Re: Looping venue help

[Chris Sewell <lunamusic@mac.com>]

Good point. The gigs you will be doing will in no way effect my  
bottom line. Still, we differ philosophically on the economics of  
music. Just think, if all the experimental musicians thought enough  
of their craft to demand compensation what that would do for peoples  
perceptions of it.

On Apr 10, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Daryl Shawn wrote:

> Well...imagine a really good carpenter who likes to build abstract  
> wooden sculptures in his backyard. If he wants to give them away to  
> local libraries so that the locals can enjoy them, how does that  
> take away business or interest from the tradesmen building chairs  
> and tables? Okay, maybe the other tradesmen want to sell their  
> abstract sculptures to the libraries at a good price, but if the  
> libraries can't afford any more for sculpture, do they need to go  
> without, or can they accept a gift?
>
> Seems to me that one can get a certain Swedish experimental record  
> called "Ooh" for free on Jamendo... :-D .
>
> Daryl Shawn
> www.swanwelder.com
> www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>> I'm with Chris. Playing for free only hurts good music in the long
>> run. Why shouldn't a good musician's work be valued just as highly as
>> a good carpenter's work?
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