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Because the art industry isn't just "music and movies." It's an interrelated creativity hub. If you take away visual and experimental arts you also lose good m
by TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
Because the art industry isn't just "music and movies." It's an interrelated creativity hub.
If you take away visual and experimental arts you also lose good music and movies. And good graphic design. And good architecture. And more.
If you think this is exaggeration, consider that not a few household name musicians - Eno and a long list of others - went to art school, not music school.
- oblio 4y agoWho's Eno? This guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eno_(rapper) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eno_(rapper) Seems like an obscure reference more than a household name :-) At least outside of DACH.
- dls2016 4y agoI’m guessing Brian Eno.
- coldtea 4y agoBrian Eno. Hardly an obscure reference.
- oblio 4y ago> household name musicians He's not a "household name musician", either. Elvis, Beatles, Queen, Kanye West, Rihanna, Madonna, Beyoncé, Adele, etc are household name musicians. Brian Eno is maybe a strong influence in the field, but few regular people outside of actual musicians have heard of him around the world, I'd venture. I hadn't known about him before reading his Wikipedia page, just now. And I tend to read a lot :-)
- HKH2 4y ago> He's not a "household name musician", either. How do we determine who is? Is Vangelis?
- oblio 4y agoAsk a few random folks of various ages, on the street. Check out YouTube views for some of their videos, weighted by decade (videos from the 80s with tens of millions of views can be considered as popular as stuff with high hundreds of millions now). Album sales. Chart rankings from multiple countries. Endorsement revenues. This is not rocket science.
- HKH2 4y agoI don't think the world is as flat as you think.
- oblio 4y agoIt is when someone makes bold claims such as "household name". Artsy musicians ain't it. Vangelis îs a lot closer to that than Eno, amusingly :-)
- HKH2 4y agoHe may have been a household name in England. I have no idea. If you're into electronic music, I think you're bound to see him mentioned somewhere because it seems people like namedropping him. That said, I completely agree that you can't expect any young people to know who he is.
- cornel_io 4y agoI'm guessing you're well under the age of 40?
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- AmericanChopper 4y agoThe alternative art forms you mentioned are all also in demand, marketable forms of art.