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21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:12 pm
by Dexes
http://www.nomusicday.com
Initiated by Bill Drummond of The KLF. A short excerpt from an interview in the current "Profil" Magazine (Freely translated from german - and probably translated by the magazine from an originally english interview - so don't hang me if it's not exactly what he said)
Profil: How did the Idea for the "No Music Day" arise?
Drummond: I still remember the day I got my first iPod wery well. I was thrilled: Finally I could listen to all the songs I allways wanted to hear, immediatly and any time. But after a few days my enthusiasm was gone. Music suddenly had no meaning anymore. It had become too much.
Profil: Thanks to cellphone music-flatrates, iPods and free downloads we are surrounded by more music than any generation before. Is it not good for pop, having more channels and being more present in everyday life?
Drummond: Yes, of course. I am in no way against the iPod. It changes our relationship with music and I like changes. But music will not mean the same for a 16-year old today, as it used to mean to me.
Profil: "No Music Day" arose from this is the thought?
Drummond: I imagined becoming a monk, a medieval hermit, who after months without music goes to the next town, into a cathedral and hears a choir. I imagined the power of this music and realised that I had never experienced this myself. I started thinking: Could I live for a year without music? Hardly. A Month? Also not. A Week? No. Good then one Day.
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Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:04 pm
by clarknova
That's stupid. I'm not celebrating that!
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:05 pm
by UKRuss
Shit. I've got band rehearsal that day and we have to our lose our deposit.
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:18 pm
by 3dot...
how
bout
a
no
music
year
?!
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Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:26 pm
by Anubis
Dexes wrote:Choir boys will shut their mouths
Oh that's gonna go over real well here
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:50 pm
by LoopStationZebra
I vote for a day when self-centered, self-absorbed, aging tosspots with their heads buried deep up their arses just STFU.
All in favour? Aye.
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:03 pm
by Bleep Blop Ima Robot
no one would ever even listen to such an idea. lol...no music for a day, only in our extinction will that happen.
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:54 pm
by vicz
3dot... wrote:how
bout
a
no
music
year
?!
...
Simon Cowell is already on it...
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:22 pm
by davepermen
has to be fun if you have a gig that day
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:27 pm
by rbmonosylabik
davepermen wrote:has to be fun if you have a gig that day
oh, it is
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:04 pm
by davepermen
"sorry, guys, i can't play tonight.. you have to wait till it's 12 o'clock pm.. you know, it's 'no music day', and, you know, it's better for you to celebrate not hearing music right now" *someone's cellphone is ringing, playing some popular record* *security guards jumping onto it, beating it down to get that phone off*
yep.. no music day..
wtf?
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:16 pm
by old school user
funny...I rarely play live gigs but have one that night.
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:34 pm
by davepermen
that's a SIGN! DON'T PLAY THEN!!
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:38 pm
by KrisM
i'm going to make it a point to work on a song that day.
Re: 21.11.2009 - No Music Day
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:09 pm
by d-track
is john cages 4:33 allowed to play?