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Originally Posted by Derek
Very good point(s) however it's just a sign of the moving times to me. Things will always change and it's better to see the silver lining to the new prospects instead of clinging onto the antiquated old ones. We may not have another Cage or Trout Mask Replica but we will certainly have something as culture changing or ground breaking eventually that will manifest itself in another form.
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Yeah - I'm optimistic too. What I'm very worried about is a musical culture which simply doesn't expect to remunerate its artists. Yes, van Gogh made nothing in his lifetime, but JS Bach made at least a fair living. Our challenge isn't to simply hope that we will be rewarded for our efforts from kind-hearted benefactors - our challenge is to find ways to continue to be artistic (people will always be artistic) and find ways to live our lives in something approximating a comfortable fashion at the same time.