RE: computers suck creative energy

[Glenn Poorman <glenn.poorman@autodesk.com>]

I agree with Matt.

I recently did a show opening for the California Guitar Trio here
in Michigan. It was a sold out show and they tend to attract an
audience that loves to hear things they haven't heard before. At
one point, I announced I was going to pull out a tune that had never
been performed in public and hadn't been heard outside of my house
and I could hear a bunch of people clapping and yelling "bring it on."

While they certainly aren't the "masses", they are out there. Even
here in the US where most people's idea of "high art" in the form
of music is "American Idol" and Disney characters.

Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Davignon [mailto:mattdavignon@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:59 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: computers suck creative energy

Well, there's like 300 million people in America (and only about 50
million voted for Bush). My experience is that audiences exist for
just about every kind of music, especially when the ideas and "vision"
in that music is communicated.

One thing I take comfort in is the amount of fans there are for the
'fringe bands' of commercial radio - Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead,
Bjork, Radiohead, etc...  If so many people are stimulated by the
strangest thing they can hear on a clearchannel station, it seems
likely that many of them would have ears for something even more 'out
there'.

Matt Davignon
www.ribosomemusic.com

Stefan Tiedje was like:
> > The average audience member is highly underrated. Especially by
> > organisers. If the music is done well, you can reach any audience, no
> > matter how far away you are from the mainstream or from what the
> > audience usually expects.
> > Exactly that is the artistic challenge!

And then Chris Sewell was all:
> Not around here. Americans are idiots. Remember, we elected George W
> Bush. Enough said.