Re: Inaccessability of music

[barry smith <barrysmith_2001@yahoo.com>]

Hey.....don't forget.......Alice Cooper, when first
starting out,  got signed by Frank Zappa and his
label.....BECAUSE they cleared the room...!  

People came around and he still sells out world wide!!
 

--- rabbirabbifive <rabbirabbi5@yahoo.com> wrote:

> >Axiom 1: The number of individuals in an audience
> will be inversely 
> >proportionate to the experimental and avant-garde
> nature of the 
> >performance
> 
> There doesn't seem to be any relationship actually. 
> I've seen packed
> houses for harsh noise gigs, and more people
> listening- and
> applauding!- from the parking lot 'cause the stage
> volume was so
> dangerously loud.  (I was one of those- only one set
> of ears ya know).
> The next night for a normal indie rock band, 6
> people.  Go Figure.  It
> has more to do with hype, what else is happening,
> the size of the
> performers's entourages, and luck than anything
> rational.    
> 
> >Comment 1: I'd love to show up for a gig where the
> venue is full, and 
> >proceed to clear the room (audience =0)
> 
> Done that.  Hard to tell if you suck or they suck or
> both when that
> happens (it's happened to me twice).  More fun was
> the time we drove
> out everyone except the hard-core drunks (and the
> bar lady passed us a
> note about 20 minutes in threatening to cut the
> power), but the drunks
> told after us how much they liked it and bought us
> beers!  Go Figure.
> 
> >Axiom 2: The degree of performance satisfaction and
>  artistic 
> >gratification 
> >of an experimental/avant-garde artist is directly
> proportionate to the
> 
> >number of people who show up for his/her gigs and
> rave over how 
> >original, 
> >creative, and interesting his/her performance
> was...i.e. how much they
> 
> >feed 
> >his/her ego.
> 
> I can live without the ass-kissing, personally. 
> Just buy the merch.
> ;-)  
> 
> -rabbi
> 
> 
>  
>
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