It's crazy to me how even artists I've been listening to for more than 30 years, who are known worldwide, are balancing on a knife's edge financially. Zorn, Laswell...these are major cultural figures, and they're basically living gig to gig.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 18:11 (three months ago) link
Laswell I believe, especially after the last couple of years. But Zorn, I suspect he's doing fine between gigs, grants, etc. If people are curating multi-night festival appearances featuring him and several of his bands, I'd hope he's at least got some pretty good guarantees coming to him. Granted, he likely rolls a lot of that into his labels/projects, but that's a choice. (A choice I'm glad he's making, mind.)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:01 (three months ago) link
Interview with Heung-Heung Chin: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/01/the-art-and-design-world-of-heung-heung.html
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 19:31 (three months ago) link
Cool ty, I always wondered about the art!
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:01 (three months ago) link
Yeah, that was great.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:04 (three months ago) link
Yeah, that's great stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:05 (three months ago) link
It's crazy to me how even artists I've been listening to for more than 30 years, who are known worldwide, are balancing on a knife's edge financially.
It's not that crazy. thanks, Spotify!
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:07 (three months ago) link
I gotta be honest, I wish Zorn would sell more merch! Bring on the posters, the prints, t-shirts, the coffee table books! The Tzadik site has pretty slim pickings.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:13 (three months ago) link
Related, I wonder when/if they are going to (home) release the Zorn docs that the actor Mathieu Amalric has been making:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ybQOI5M3g
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:28 (three months ago) link