In an email dated 30/8/2005 7:31:03 pm GMT Daylight time, "jonasodhner" <
jonasodhner@...> writes:
>what do you mean with "better for an artist"? it would definite be >better for my finances if I made music that everyone likes...of
>course. I always wonder when i hear for an example Jessica Simpson,
>does she really like her crap version of "take my breath away"? or
>does she just laugh at her way to the bank....I really hope she laugh.
>For me in an artistic way i think it´s more important that i like
>it...then i of course hope more people likes it so i can get
>motivation to make and record more music....but this is no news...or
>is it?
I would have to agree that, first and foremost, I would have to be pleased with any piece I've written, regardless of genre, before even exposing it to anyone else and having the expectation that someone else might like it (and admittedly I have written my fair share of shit over the years as we all have, admit it or not), none of which anyone has heard for that reason. I also recognize the possibility that something I think is pure doo-doo might tickle the fancy of someone else (again, one man's poison being another's medicine) Financial gain? I've made some small compromises in composing without having to compromise my "artistic integrity", whatever in hell that can be defined as -- perhaps as artistic objectivity, at least as much as one can generate toward a self-creation. Would I sell out? Let me relate one of the times I attended a West Coast ASCAP meeting in the 70's -- Shortly after meeting Bruce Johnston, who had just won a Grammy for "I Write The Songs" (perhaps a good example of the type of composition we're referencing), I was engaged in conversation with a group of L.A. people who were trying to sell me on their 'fantastic' project and wanted me to do the arrangement. I was highly interested and thought it had the potential to be a highly lucrative venture (i.e., backing, contacts, exposure, etc.) -- until they told me the specifics: Remember, this is the '70's now -- a disco version of "Eleanor Rigby". My only response before walking away was, "Sacrilege!" I never regretted that decision.
Frank 1