Re: [microsound] two very important questions

[john saylor <js0000@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi

On 4/14/05, COSTELLOE Richard <Richard.COSTELLOE@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> not that executives at big record companies and, er, clearchannel, are
> out to set the agendas and directions for our culture at large (?!), but
> they seem to be very well practiced at supporting and propagating
> specific aspects of it.

and it is mostly those aspects that generate revenue for them that
they support and propagate. in fact, that is the whole point of
american mass media culture- to increase shareholder value.

the occupation of iraq is to make money.

> the big question doesn't
> strike me as whether or not it's possible to create alternative musical
> narratives, or even how you would got about this, but rather how would
> you make these narratives at all effective?? 

how do you measure 'effectiveness'?  
- revenue
- popularity
- aesthetic impact
- originality

what is the time scale to measure on?

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