tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post3607069518903286131..comments2024-02-12T03:04:46.091-08:00Comments on AttackingtheDemi-Puppets: Organic CultureKing Wenclashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13709139159194279478noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post-69084113895120960642011-05-18T11:12:21.746-07:002011-05-18T11:12:21.746-07:00well, it sounds like you've thought abt it mor...well, it sounds like you've thought abt it more than I have.Zoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post-15774069506784979032011-05-18T10:07:09.825-07:002011-05-18T10:07:09.825-07:00Allow me to disagree.
Part of the problem is that ...Allow me to disagree.<br />Part of the problem is that many "serious" composers today are producing work the public simply doesn't want.<br />Give them a "Carmina Burana" and people will flock to it.<br />Beyond this, today's composers are hooked into the same-old way of presenting and marketing their art-- waiting in line to get an orchestra to play the work. Caught up in the academic and nonprofit mindset, waiting for proper approval.<br />There's almost no grass roots outreach to the mass public on the part of current composers and musicians as individuals. They haven't joined up with anyone seeking to make a buck on their product. Crass to say-- but again, the nonprofit model doesn't work, and every attempt at marketing and outreach done by dinosaur institutions subliminally announces, "This Is Boring."<br />Rock bands have traditionally played anywhere, for free drinks to start, in order to build an audience.<br />A phenomenal talent like Hilary Hahn doesn't go to the people, and of course doesn't have to. She expects the public to find her; to come to her, the beautiful performer hidden away in a prestigious and stuffy concert hall, on display for the privileged few.<br />I don't see violinists or pianists or opera singers volunteering their services to coffeeshops. They've invested in their elite education and won't deign to perform for a passed hat. They're just too good to get down into the muck and compete with other forms of music. Which is why they're destined to ultimately<br />lose.King Wenclashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709139159194279478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post-24844356586496676362011-05-17T09:21:01.990-07:002011-05-17T09:21:01.990-07:00I have heard that copyright issues are a big probl...I have heard that copyright issues are a big problem in the world of classical music and one reason for why concert halls and radio stations keep playing the same old, same old tunes. Apparently there are innovators out there, but they don't get heard by people who are not already of that culture.Zoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post-57003622512652505272011-05-17T08:54:33.618-07:002011-05-17T08:54:33.618-07:00As a writer, I'm no expert on classical music....As a writer, I'm no expert on classical music. But I love it, and one of my concerns is that listening to Beethoven or Mozart, like reading a really good book, requires a depth and commitment of attention that is quite distant from Tweeting?Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com