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| From | Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Great Debate (No Answers Here) |
| Date | Mon, 14 May 2007 19:19:10 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Mon, 14 May 2007, Stewart Mason wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerry Kompost" <kerry_kompost@yahoo.com>
> > Creating art transcends
> > business, and mixing the two is asking for trouble.
>
> This statement becomes absolute bullshit the second it's applied to
> pop music or any other artform that requires a business structure for
> its dissemination. Once the means of production/distribution are out
> of the artist's hands, you're smack dab in the middle of business, and
> there's no way to disentangle the business from the art.
And what art *doesn't* involve business in *some* way? We all gotta eat.
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