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Re: inaccessability of music
Some commentary, partly in jest....
Axiom 1: The number of individuals in an audience will be inversely
proportionate to the experimental and avant-garde nature of the performance
Comment 1: I'd love to show up for a gig where the venue is full, and
proceed to clear the room (audience =0)
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.
Comment 2: I'd love to show up for a gig where the audience = 0, and find
at
the end of my performance (since I am so self-absorbed during my
performance) that the venue is packed full of avant-garde and experimental
music enthusiasts.
Comment 3: We're all screwed and doomed to severe artistic
neurosis....try
taking valium and drinking a glass of wine before you perform. It does
wonders for resolving axiomatic contradictions.
:)
Kris
----- Original Message -----
From: "John McIntyre" <mcintyre@pa.msu.edu>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: inaccessability of music
> Well, if we're going to play "Top this"... (-8
>
> I once played a gig where no one showed up. It was at a movie theater
> where myself and a musical friend were going to play a live soundtrack
>to
> a pair of silent Western movies. There were to be two performances, one
> on Saturday and one on Sunday. For Saturday's performance, no audience
> members showed up. With the theater owner's kind permisson, we used
> Saturday as a rehearsal; i.e., he ran the film and we played along. For
> Sunday's performance, about three people showed up.
>
> John McIntyre
> mcintyre@pa.msu.edu
>
>