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

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

you obvious didn't read point 1 and 4.

and i always love being called an idiot.  especially when it comes from 
the anonymous safety of someone's computer terminal with so little else 
to offer.

j.kurtz wrote:

> you idea that anyone who would like to compose music and earn kind of  
> a living off it should be forced to sell various forms of meaningless  
> plastic riff-raff is (excuse me for saying what i think here) idiotic.
>
>
>
> 8 mar 2006 kl. 07.33 skrev Graham Miller:
>
> > a business model for the future of all music artists and an age of  
> > infinite downloadable reproduction:
> >
> > 1) a live experience cannot be recorded, even if it is a recording  
> > of a live event. the old 'you had to be there to believe it' saying  
> > will continue to pay musicians. but they have to be performers and  
> > they have to make performance an experience worth paying for... not  
> > the usual laptop bullshit... the old walter benjamin idea of 'aura'  
> > will become even more important and intrinsic to an artist's  
> > financial well-being.
> >
> >
> > 4) packaging has to be something worth buying. or at least have the  
> > appearance of worth buying. unconventional materials and creativity  
> > should be the rule here. no more plastic jewel cases that break. no  
> > more boring black vinyl. we need die cutouts, new fabrics,  beautiful 
> > tactile art worth owning... high concept packaging that  reflects the 
> > price of the CD and makes it worth having and  *collecting*.



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