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I am one man who writes (pretty poorly) about music because I love it. I study, play, produce, engineer, analyze, and obsess about music. Enjoy all the topics I can muster up to write about.
I think patronage is one of the only way for some art to survive economic downturns and “impossible math.” We all learned that “trickle down” policies regarding the arts don’t work, however. It’s impossible to force good taste. Interesting topic.
Agreed. Europe is facing big challenges as they’ve long relied on government funding for the arts and (in general) lack individual fundraising expertise– although I’m sure they’ve come a long way recently out of necessity. One of my colleagues is actually in Glasgow at the moment giving a talk to a group of orchestras on branding / philanthropy…
Anyway, for me, it’s more about having platforms to explore new means for “releasing music.” I’ll scrimp and save to get CDs / vinyl pressed, and will try to use these new platforms for things a bit more “out there.”
More on the subject from Wired– LOVE the idea of “Impulse Patronage”:
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/st_geek_cash/
Thanks for the post. I’ve been meeting with a small group of people and we have been having this exact conversation, looking at music patronage from all angles. I’ve been checking out all sorts of arts non-profits to see what they are doing and your insights are very helpful as well.
Hi Suzanne, thanks for writing. I read your piece in the Guardian, it was great seeing comparisons of real-life examples. FWIW, I do a lot of work in the arts/philanthropy world. Happy to chat further any time.. -brandon