tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post1331066163590867894..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Life is tough on the wrong side of the digital tracksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-39408263600621799452018-01-04T20:26:44.861+00:002018-01-04T20:26:44.861+00:00And Allan J. Cronin comments on Facebook: 'Wit...And Allan J. Cronin comments on Facebook: 'With all the monies being generated by tech things in the bay area I am constantly frustrated by the fact that there has been very little investment in the arts. Granted there is some support for some of the arts but the cutting edge and the unfamiliar get no attention. We are looking at people with lots of money but very little cultural literacy. If we could increase that cultural literacy, the awareness of new and challenging art and music there might be some hope for funding. But I think we are looking at a generation raised on some of the tackiest mainstream culture and no education in classic literature, music or art. I mean, Hello Kitty can only take you so far and it won't last.'Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-9151217951492651302018-01-04T20:18:34.936+00:002018-01-04T20:18:34.936+00:00Two comments on Facebook deserve to be repeated he...Two comments on Facebook deserve to be repeated here:<br /><br />Joshua Cheek - 'Once again, Bob Shingleton has written an article of tremendous importance for anyone seriously engaged with the art of music, it's preservation and survival. There's a lot to unpack here: the economics of the music "business", the domination of the digital commons into every aspect of our lives, and the very real loss that occurs when everything is "accessible."<br /><br />While I could never in my wildest dream claim a fraction of Philippe Lauro-Baranès' genius, I have fought in the trenches for the cause of Korean and Chinese music and felt a wince of pain when I read the words "... too much enthusiasm being focused on a niche market." I MADE the teeshirts for THAT tour!<br /><br />The worst part is that I have no idea of where do we go from here. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!'<br /><br />Brian Brandt '... this is a sad but very true story, indicative of any fringe music today. I sympathize with Lauro-Baranès, who probably like me and Mode Records, is not really interested in "profit." But we have to live and it costs money to make recordings — good recordings — and you have to have proper income to keep that going. Will we have to crowd-source virtually everything we want to release now? Again I agree with Lauro-Baranès, that it is difficult to both create these things and to find the time (and talent?) to have to raise money to do the same.<br />In the early days of CDs, you could sell 1,000 of almost anything in 1 year, even more by a well know composer. Today, you may not even sell 1,000 of a known composer on CD in several years! Never mind works of not well known or young composers. True, you may sell hundreds of the same by track per month via streaming — and that is amazing! — but that may only earn a few dollars at best. What results is a strangulation of the flow of what can be issued because of lack of funds.'Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com