At 06:16 PM 1/18/00 -0600, Guai Lo wrote:
quoted 6 lines As to whether artists should be held accountable for letting fans down by
>As to whether artists should be held accountable for letting fans down by
>selling out, I say Hell Yes. I realize that IDM isn't exactly
>anti-establishment protest music in nature, but I find it hard to stomache
>that all these years I've just been listening to "The Future of Commercial
>Jingles". I kind of had other things in mind when I was seeking this stuff
>out.
A large body of IDM that I hear is so head-in-ass in the culture of
hipness and irony, that I can think of few more fitting fates for the music
than an artist like v/vm being used in a commercial on TV. I think many
musicians would probably appreciate the irony of that.
I fail to see how anything that causes interest in an artist is that bad.
I mean, yes, I'm sure many of us have a lot of time and energy invested in
being hip and underground thanks to electronic music, but I'll bet the Orb,
etc. are enjoying having new fans who discovered them via some commercial.
They have more fans, more people appreciating their music, and they get a
few more cents income from selling extra cds. How is this bad, other than
robbing people of Punk Rock Points because their music is in a commercial
now? If a musician works a day job, how is that any less of a selling-out
to 'the Man' than liscensing a track?
And yes, I know I shouldn't be contributing to this dumb thread. But it
keeps coming up, so I have to throw in my ha'penny.
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"There is no gang of 'intelligent techno' freaks here who break
showroom windows to steal pocket calculators." - Jouni Alkio
Jeff Pitrman [cCM] jeff@spof.net
http://bling.spof.net
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