Re: [microsound] death of monoculture

[Marinos Koutsomichalis <marinos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17 Αυγ 2008, at 3:46 ΜΜ, Damian Stewart wrote:

> the point i'm trying to make is - by living in that enivornment, it  
> *became* my thing, because that's what everyone else was listening  
> to. i didn't like dub before those two summers, now i love it.


That happens because either you didn' t have a strong "culture" of  
your own, or you care too much about what others do, or you try to  
understand and give a try to everything different you may encounter.

But I fail to understand your point, you like the idea of a lot of  
people listening to the same piece or genre, ok, that's fine, the  
problem is how many of those really "listen" to that piece, I think  
that in most occasions they are just used to it (and that is not  
"culture" by no means..), if not, then they should be aware and  
interested in a whole other pieces, composers or genres (being  
critical listeners), if so, then I would expect them normally not to  
restrain or limit themselves to one track or genre...

But let' s define about what we are talking about,
about occasional listeners or guys just entertaining themselves by  
having a drinks in a pub ?
or about critical listeners?
about "cultures"?
or about habits and commercial "hits" ?

I don;t imply that one may not coexist with the other, no, of course  
they could, I just want to understand what the criteria should be, so  
we could tune the conversation to the right direction, because we  
can' t judge "cultures" or "monocultures" with what "everybody else  
is listening" when he hangs out for drinks, or dinner..