Re: [microsound] the culture industry

[Brian Klein <btk3782@xxxxxxxxx>]

this pop music stuff has been going on since the
recording industry began. why are we just now starting
to have a problem with it?
the real problem with filesharing is how easy it is to
do. there's no work or meaning behind it. you're not
copying a cd or record to tape, which involves at
least the amount of time that it takes to listen to
the recording. downloading a song is immediate
gratification, which no one is exempt from. sure, you
may not download songs, but you grab a snack from the
fridge, drive a car, or check your email 1700 times a
day. everyone wants something right now, and a lot of
people want a particular song. it's also a lot easier
to download some rare psychedelic or electro acoustic
record that someone has digitized than to comb through
record stores the world over to find 1 out of 19
available copies. 
ok, it's time for me to stop wasting time typing
emails and get back to making music. 


--- Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> and do you think that microsound is somehow above
> the steady stream  
> of swill that constitutes your 'culture industry'?
> that sounds like the same kind elitist and
> uninformed nonsense that  
> adorno would spew from his pedestal on a regular
> basis.
> 
> On 3-Dec-06, at 1:08 PM, Kim Cascone wrote:
> 
> > this clip
> >
> >
> http://axiomsun.com/home/video/no_talent_no_problem!
> 
> > _how_to_create_a_sexy_pop_star.html
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/y24d4w
> >
> > is from a doc film titled 'Before The Music Dies'
> and shows how a  
> > pop song/singer is manufactured...
> >
> > http://www.beforethemusicdies.com/
> >
> > I read an in-depth article in the New York Times
> Magazine a few  
> > years back on the same subject/issues:
> manufacturing a pop star/hit  
> > single...I tossed it during a spring studio
> cleaning but I'm sure  
> > some Googling would reveal title/author
> >
> > q1: has the steady stream of swill coming from the
> 'culture  
> > industry' given people the impression that music
> is disposable and  
> > hence not worth paying for?
> >
> > q2: is filesharing a  _symptom_  of the
> devaluation of cultural  
> > artifacts or simply a problem in itself?
> >
> > Adorno turns in his grave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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