On 11.04.2006 dhbailey wrote:
I didn't get that point from Dennis's post at all -- his point was that cinema
houses don't SHOW the old movies, so the audience has no choice but to watch
the newest movies. It's not that they have any choice, if they want to see
movies on the big screen in the ambience of a movie theater. Nobody SHOWS old
movies, yet nobody PLAYS new music, so while the cinema-going audience has no
choice about watching old movies, so, too, the concert-going audience has no
choice about listening to contemporary music.
But they do, but with not much commercial success.
Unfortunately we have to accept that contemporary art-music of the kind which you are involved in has a very small audience. Even though as an
Simply because contemporary art-music has a very small group of performers
willing to perform it.
If there was big money to be made, many more performers would perform
it, but fact is there isn't. It's simply a question of demand. If
someone offered me good money I would not hesitate to perform even the
most obscure contemporary art-music, and I would enjoy it (as long as
that wasn't the only music I performed...).
Johannes
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http://www.musikmanufaktur.com
http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de
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