The Friday Informer: Fair Trade?

Photo of the Week: Music is music is music. Perhaps the only question is how much you want it to weigh? Trade yours at Millennium Music.

Okay, maybe there are a few high-art haters out there, but for all our distressing that the average Joe has no interest in classical music anymore, apparently the real story is that they forgot we even existed. But when we come down from the tower, boy does the music blow their hair back!! Even Simon Cowell had to feel around for his lower jaw. I think this guy might also be America’s Got Talent worthy—the odds he’d literally light Cowell (Simon and Henry) up would make it all worth it.

Now, it’s common to get a little nervous when artistic discussions veer into pop culture trends, but if we’re going to stress out over the fact that we’re not capturing the hearts and minds of the general populace, then we’re going to have to go there. Possibly while also offering cold tasty treats. And what would actually be bad about a composer on a reality show if we could sell the networks on the idea? Okay, I take your point. But I bet there are a few music folks out there who’d be willing to give the experiment a try. For the more conservative souls among you, there’s this composer experiment concerning complex rhythms.

Good thing they kept the pro in Atlanta. Words have a way of being subtly tricky in diplomacy and in music.

I’ll be away live blogging next Thursday (2-5 pm CDT) from the American Symphony Orchestra League conference in Nashville, but we’ve already got the conversation off to a slow boil. Do drop in and say something controversial.