--- Myroslaw Bytz <vzaem@humbledesign.com> wrote:
quoted 8 lines i prefer "expression." "art" brings it to an elitist level, imo, and i
> i prefer "expression." "art" brings it to an elitist level, imo, and i
> think it has paved the way for people like britney spears, spice girls,
> etc.
> (goes back farther than that, but they are a direct link) to take
> advantage
> of the formula of "art" for money's sake. it's deeper than all this but
> i
> don't know if i'd want to litter the list with all that.
Oh most respected Vzaem,
I gotta disagree. How is creative expression different from art? How
does calling music "art" make it elitist? How would its being elitist
make Britney Spears rich?
Art doesn't have formulas; science has formulas. Certain genres of art
have rules to follow in order to stay within that genre, but if you're
trying to write a rock song with paint on canvas your result may not be
rock music but it will probably still be considered art. Come to think of
it, it might end up IDM. Heh.
Computers follow formulas and spit out a result, people create art. If
Britney's songwriting team is simply plugging in random numbers into a
songwriting equation of some sort, then they are not making art and we
don't have to worry about it. But I don't see how it's possible for a
human, or even a committee of humans to write a piece of music without
some kind of creativity involved. Perhaps Britney Spears is just a vocal
athelete of sorts making money off of the work of artists, but that don't
mean it ain't art. Using B.S. and the Spice Girls as a reason not to call
music art is like refusing to ever use cars because some people choose to
drive them over cliffs!
Zzb
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