Re: inaccessability of music

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

Some commentary, partly in jest....

Axiom 1: The number of individuals in an audience will be inversely 
proportionate to the experimental and avant-garde nature of the performance

Comment 1: I'd love to show up for a gig where the venue is full, and 
proceed to clear the room (audience =0)

Axiom 2: The degree of performance satisfaction and  artistic 
gratification 
of an experimental/avant-garde artist is directly proportionate to the 
number of people who show up for his/her gigs and rave over how original, 
creative, and interesting his/her performance was...i.e. how much they 
feed 
his/her ego.

Comment 2: I'd love to show up for a gig where the audience = 0, and find 
at 
the end of my performance (since I am so self-absorbed during my 
performance) that the venue is packed full of avant-garde and experimental 
music enthusiasts.

Comment 3:  We're all screwed and doomed to severe artistic 
neurosis....try 
taking valium and drinking a glass of wine before you perform. It does 
wonders for resolving axiomatic contradictions.

:)

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John McIntyre" <mcintyre@pa.msu.edu>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: inaccessability of music


> Well, if we're going to play "Top this"... (-8
>
> I once played a gig where no one showed up.  It was at a movie theater 
> where myself and a musical friend were going to play a live soundtrack 
>to 
> a pair of silent Western movies.  There were to be two performances, one 
> on Saturday and one on Sunday.  For Saturday's performance, no audience 
> members showed up.  With the theater owner's kind permisson, we used 
> Saturday as a rehearsal; i.e., he ran the film and we played along.  For 
> Sunday's performance, about three people showed up.
>
> John McIntyre
> mcintyre@pa.msu.edu
>
>