#matdryhurst

Remember when I said in the Protocols talk that older ideological distinctions are no longer sufficient to distinguish the biggest companies from scene stuff? Yeah I was talking about the ease by which Amazon (the biggest) can start a fest called “Intersect”. It’ll get stranger.

It's a mistake to think integrating extra musical ideas into music suggests privilege. The opposite is often true - many people think about other stuff by necessity because they have to work; hanging about expensive cities thinking solely about art is only real for the rich now

My short response to recent developments is: music communities might do well to consider scene wealth fund models for travel, visas, recording time, journalism, shows #interdependence

It takes a whole lot of capital to convincingly render a bohemian scene in 2019. All those high-poly casual people, luxuriating in time and creativity within a relaxed urban environment.

I'm going to refer to the ideal as "Interdependent Music" from now on. Seems sticky & illustrative. Independence without mutual support + obligation = hellscape. A re-reading of what made the original indies special was the interdependence + resiliency of artist led networks..

The tldr of the talk “crypto courting major record labels and blue chip galleries, and tailoring systems for their deeply flawed and protectorate industries, is the cultural equivalent of Satoshi tethering their vision to Goldman Sachs”