Kyle Gann quote of the day

From our "own" (we own the copyright to these posts, yes? :) Tuning
List contributor, Kyle Gann:

"You can write a symphony subtitled "Death to the Corporate Ruling
Class" if you want, but think twice about showing up for the
orchestra trustee board meeting at which the commission is
announced."

Read the entire new article at:

http://www.newmusicbox.org/

jP

> List contributor, Kyle Gann:
>
>
> "You can write a symphony subtitled "Death to the Corporate
Ruling
> Class"

>
> Read the entire new article at:
>
> http://www.newmusicbox.org/
>
> jP

Greetings,

Many thanks for bring this forward. Brilliant article! Bravo to Kyle
Gann.

All best wishes,

Gordon Rumson

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "rumsong" <rumsong@t...> wrote:

/tuning/topicId_48317.html#48322

>
> > List contributor, Kyle Gann:
> >
> >
> > "You can write a symphony subtitled "Death to the Corporate
> Ruling
> > Class"
>
> >
> > Read the entire new article at:
> >
> > http://www.newmusicbox.org/
> >
> > jP
>
> Greetings,
>
> Many thanks for bring this forward. Brilliant article! Bravo to
Kyle
> Gann.
>
> All best wishes,
>
> Gordon Rumson

***Yeah... it's really something. I wanted to add, also, that it's
*lengthy*... BUT, thoroughly interesting, at least to *me* it was.
Kyle could tell us how many words it was.

He constantly brings in relevant things about composing in with the
researched history, and I think that's what holds *my* attention, at
least.

I notice that Kyle hasn't been in the Voice so much of late, and I'm
worried that it's because the Voice editors don't feel our kind of
music is so "relevant" anymore... That would not be good...

jP

I don't know if this is veering into metatuning areas, but:

Joe,

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph Pehrson" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> I notice that Kyle hasn't been in the Voice so much of late, and I'm
> worried that it's because the Voice editors don't feel our kind of
> music is so "relevant" anymore... That would not be good...

Do *you* think "our" kind of music is relevant? Do you think what you do reaches into enough people to justify any kind of attention to be paid to it?

Cheers,
Jon

>I notice that Kyle hasn't been in the Voice so much of late, and I'm
>worried that it's because the Voice editors don't feel our kind of
>music is so "relevant" anymore... That would not be good...
>
>jP
>

Thanks to everyone for the deeply gratifying comments. I consider the tuning list a tough audience to please, and so am all the more honored. (The New Music Box piece was almost 17,000 words, by the way. I felt I had to write that length to do the subject justice.)

It's true that the Voice has cut me back from every week to every other week and now to once a month, and from 950 words per article to 700 and now 650. It's a drag. But in defense of "our" kind of music, it's not really a slam at new music. For one thing, the Voice management is convinced that classical music doesn't pull in readers, and classical critic Leighton Kerner was laid off completely. New music is still considered hipper than Beethoven or Verdi (yay! one small point for our side), and actually, my editor Richard Goldstein is a fanatical new-music fan, and buys every CD I recommend. But the music section has gotten smaller and smaller, the paper itself shrank height-wise a few years ago, and now that the paper is free and therefore advertiser-driven, advertisements command more and more space. Rock has always been king at the Voice, but I don't think I've been particularly cut back more than anyone else at the paper. It's undeniable that the Voice is no longer the cultural arbiter it once was. If you were following rock or jazz at the Voice, you might be just as disappointed.

Plus, for those interested, I've been compensating by writing a blog (web log) at Arts Journal called PostClassic, at http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/. In two months, I've written far more words there than I do in a year at the Voice, and I will get in tuning issues whenever possible. Plus, since the space is completely under my control, I don't have to wait for news pegs, but can write about whatever strikes my bizarrely neurotic fancy. R.I.P. Village Voice, sadly, but new music lives on the internet!

With appreciation,

Kyle

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:

/tuning/topicId_48317.html#48326

> I don't know if this is veering into metatuning areas, but:
>
> Joe,
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph Pehrson" <jpehrson@r...>
wrote:
> > I notice that Kyle hasn't been in the Voice so much of late, and
I'm
> > worried that it's because the Voice editors don't feel our kind
of
> > music is so "relevant" anymore... That would not be good...
>
> Do *you* think "our" kind of music is relevant? Do you think what
you do reaches into enough people to justify any kind of attention
to be paid to it?
>
> Cheers,
> Jon

***Well, it's not going to unless it's publicized a bit, so it's a
classic "Catch-22" situation...

jP