Posted 11:46 AM by Dave Allen
Brad,

I believe you are missing the point. It may bother you that people like Ian
and myself are not in it for the money or the girls but I don't believe that
either of us have said that making money is evil. I believe very strongly in
the art form and being paid is a consequence of my talent as an artist. I do
believe that the commercialization of music has resulted in bad music
though, just turn on the radio. Maybe everyone who worships at the altar of
Mammon should lighten up too!

Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Willcox"

"during the first interview I was ever a part of, the woman who was
interviewing us asked, “Are you in a band for the girls or for the money?”
And at the time it had never occurred to me that anybody on earth would be
in a band for either one of those reasons. From my point of view, it just
seemed insane. I thought that people were in bands to play music, and that
was it. It never occurred to me that there would only be these two
choices."
>
> One thing is certain--this guy didn't join a band to exercise his sense of
> humor. Sheesh, lighten up.
>
> The real problem I have with holier-than-though testaments from musicians is
> the reinforcement of a certain political correctness--the artist's mind
> should not be tainted by commercial impulse. And this attitude is
> transferred all too easily to discussions of online file-sharing and free
> music generally. I'm the most pro-P2P guy around, but that doesn't mean that
> I think money is evil, commercial ambition betrays the audience, or creating
> for a market invariably results in bad music. In fact, that sort of
> prejudicial thinking might be as damaging to the future of a viable digital
> marketplaces as corporate short-sightedness and rigidity.
>
> Brad