I've been wanting to do this project since 1979 :) It's a complex situation, some of you may be interested in David Stubbs' book, Fear Of Music in which he looks at why people are more accepting of contemporary art but not contemporary music, it gives a really good overview.
m On 15 Feb 2010, at 23:18, David Powers wrote: > Hi all, I don't know if I saw this mentioned on this list yet: > http://www.musicforrealairports.com/live/index.php > > I think it's a great concept, and I'm really glad to see The Black Dog > offer something of a critique to Eno's original idea, because I've > always felt there was an ideological aspect to Eno's work. Indeed, the > idea of ambient music itself deserves to be questioned; does ambient > music just function to as pretty background to cover up the disturbing > aspects of reality? Or worse, when does ambient music actually work as > an active element used to manipulate the individuals who exist with a > particular space for a certain end? > > By the way, one of the things I can't stand in our age is that it's > impossible to have a nice dinner without having some kind of terrible > background music pumped into your ears. I would love to find a > restaurant that was bold enough to refuse to use background music! If > I can't have silence, I'd settle for something like Mozart. John Cage > would be ideal, but I realize the odds of that occurring... > > ~David
