On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 04:11:54AM -0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > > On Mon, August 30, 2010 3:57 am, Julien Claassen wrote: > > greetings! > > And another thought: Of course most pop music is created to be > > consumed, as > > the baisc intention. Maybe not most, but a good deal. Still: I see it > > partly > > as a result of the society itself. They only will produce en mass, what is > > liable to be sold well. If you consider that most of the music us > > westerness > > lsiten to and export worldwide, then I can see reasons for it sounding > > aggressive. We are more and more in a hurry, supressed by a lot of > > obligations. If you look around, certainly if I do, all people have to > > work as > > hard as they can, still fearing to be unemployed quite soon. Then they > > have to > > perform a lot tasks in their households and neighbourhoods, which they > > can't > > afford to let someone else do, because of money being short. I'm talking > > repairs, renovations, taking care of families and friends in a way, they > > might > > not do if money wasn't that short. Or they would cut on their work and use > > more spare time, so they can actually relax a little. Don't you think, > > that > > this stores up energy, frustration, that you need to deposite somewhere? > > If > > you can listen to some music, tat helps you "sweat" it out, if you can > > dance > > to it, I think it's much healthier, than finally breaking down or turning > > to > > real acted-out violence. > > Again this doesn't apply to everyone, some will turn to the aggression > > advertised or animated. But again more will use that way to blow of some > > steam > > and feel better afterwards. > > While talking of clubs; I don't need intelligent music or music that > > touches > > a certain side of myself. I need music, that I can move to. Granted, I > > would > > VERY rarely see a real club, because it would be too loud and too > > expensive. I > > have all the music I need at home. :-) > > Kindly yours > > Julien > > > > While your observation is certainly a desirable aspect of healthy > consumption of art and culture, IMO we are also being subjected to a form > of attack that is attempting to perpetuate the psychological oppression > that forces us as a global mass to accept the status quo and allow it to > control the direction of our lives and the events that are forced upon us > as a global community. > > The highly aggressive and purely sexualised music forced upon us at every > opportunity by the mass media is a reaction to the oppression that we are > placed under and is actively promoted as a means of keeping us > subconsciously subdued and fighting to keep our heads above water with the > odds stacked against us resulting in the cycle being continued between > each new generation. We are being conditioned to accept the system of > abuse from the day we are born by the relentless attack on our > subconscious from the mass media and the industry that supports it. > > Hence I feel it is important for us to not only create art that is > challenging but to also take on the industry at it's own game with > subversive production turning their techniques against them. > > > "Us"? It's your idea, not anyone else's. Sounds like a good one too. Go for it; I'd be eager to hear what you come up with. From your specification, I'd guess is that it'd end up sounding a lot like 1979-era Dead Kennedy's, or maybe 1977-era DEVO, which would be fantastic. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
