Re: [microsound] the culture industry

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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