Comments on: slow music http://gonze.com/blog/2008/12/09/slow-music/ internet music technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lucas Gonze’ blog » slow music #2 http://gonze.com/blog/2008/12/09/slow-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Lucas Gonze’ blog » slow music #2 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:24:52 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=853#comment-1990 [...] Lucas Gonze’ blog Skip to content « slow music [...] [...] Lucas Gonze’ blog Skip to content « slow music [...]

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://gonze.com/blog/2008/12/09/slow-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Lucas Gonze Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:18 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=853#comment-1989 For myself I'm not totally clear on which music qualifies as slow. For myself I’m not totally clear on which music qualifies as slow.

]]> By: Jim Nachlin http://gonze.com/blog/2008/12/09/slow-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 Jim Nachlin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:57:31 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=853#comment-1988 The "Frankenband" straw man puts me off at first, but your example is a good one. Street musicians come to mind. But not everybody wants to go play on the street. The “Frankenband” straw man puts me off at first, but your example is a good one. Street musicians come to mind. But not everybody wants to go play on the street.

]]> By: gurdonark http://gonze.com/blog/2008/12/09/slow-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 gurdonark Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:26:38 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=853#comment-1987 that's two million plus "people" not dollar. that’s two million plus “people” not dollar.

]]> By: gurdonark http://gonze.com/blog/2008/12/09/slow-music/comment-page-1/#comment-1986 gurdonark Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:26:04 +0000 http://gonze.com/blog/?p=853#comment-1986 I went last Saturday night to our local library auditorium, where the friends of the library sponsored a really fine jazz harpist doing arrangements of holiday songs, and the local symphony chorus did a selection of international songs of the various seasons. The arrangements and skill on display where amazing. On the other hand, I saw on public television a major-label ensemble do a bombastic holiday special which was amusing in its scope, but ultimately entirely pre-packaged and non-local. The comparison struck me. In the DFW area we have a 2 plus million dollar population base. There's no reason why we couldn't "grow local". Indeed, we used to have an indie rock scene that was very "local grown". Houston and Detroit and Atlanta still have hip hop scenes in which the local acts are more important than the national acts. I think that the Slow Music metaphor is a very appealing way to "see" the way analog music must proceed. I went last Saturday night to our local library auditorium, where the friends of the library sponsored a really fine jazz harpist doing arrangements of holiday songs, and the local symphony chorus did a selection of international songs of the various seasons. The arrangements and skill on display where amazing.

On the other hand, I saw on public television a major-label ensemble do a bombastic holiday special which was amusing in its scope, but ultimately entirely pre-packaged and non-local.
The comparison struck me.

In the DFW area we have a 2 plus million dollar population base. There’s no reason why we couldn’t “grow local”. Indeed, we used to have an indie rock scene that was very “local grown”.
Houston and Detroit and Atlanta still have hip hop scenes in which the local acts are more important than the national acts.

I think that the Slow Music metaphor is a very appealing way to “see” the way analog music must proceed.

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