[NewMusic] 3rd party music

[Damon Smith]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Phillip Greenlief wrote:

> PG:
> Your criticism reads a bit like calling Tobe Hooper down for not  
> casting a sexy female lead in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It  
> doesn't hold water. You are evaluating Djll's work on the same  
> platform as an Albert Mangelsdorf CD. They're not even in the same  
> world.
>
> All Djll is doing here is creating a system for large ensemble  
> music that allows him to comment on our American political process.  
> As long has art has existed, it seems to me that the purpose is to  
> allow people to express their thoughts and feelings about the world  
> they live in. That's all Djll is doing here, and I thought for the  
> most part he succeeded in satirizing our political process...and  
> there were lots of great performances by all the musicians involved.


- That is all fine, I still strongly believe if we had more  
performances that could be compared to a Manglesdorf album or  
anything equally serious, we might have a stronger audience base as  
well  as more demand for our recordings and appearances outside the  
Bay Area.


Damon Smith

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