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I have no dog in this fight and am not even really a fan but always thought Gaga was a legit artist. Do have any proof she's not?
by zikzak 6y ago
I have no dog in this fight and am not even really a fan but always thought Gaga was a legit artist. Do have any proof she's not?
- jahnu 6y agoPerformers who don't write or produce their own material are still artists and are as legitimate as any others!
- Pet_Ant 6y agoI'd say they are performers not artists. The girl running Photoshop is an artist, the HP LaserJet that prints it out isn't. We don't consider choir members to be artists, but if it's just one voice we assume they are?
- 1980phipsi 6y agoNow you're just getting into a war about what art is.
- jrace 6y agoThe performance is the art. In your analogy printer = PA system. Who doesn't consider choir members to be artists?
- gamblor956 6y agoMembers of the choir are performing artists. They make artistic choices related to the actual performance of the song, like how to sing the words written on the page.
- hashkb 6y agoMembers of the choir do not make those choices. The conductor does. The singers are the instrument in that case. Like a pipe in an organ. Their job is to blend and produce the sounds according to the interpretation of the conductor. Source: am a choir member. You will be fired if you interpret the music against the conductor's desires.
- spoonjim 6y agoIf Jascha Heifetz and Murray Perahia aren’t artists then your definition is theatrically absurd.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoThese days a lot of them can't actually sing without autotune to clean up their caterwauling.
- jahnu 6y agoStill artists.
- parenthesis 6y agoYes, I'm not complaining that Tina Turner or Diana Ross didn't write the songs they sang (with the odd exception).