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Art always reflects the environment it comes out of. We are the reason everything is the way it is, all of us. We can break it down into categories, but none of that really matters.
Does our current world allow for the kind of depth, devotion, single-mindedness, obsession, indulgence, escapism, what-have-you, that went along with the music considered better?
There were more opportunities to find a wide variety of good live acts a few decades back, but is it realistic to expect that now? We're shifting to a different model. It's a transition, and hopefully we'll wind up better off. Personally, I don't find the traveling show tradition an effective lifestyle for creativity.
Things will change if and when we as a people change, from the inside out. This usually only happens when we're forced into it. As people making art, we can be part of a movement. I think the big challenge now is to develop a means that allows artists to sustain themselves solely by the making of their art.
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