I do know that when I was running Silent Records back in
> the 90's I had accumulated 5 or 6 large U-Haul boxes of demo tapes and CD's
> of people making anything from children's zydeco to industrial
> flamenco...and this is not even the tip of the iceberg...imagine what Mille
> Plateaux or Warp must see on a weekly basis...
> also, I like this quote and feel it explains a lot:
>
> > "This is all part of the Big Flip in publishing generally, where the old
> > notion of "filter, then publish" is giving way to "publish, then filter."
> > - Clay Shirky
>
> with the advent of mp3's and CDR's anyone can now be a 'record label' which
> pushes the task of filtering on to the general public...
>
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