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What is music to you? An art form, or a business?

Lately I have been seeing people say things that are kind of disheartening, like "the point of making tracks is so you can get more name recognition and better-paying DJ gigs" and "promotion and marketing is *the* most important part of being a musician now."

It seems like concerns like musicality, quality, and originality are getting lost in the shuffle as people rush to "get their name out there" and shift more copies than the next guy so that they can get the best-paying gigs, where they will play mostly their own tracks and those of their label-mates. Of course, this is all excused by the fact that they "have to make a living," right? And if "making a living" requires making a close replica of the latest hot sounds and then spamming the heck out of it on MySpace, well then, by God, that is just what they will do.

Of course, to people who think that way this post will only be so much hippie-sounding, "noble starving artist" bullshit. But how do you guys think of music? Do you see yourself as an "artist," someone who makes "art?" And what does that imply to you about how you approach music?

artists are whiney ponces that use too many obscure adjectives.

i like making music. it's fun, so i do it. that said, there is nothing quite like playing cat stevens on piano to a women folk. good game, good game.

Meh.

Re: What is music to you? An art form, or a business?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Lately I have been seeing people say things that are kind of disheartening, like "the point of making tracks is so you can get more name recognition and better-paying DJ gigs" and "promotion and marketing is *the* most important part of being a musician now." It seems like concerns like musicality, quality, and originality are getting lost in the shuffle as people rush to "get their name out there" and shift more copies than the next guy so that they can get the best-paying gigs, where they will play mostly their own tracks and those of their label-mates. Of course, this is all excused by the fact that they "have to make a living," right? And if "making a living" requires making a close replica of the latest hot sounds and then spamming the heck out of it on MySpace, well then, by God, that is just what they will do. Of course, to people who think that way this post will only be so much hippie-sounding, "noble starving artist" bullshit. But how do you guys think of music? Do you see yourself as an "artist," someone who makes "art?" And what does that imply to you about how you approach music?

You completely missed my point. You shouldn't be promoting and marketing your music if it is not developed to it's fullest. But if all is equal and an artist is talented; THEN the most important thing is their promotional and marketing abilities. If there wasn't all the shit to go through it would be easier for the true talent to reach the top but since there are so many ridiculously atrocious acts these days the true importance in music comes from your ability to manage it once it's complete.

It's always art, never business. That's what managers are for so the musician can focus on the music and the manager can focus on the bullshit.

Music is an art form.
In the past that is , nowadays its a mixture of both business and art.

I mean , some songs have such stupid melodies and they can get signed.
Look at Hensha - The Curtain. It sounds so amatuer .. And Tiesto played it in ISOS7..

Whereas some music really expresses deep emotion and feelings , which I consider to be labeled as 'art'.

Still , I wouldn't blame the 'I need to play more sets to promote my tracks so I can feed myself' situation , afterall nobody likes to work day and night and not get any monetary reward... Right??

I need to focus more on the music and less on what I think about the people making it. Closed.

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