“Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions.” PowerfulClassMiddleComputerMusicianProfessionJournalistMiddle ClassCanaries Author:Jaron Lanier
“Making information free is survivable so long as only limited numbers of people are disenfranchised. As much as it pains me to say so, we can survive if we only destroy the middle classes of musicians, journalists, and photographers. What is not survivable is the additional destruction of the middle classes in transportation, manufacturing, energy, office work, education, and health care. And all that destruction will come surely enough if the dominant idea of an information economy isn't improved.” PeopleIfsLongIdeasEnoughCarePainEnergyNumbersClassEconomyMiddleInformationOfficeMusicianDestructionPhotographerHealth CareJournalistMiddle ClassDominantManufacturingTransportationDisenfranchisedOffice Work Book:Who Owns the Future? Source: Who Owns the Future?
“What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication s masquerading under the name of ragtime are not the genuine article... That real ragtime of the higher class is rather difficult to play is a painful truth which most pianists have discovered. Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music... Joplin ragtime is destroyed by careless or imperfect rendering, and very often players lost the effect entirely by playing too fast.” RealPlayLightNamesLostDifficultClassPlayerEffectsHigherMusicianPainfulGenuineInventionDestroyedArticlesImperfectCarelessIndicationPublicationPianistRenderingConcededRagtimePainful TruthSyncopation Author:Scott Joplin
“Clay Cook is a first class musician. Tender tormented genius here in 'North Star'. I will kill him if he leaves my band and he knows it. Great record.” IfsKnowsFirstsStarsClassRecordsGeniusBandMusicianCooksClayFirst ClassNorth Star Author:Zac Brown
“When Pixies broke up in 1993, I gave up the drums for the longest time. I hadn't been doing a lot, but I ended up attending a magic convention that initially got me interested. I took classes, bought videos, and practiced relentlessly. I began performing at parties and soon realized that developing an on-stage routine is often tougher than being a musician. I focused my act on magic that incorporated as much science as it did entertainment, which was really satisfying for me.” PartyClassMagicStageMusicianEntertainmentFocusedVideoDevelopingBrokePerformingRoutineSatisfyingConventionsGave UpAttendingBroke UpPixies Author:David Lovering
“I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.” ThinkingUsedClassMusicianInstrumentsSongwritersAdept Author:PJ Harvey
“I get so much from having the opportunity to interface with the younger people and to bring information to them and to represent our culture and our way of life. The feeling and the warmth and the love, it's unbelievable. The type of exchange that goes on between students and teachers or visiting people who are doing master classes, and not just when they're musicians. Even general classes, when the students are not necessarily musicians.” PeopleWayFeelingsCultureOpportunityClassTeacherInformationStudentsMastersTypeGoes OnMusicianWarmthUnbelievableVisitingInterfacesTeacher And Student Author:Wynton Marsalis
“I have a theory that musicians recognize each other and if they are destined to collaborate together they will. Mainly, they recognize each other according to the class they belong to. If they are punk-rocker kids from the neighborhood, they are going form a band. If they happen to be musicians that are going to play in pubs and restaurants, they are going to recognize each other, form a band and play together. If it's about musicians that are playing jazz and are going to jazz festivals, for e.g., then they are going to meet and work together.” IfsPlayHappensKidsTogetherFormClassTheoryBandMusicianJazzRestaurantsNeighborhoodWorking TogetherPunkDestinedFestivalsPubsRockersPlaying Jazz Author:Vlatko Stefanovski
“I don't think that those things [so called common practice] ever truly existed in the way that we like to believe that they do, the way we learn about them in music history class. Those things are defined at least decades after they happen. And even then, it's a fallacy because when you're in the moment, when you're in a thriving scene of musicians, inevitably everyone is going to be doing something completely different from everyone else” ThinkingWayBelieveDifferentMomentsHappensCommonClassPracticeSceneMusicianDecadesDefinedFallacyHistory Class Author:Missy Mazzoli
“I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had a number of classes with him.” NumbersClassNiceMusicianAssociationComposerDrummerReally NiceGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Jon Gordon
“I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.” ClassWrittenMusicianHonestlySongwritersPassports Author:Robert Smith