Re: [microsound] Physical Media - aura in an age of immaterial reproduction

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On a social level, assume as a thought experiment that capitalism has been
> abolished. I think here is where some very interesting, but little
> addressed, questions arise:
> Is musical work a form of productive labor? 
yes.

> In a just society, should
> people be granted some form of compensation, in exchange for devoting
> their lives to producing music? 

yes.


> Who would decide which people should get
> such support, and which people will only do it as a hobby? Should artists
> that do this for a living, have some obligation to sometimes produce works
> of a social or public nature? 

no.

> Can these things be managed, without some
> kind of beauracracy? 

define bureaucracy.

> Would we want some kind of limited market still?
> Voting? Expert panels? What?

what happens is this (surprise surprise): you get capitalism all over 
again.

just like the phish phans and deadheads and burners who think they can 
dodge the system by thinking they can opt out. suddenly you're trading 
hemp necklaces for water because without water you're gonna die in the 
desert and all you know how to do is make necklaces.  'oh wow, people 
who have water want my necklaces,' you think. ' i wonder if i can trade 
my goods for their goods...' ta da! capitalism!

burners, heads and micronauts... they all end up creating their own 
microcapitalist society in parking lots, stadium grounds, a desert, the 
internet... the whole thing repeats itself, lord of the flies styles... 
advertising, marketing, design, politics, hate, jealousy, envy... the 
whole thing is reproduced over and over again like a somekind of genetic 
mandelbrot set programmed into our very essence...

aesthetic darwinism will triumph in a proper free market society. sorry 
lefties, but i'm a firm believer.

the 'best' music that nobody listens to will make money. the 'worst' 
music that everybody listens to will make money. everybody is happy. 
aphex twin can drive a tank and brittany spears can be driven in a limo.

flame away.

ayn graham.

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