[NewMusic] Tom Nunn in today's Chron

[Matt Davignon]

Well, if it brings in people then it's done the job. It's generated
the interest. I think with many potential audients, the articles
simply get the attention of people who already have an interest in the
thing, and tell them where they can find it.

If we nitpick about how articles about newmusic are not written by
people who are familiar enough with the scene, we're going to
discourage the nice people from writing those articles. Don't pick
your gift horse before it choose.

On 3/9/07, Matt J. Ingalls <ingalls at mills.edu> wrote:
>
> > FWIW, I spoke with two people at the LSG show last night who found
> > out about it and came (separately) to the show specifically because
> > of the Chron article. There may have been others, too.
>
>
> the tape fest got a writeup in their "8 days a week" rip off (whatever
> they call it) and it was similarly awful.  and it also brought in a lot of
> people..
>
> about Derk, i seem to remember back in the beanbenders and independent
> east bay express days the same kind of thing -- it was great that he
> was putting in a number of previews/recommendations, but at the same
> time it was obvious that he was only partially aware of the music and
> scene -- i guess you could argue that's the kind of person you need to
> bridge the gap between the elite and the general public. in general i
> don't agree... i think the more enigmatic this music is the better and
> hate "educational" articles, pre-concert talks, etc... [ i think i jumped
> a few stages in my thinking here, but i'm late to the gig gotta go ]
>
> -m
>
>
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