Re: [microsound] a primer in marxist asthetics

[john saylor <js0000@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi

On 1/28/07, Damian Stewart <damian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think microsound on a television ad would be a good /indication/ that
> microsound had 'arrived', yes.

arrived as a corpse!

i think this is an indication of where we diverge. if we can equate
artistic maturity with 'arriving', i would say it arrives when its
'language' is sufficiently nuanced to have more than one person doing
meaningful work within the language. in other words, it 'arrives' when
more than one person makes microsound music that is multi-leveled and
evocative. small packets of culture develop here and there ...

so you see, it has nothing to do with television for me. and with the
internet as a distribution channel, no one from a major corporation
[record label] needs to be involved at all ...

> Do we care more that the wild-eyed free-jazz cat is rewarded for his
> efforts, or that his efforts reach the rest of the world and affect change?
> I think the latter.

hmm, but what about if the wild-eyed free-jazz cat is your [hungry]
friend? does that change your answer?

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