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Re: Inaccessability of music



Hey.....don't forget.......Alice Cooper, when first
starting out,  got signed by Frank Zappa and his
label.....BECAUSE they cleared the room...!  

People came around and he still sells out world wide!!
 

--- rabbirabbifive <rabbirabbi5@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >Axiom 1: The number of individuals in an audience
> will be inversely 
> >proportionate to the experimental and avant-garde
> nature of the 
> >performance
> 
> There doesn't seem to be any relationship actually. 
> I've seen packed
> houses for harsh noise gigs, and more people
> listening- and
> applauding!- from the parking lot 'cause the stage
> volume was so
> dangerously loud.  (I was one of those- only one set
> of ears ya know).
> The next night for a normal indie rock band, 6
> people.  Go Figure.  It
> has more to do with hype, what else is happening,
> the size of the
> performers's entourages, and luck than anything
> rational.    
> 
> >Comment 1: I'd love to show up for a gig where the
> venue is full, and 
> >proceed to clear the room (audience =0)
> 
> Done that.  Hard to tell if you suck or they suck or
> both when that
> happens (it's happened to me twice).  More fun was
> the time we drove
> out everyone except the hard-core drunks (and the
> bar lady passed us a
> note about 20 minutes in threatening to cut the
> power), but the drunks
> told after us how much they liked it and bought us
> beers!  Go Figure.
> 
> >Axiom 2: The degree of performance satisfaction and
>  artistic 
> >gratification 
> >of an experimental/avant-garde artist is directly
> proportionate to the
> 
> >number of people who show up for his/her gigs and
> rave over how 
> >original, 
> >creative, and interesting his/her performance
> was...i.e. how much they
> 
> >feed 
> >his/her ego.
> 
> I can live without the ass-kissing, personally. 
> Just buy the merch.
> ;-)  
> 
> -rabbi
> 
> 
>  
>
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