Re: [microsound] the great depression of experimental music?

[nathand@xxxxxxxxx]

Quoting "j.frede" <jfrede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> are we in the great depression of experimental music? 

nah..

i'm not interested in the label/distribution thing myself, so ill snipsnip..

> or is it the fact that now with
> the ease of writing music with software, that it takes so little time to get
> the same effect people spent months working to get with gear before this
> flood of bedroom composers hit the "market"?

what wrong with writing music in your bedroom? its a relaxing environment.

easy to use software just makes things more interesting.. the people who spent
months working to get sounds or techniques that are now easy to obtain with
software will still spend months working towards new techniques that
conventional out-of-box software doesn't allow.. its progress.. technologically
driven.. possibilities are so rapidly expanding these days..

> 
> and its not that im saying that people shouldnt be doing music if its there
> passion,, i just wonder about what factor convince has had on the
> experimental music community.... and the fact that most of the people that
> listen to experimental music are composers as well.... not alll... but
> most... do composers support other artists as much as people who are just
> fans of the music? 
> 

i like the fact most people who listen to experimental music have a deeper
understanding and thus appreciation.. eventually experimental techniques
propogate into more generally accepted music and push the boundaries of average
understanding..

>
> we all know that for most small labels there will be little or no profit when
> it comes to putting out an album or cd of contemporary music,,, but it seems
> to be getting harder and harder to break even..... and this can only mean one
> thing,,, people will just stop putting albums out...

and start putting them on the web for free download and playing interactive live
shows. (ideally!) i spend more on live shows then i do cds anyway.

> could this end up causing a massive drought in the experimental music
> community... or will it mean that the only way to get new music is by
> downloading it,,,?
> 

or hearing it live, which is a better experience imho.



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