As part of the Underground Garden Project, I’ve been toting my little video camera around and asking people things like
“Is local music important?
Why?”
Another way to have asked the same question migt have been, “Is it valuable?”, “What’s it for?” or to put it in a harsher light, “What is it good for?” or “Why do we/you/they/I bother?”
Two sentences that begin with ‘certainly’:
Certainly every band that’s booked a club, hustled the promotion and still had a very very humble turn-out (it’s happened to everyone at one time or another) might feel like they weren’t valued.
Certainly it must be more than ‘money’ and ‘fame’ that drives an artist….because those commodities are only rarely given in trade for their goods.
Other questions that come up are:
“Does local music/art have a positive effect on a community/town?”
“Do the arts play a part in the local economy?”
These are all questions that I’d love to hear people’s answers to.
I am, at root, an idealist, an optimist.
Still, these questions sort of boil down to :
“Why do we bother?”
Nice site. There
Comment by Stacey Derbinshire — February 5, 2010 @ 5:31 pm
Comment by Dale Stewart — February 5, 2010 @ 8:27 pm
I still think this idea is ripe for kickstarter.com … just sayin.
Comment by lecram — February 6, 2010 @ 10:33 am
So glad my suggestion of Adam worked out. I’m looking forward to particpating in the art piece and let me know when you want to do my interview, my schedule is a little more workable now and we can meet at Ashtree Studios.
Comment by Aileen Imperatrice — February 6, 2010 @ 6:42 pm
Oh No! I can’t believe your big CD Release party is on April 24th! I won’t be able to be there (until maybe after 11pm or so), I’m exhibiting my art at the Saroyan Theater in conjunction with the Itzhak Perlman concert that same night. What is the start and possible end times of your party?
Comment by Aileen Imperatrice — February 6, 2010 @ 6:49 pm
Next time I cross the pond, I want to hear some music… in the garden… preferably underground
Comment by Cosima — February 7, 2010 @ 4:36 am
Beautiful.
Love It!
How to be a part of this?…what can we do to help??
Comment by joy — February 7, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
Heya Aileen,
I’m still hoping you’ll contribute to the Art Piece side of this project. Hopefully the piece itself will live on and be shown a couple more times–or maybe take on a life of it’s own and do who knows what.
@Joy!
Help? Oh man. You’ll be sorry you asked! (kidding of course, but I will give you a buzz and conspire)
B.
Comment by blake — February 8, 2010 @ 5:54 pm