Re: [microsound] Re: funding in canada & cultural globalization

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

true. but ambitious and interesting live shows, tours and festivals are more
difficult to put together without external resources. i'd love to hit a mutek
concert every week all year long but that will never happen. sound systems,
video projectors, lights, spaces... it would be nice if we could throw this
music out into the physical world now and then as something other than a
hyperlink to an mp3 anchored in cyberspace...

g.

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> My question is if you have a computer and a job what the hell do you need
> money from some organization for?  I admit, it would be nice to have a fat
> grant check to throw into some big project but it's not like you can't
> make music without external funding.  I see a possible strain of hurt
> pride throughout these kind of endeavors.  The "It's not fair" cry.  Do we
> need recognition from some uptight farts that pretend they are being
> charitable by giving money to orchestras?  Institutions have always been
> years behind the emerging artforms.  It is their nature as bureacracies.
> Walls are torn down by visionaries and artists, institutions pick up the
> rubble and build another wall.
>
> just my humble opinion,
> e
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