Lynch’s Dark Night exhibit

Just went to view Lynch’s Dark Night of the Soul images at the Michael Kohn gallery in Beverly Hills.  I’ve looked through the book already though I was unaware of today’s destination until our arrival.  I had a feeling we would be checking out art, but the choice of exhibit was a great surprise.  

Pretty chill atmosphere.  I would have done better with the music nudged up a bit more.  My favorite photo’s are the horse and hog in the field (very surreal, the proportions of the horse remind me of some Dali sketches from a London museum), and the girl @ the grill with the plastic flamingo off in the background (crisp, clean photo with a hint at the grit).  

Overall a solid exhibit with groupings of four like pieces lined across or squared, I think 64 in total, throughout two rooms.  I say it is worth the trip… close street parking, free entry, provides a nice adjunct to an evening’s outing or a relaxing interruption to a day’s monotony.  Showing through August 15th.           

 

P.S.  new Groove Manifest material coming soon!!!!

Industry Forthcomingz

Music is free.  And the future of the industry will rely on this.  Music is and will continue to be used as a marketing tool.  This appears on the surface to not be the worst thing for musicians.  Money is there to be made.  But at what costs?  

The industry as we have known it is crumbling.  Songs will be given to consumers for free when other products are purchased.  For instance, Verizon and Universal lined up a deal that will give free songs with the purchase of a new phone.  Consumers are not directly paying for the music.  The artist and Universal get paid with a percentage of the cost of the phone.  I see this as another step in the wrong direction in regards to the art of sound.  When the goal is to monetarily benefit, the art is being compromised by ulterior motives.  This results in a deterioration of the quality and progression of music as a creative art form.  It simply becomes aural marketing.  Fucking Lame.  Musicians need to not settle on the ‘diner’ standard that is currently dominating the scene.  Songs that are 3:20 long, pop form, and bland to fit into as many tastes as possible.  Doesn’t actually satisfy peoples’ tastes, doesn’t offend them either.  Stand up to the suits and make music for the love and art of the craft, not for recognition and market value.  Aural marketing is killing the sound of real music.

Groove Manifest – Review @ Morbid Outlook

Check out this review of Groove Manifest’s album, The Etiquette of Prejudice, @ http://www.morbidoutlook.com/music/inrotation/2007_10_inrotation.html