[Fmpro] Day Jobs New Artist Recruiting

[Alcheh Daniel]

Apropos, Fernando, did you hear about this article and the big  
controversy that ensued?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/09/ 
classicalmusicandopera.culture

Daniel

On Jul 26, 2008, at 8:02 PM, fmpro-request at nxport.com wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:39:14 -0400
> From: Fernando Rivas <fernando at rivasmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Day Jobs   New Artist Recruiting
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> Sorry about the Snakes deal. That sucks and you?re right it does  
> happen
> often because the parasites who can?t come up with something original
> nevertheless know it when they see it and they are good at stealing  
> ideas
> they could never have.
> Bilk and money is a good term ? I wish I had come up with it. As  
> far as
> society supporting the arts, this one does not consider it an  
> important
> function.  The old European patronage system that withered and died  
> in the
> 19th century worked well although I doubt if many of the nobles and
> aristocrats really understood or even cared all that much about  
> art. It was
> just a status thing for the most part, though certainly there are  
> notable
> exceptions. Ultimately art is not a pragmatic or practical pursuit,  
> nor
> perhaps is it even moral in the light of the fact that most of the  
> world is
> sick, starving or at war (and always has been).  Perhaps the only  
> noble goal
> is any related to the economic and educational improvement of the  
> third
> world or a life dedicated to ending violence as a means of solving  
> problems.
> If and when art does that there is a connection to a deeper  
> reality. Most of
> the time, and particularly in our day and age, it has all the  
> earmarks of
> earnest masturbation, elaborate and esthetic though it might be.