Re: [microsound] project names vs real names...

[John Nowak <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel it is best to use your real name. When I see a CD with someone's 
actual name listed on it, I get a different set of expectations than if 
I see a CD with a name like "Bubbleotron" or "Rock Rock On" or whatever 
on it. I feel like I am more likely to be moved artistically and 
intellectually rather than just entertained.

That said, I just bought two CDs today by the artists "Tan As Fuck" and 
"U Can Unlearn Guitar"... If you're going to have a pseudonym, make 
sure its one that's good!

The only time I use a pseudonym (usually "Professor Ultimate") is when 
I release nonsense that I do not want related to my main body of work.

- John

On Oct 3, 2004, at 10:34 PM, bil bo wrote:

> I would always lean toward using real names, and even calling all 
> tracks 'untitled'.
>
> If an artist uses his or her real name (or a pseudonym which sounds 
> plausibly 'real')  then there is no preset imagery attatched to their 
> compositions. This frees the listener to experience the full piece 
> unfiltered and uncompromised, and then contextualise it themselves.
>
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