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Monday, August 01, 2005
Music-like-water
Who will be the winners and losers as music becomes available on tap, just like water? What impact will gobalisation of the music supply chain have on new music commissions and programming. What role did Naxos play in Marin Alsop's Baltimore appointment? What happens when technology driven music distribution breaks through geographic boundaries? What percentage of the 1.4 million BBC Beethoven MP3 files were downloaded in the US? Will the range of music on offer expand, or contract, as technology removes distribution barriers? How big is the BBC's new music commissioning budget, and has it been misused in the past? Was tonal composer Robert Simpson frozen out in the 1970's in the Pierre Boulez and William Glock regime at the BBC?
These are just some of the intriguing questions raised in Music-like-water which discusses a fascinating paper published on New Music Box, the web magazine of the American Music Center. Read this thought provoking discussion piece, and listen to extracts from Robert Simpson's symphonies. Then share your views on how you think music-like-water will affect us all.
posted by Pliable
8/01/2005