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Operating in musical economies of compromise (or . . . When do I get paid for writing this?)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2002

Terre Thaemlitz
Affiliation:
Comatonse recordings, 3-22-2 Mizonokuchi, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-0001, Japan E-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.comatonse.com/

Abstract

In this article Thaemlitz posits that the current state of digital audio production's borders are not determined by battles between academia and the marketplace, subsidy and enterprise, nor high-brow and low-brow. However, such binarisms continue to frame our efforts in ways which fuel rhetoric of transformation and revolution, while diffusing our material ability to impact a cultural mainstream. Rather than attempting to resolve such divisiveness and hypocrisy in our behaviour, Thaemlitz proposes an increased awareness of the cultural processes which facilitate our simultaneous participation in such seemingly irreconcilable arenas. In other words, celebrating diversity sometimes means throwing a party for a friend you are not particularly fond of.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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