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I agree. You can find an audience for any style of music. Even Avant Garde has its fans. There's a great article on Ornette Colman in Rolling Stone this month. I have a close friend that plays New 21st Century Classical music. But my post was in the context of being a paid musician. There's a ton of free gigs out there. No doubt about that. But if you get hired to play a bar, there is an expectation on the part of the club owner (your boss for the night), that you will play appropriate music. Now that will change with the venue. Some bars require more mainstream music, some bars I can kick in the Audio Damage plugs and wail. Some get a little of both. My point was (I think), that the groundbreaking loopers, Krispen, Per, et al, have influenced my music within my genre. There techniques, style and knowledge has seeped into my music. I use feedback, reverse loops, delays, pitch shifting and other techniques I've learned here and applied it to cover tunes. Yes, Its a compromise, but I have a mortgage to pay. On Dec 4, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Tony K wrote: > There is an audience out there for non-mainstream music. We have the > NorthEast ArtRock Festival (NEARFest) here in Bethlehem and it sells > out in 20 minutes. Most of the bands I listen to these days you'll > never hear on the radio, but they have big turnouts at concerts. The > 'net is great for this stuff. Word of mouth works better than radio > play. > > Tony > > On Dec 4, 2007 10:58 AM, Glenn Poorman <glenn.poorman@autodesk.com> > wrote: >> 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 >> >> >