[NewMusic] Dying Industry...(sic)

[Jacob Lindsay]

I think that undercurrent is still there, if not
overtly then at least in the subconscious history of
the music - the whole collective improvisation
(emphasis on COLLECTIVE) non-hierarchical,
non-commericial aspect of things.  Think about the SME
(arguably the beginnings of free improvisation) and
what types of musical and social things that group
emphasized.  Or read any article from Eddie Prevost's
"No Sound is Innocent".  Being a red-diaper baby
myself I am of course byassed, but at least I'm
byassed for something that's right.  Hah!

--- matthew at matthewgoodheart.com wrote:

> >but there is a dog eat dog
> > undercurrent to this society and you can use your
> resources to survive or
> > accept less. i do believe that one can survive
> without fucking everybody
> > else over however. i'm into that.
> 
> Okay- the "enlightened self-interest" model- help
> yourself and if you're
> lucky you help others in the porcess, or at least
> you don't hurt them. I'm
> just surprised how off the burner he traditional
> civil rights/free
> jazz/etc. model is- to collectively organize to
> change things, and
> actually help other people, and yourself in the
> process. . . Though it's
> rather unfashionable today, it's done some good
> things like child labor
> laws, the 40-hr work week, public schools, women's
> suffrage. . . but then
> attitudes about individualism would need to change.
> . . including my own.
> . .
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Jacob Lindsay
http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=44
http://www.myspace.com/mryellowcake


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