[NewMusic] What David Cope is up to

[barry threw]

Some of us really believe in this "cyber crap", and see the potential  
for a lot of innovative, visionary, and endearing work to come of it.  
I understand that the technologies Cope is developing could have  
unfortunate uses, but a dismissal like this seems overly reactionary  
to me.

> ps - Did you hear the one where someone had a book launch on "Second  
> Life"?
>       No actual writing necessary! All of the fun, none of the  
> dreaded work or 'content'.

Give me a break. It was a book launch...hence someone had to write the  
dreaded content of a book to launch it.

b

On Dec 22, 2007, at 3:10 AM, George Cremaschi wrote:

>
> More cyber crap for the desperate robots who can't live one more  
> minute
> without another fantastic new digital autoerotic 'solution' to a  
> problem which
> never existed. The fetishization of our ability to make more and  
> more and
> more. Aren't we brilliant? Nearer and nearer, my God, to thee!
>
> The 'markets' are aboard, the 'partners' line up, checks are hoped  
> to be cashed.
>
> "Our technologies can be used to put a toddler at a toy piano and have
> them compose their own lullabies or nursery rhymes with such composers
> as Strauss or Mozart."
>
> Now isn't that heartwarming?  But actually, not warm enough:
>
> "CEO Dave Park developed, managed, produced, and marketed the  
> recording artist
> ‘Deftones’ from concept to launch (worldwide sales of recorded  
> units, concerts, and
> merchandising in excess of $100 million)."
>
> MUCH warmer....
>
>
> -George
>
>
> ps - Did you hear the one where someone had a book launch on "Second  
> Life"?
>       No actual writing necessary! All of the fun, none of the  
> dreaded work or 'content'.
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