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I was making a scarcastic remark to a question by woz: > What more could you ask for. that he probably didn't expect anyone to respond to. Comments below. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catilyne" <catilyne@icicle.net> > At 10:41 AM 1/10/2003 -0500, David Beardsley wrote: > >From: "Tom Ritchford" <tom@swirly.com> > > > You need a drum machine > > > >That's been done to death. > > Eh, if you really want to get into it, rock guitar has been done to death > as well. Well there you go! That's one of the reasons I don't play rock guitar in public. >Yet you still find people who are able to pull out new and > interesting angles working within that medium. > Generally, it ain't the tool; it's the carpenter. No kidding. > I think the bigger question is do you want to give people something > familiar which they can hold onto while you're doing your sonic > explorations, or do you want to simply drag them out to the > netherworlds? Netherworlds. I don't even have to drag them! >Either approach is perfectly valid, but the greater the > amount of critical listening/viewing you demand from your audience, the > fewer number of individuals you find who are willing to put forth the > effort to properly appreciate your show. > The above, of course, is entirely a statement on the audience rather than > the music. But, if you're breaking new ground and you want to increase > your audience, you've either got to offer something in which a greater > number of people are interested (dancing girls may be a nice start), or > expand the tastes of the audience until what you're doing is more widely > accepted (a much more arduous process). So, in summary, either you move > closer to the 'mainstream', or you move the 'mainstream' closer to you... That ain't gonna happen. I think Tom Ritchford knows this and that's why he's joking with me. I was being scarcastic, and I end up getting a lecture. Realistically, I do have an audience and I even got a amazing review from the New Music critic at the Village Voice last Fall (see my web site). When I finish my guitar CD, I'll be able to play "mainstream" venues that can afford to advertise. Anybody know a good studio in the NYC/NJ area with 20 bit ADAT, a real nice microphone and preamps? The one I was using had very nice equipment, but not enough experience or time. * David Beardsley * http://biink.com * http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley