Thanks for reading! I don't post much but I've always liked the balanced and reasoned discussions here, so please keep it up!
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Dr. Ernest Prabhakar < [email protected]> wrote: > Wow. Powerful thoughts. Thanks for ending your lurking, and for sharing > with us! > > -- Ernie P. > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 5:01 PM, ryangtanaka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So in short, I would say that the music world right now needs a few more > songs that are about things coming to an end. It should be about > development, innovation, growth and decay, redemption, reassessments, > change — reflecting the conditions of the world ever-changing. And during > those times of extreme duress, audience members will have at least have a > few things to choose from as models for arriving at solutions, resolutions, > or plans of escape. Yes, all good things must come to an end, but so do bad > things too, and life can in fact get better when the right choices are made > in how we decide to proceed forward. > > > > This is what gives the artist the power to lead society toward something > better, in their ability to imagine what the future may look like, and > using their skills in order to depict what needs to be done in order to > “get there”. And in doing so they can re-affirm themselves as a “necessary” > part of the a broader social process, making it easier to garner support > from their audiences and public at large. Will they be up for the task? > Only time will tell. > > > > > > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community < > [email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > -- Ryan Tanaka Ph.D, Historical Musicology at USC http://ryangtanaka.com - Scholarship, music, entrepreneurship. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
