that's a good one swaminathan... creativity must not be limited to the customers (fans) need. the fella that limits himself to the needs of the customer is a businessman, but not an artist.
arr started his carrier with no fans. his creativity and ability is the one that made him to this point. from, suresh --- Swaminathan Sivaramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Music is not a product that can be manufactured to > customers' > specifications. It's an art form that emerges from > the creative talent of > an artiste and is an expression of his/her creative > experiences and > process. Fantastic, if listeners take to what they > hear, tough luck for > the artiste if they don't. The day an artiste starts > to tweak his output > to cater to various vested interests, s/he is dead > as an artiste. A certain > superstar-who-shall-not-be-named, died as an artiste > the day he decided to churn out sheer banality > repeatedly to cater to his delusional 'fan base'. I > think > ARR has been doing a fantastic job of taking > listeners through a new > evolution every few years. Let's just leave him to > his metier. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Sai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 11:08:38 PM > Subject: [arr] Re: Fan's views on Azhagiya Tamil > Magan : Post your > opinions plz > > We know that. But fans have their expectations too. > If ARR knows what > his fans expect, he can do better, I think! > > sai > > --- In arrahmanfans@ yahoogroups. com, "Swaminathan > Sivaramakrishnan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..> wrote: > > > > I guess it's best that fans don't interfere in the > creative process of > > artistes and stay out of it. I am sure ARR knows > his job. > > > > -- > We've Got Your Name at http://www.mail.com! > Get a FREE E-mail Account Today - Choose From 100+ > Domains > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222
