That's a matter of choice. I've been thinking a lot about whether
'touring' is a leftover construct of an old business model forced
upon performers by the big music companies, promoting the music created
by artists, but providing not a heck of a lot of income to them. On
many levels this just keeps the performer busy, while someone else reaps
the rewards the performers deserve... and guaranteeing a continued
existence for dinosaurs to continue deal with material produced by
others. I'm not sure I want to cooperate with such an idea myself. I
don't understand why anyone but a gearhead would be interested in
watching me twiddle settings and performing as such. My definition of
the art involves using video works that accompany my music; I think
it's more interesting and most importantly it's my art, which
compromises to nothing but broadband speed, my own time, and equipment
maintenance. I'm sure many folks on this list enjoy the process of
live performance, but you have to include the elements of takedown-setup,
stolen-damaged instruments and equipment, iffy venues and operators,
lots of schlepping it all around, questionable nutrition and the
inevitable dealing with people who just want to make money off you. It
doesn't balance out for me on any level, and stinks of an old business
model that only works for a select few who must fill stadiums in order
to break even, and charge the people who come to see them criminal
amounts of money for a ticket. I think the old business model's been
dead a few years already. We DON'T have to follow it any more in
order to produce, record, or sell our own material. But that's just
the opinion of someone who's gotten a new start in life, and can't
afford at 55 to mess with 'touring' as such.
From: Gareth Whittock
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 1:33 AM
To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: Fripp news
So he's giving up making music today over the release of music he made
decades ago.
Many of artists work for little or no financial reward because that is
their raison d'etre.
Seems odd to me.
G
Gareth Whittock, sound artist: garethwhittock.co.uk
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
From: revfever@ubergadget.com
Subject: Fripp news
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 20:40:28 -0700
Intense. But, I'll wager he will back to making music after a certain
period of time. How could someone like him not do so? :-)
http://www.dprp.net/wp/?p=7155
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Rev.Fever
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