RE The Long Tail
Let’s face it we could return to the age of the classical composers, many of whom were sponsored by the wealthy, the blue-blooded, or the church.
Music: Tomatito – Agua Dulce
Mood: upbeat
I have to say that I perceive many Americans as having a strained relationship to art. I believe it might hail from ye old Puritans… a distrust of art having any real value. There are some European governmments who annually spend more money on the arts than the governmant of the mighty US of A. Those governments believe that Art adds to their cultures and fosters their societies. For example don’t you think that Americans would prefer corporations paying less taxes and maybe sponsoring some art rather than corporations paying higher taxes and the government creating art programs. People seem to trust Exxon or Mickey D more than they trust their own Congress people. True or false?
I agree with every word you write, Victor. Other options include corporate sponsorship, which could become pretty nauseating. Hm, but maybe Prada could sponsor me. That would be cool!
Comment posted by Victor at 01:35:32 PM
Well, I’m not a “real” musician so I don’t know if this will be an “intelligent conversation” but… The one thing we’re not going to see is all music distributors getting together and agreeing on pricing that garuntees the quality musicians will survive. What we might see is cheap manufactured music along with the newbies who are willing to work at a loss on one side selling songs for say 25 cents a pop and the quality musicians on the other side selling for say a dollar. It’s sort of like the $25 wine vs. the $5 wine, with maybe a few $50 bottles thrown in. But the point is that it will only work if the public is willing to pay for quality. I don’t see any way around it if the marketing mechanism changes as it appears to be. I mean, we could talk about the goverment subsidising the arts or charities for the arts but who wants to go there? I mean, the heart of the matter is nurturing a culture that values art over a cheap “,Replica Handbags;consumables”.
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