Comments for Thad Anderson http://www.thadanderson.com percussionist & composer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:39:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Chew on this… by Diana Reichenbach http://www.thadanderson.com/chew-on-this/#comment-73 Diana Reichenbach Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:39:31 +0000 http://www.thadanderson.com/?p=389#comment-73 Personally, I’d like to take the ‘glass half full’ approach here. A couple of months ago I actually got into a debate with a musician who was taking a hiatus from making music because he felt there was no meaning in the act of making music. Disillusioned by the industry, the lack of true art and the accessibility of non-artists… and the fact that the people who were listening to his music were only capable of a shallow view of its meaning. I disagree. Yes, culture/communication is always evolving as a result of new technologies and also is constantly helping to shape it. Commercialism takes ANYTHING out there that’s creative and eats it up and all they ‘allow’ us to experience is the puke-y mess left afterwards. BUT, the beauty of this technology, the same one that is claimed to squash artistic expression, allows us incredible accessibility. We have the choice to be exposed to so many pockets of creativity and information that IS occurring out there. I think it’s easy to take the disgruntled route, but people will always fight for expression and innovation. I also think these movements happen in waves, and that we are in a huge wave back towards the tactile, the artist; realizing the value of art as communication and striving to expand it. If you really want to find it, and if you want to be apart of it- you can. Personally, I’d like to take the ‘glass half full’ approach here. A couple of months ago I actually got into a debate with a musician who was taking a hiatus from making music because he felt there was no meaning in the act of making music. Disillusioned by the industry, the lack of true art and the accessibility of non-artists… and the fact that the people who were listening to his music were only capable of a shallow view of its meaning.

I disagree. Yes, culture/communication is always evolving as a result of new technologies and also is constantly helping to shape it. Commercialism takes ANYTHING out there that’s creative and eats it up and all they ‘allow’ us to experience is the puke-y mess left afterwards. BUT, the beauty of this technology, the same one that is claimed to squash artistic expression, allows us incredible accessibility. We have the choice to be exposed to so many pockets of creativity and information that IS occurring out there. I think it’s easy to take the disgruntled route, but people will always fight for expression and innovation. I also think these movements happen in waves, and that we are in a huge wave back towards the tactile, the artist; realizing the value of art as communication and striving to expand it. If you really want to find it, and if you want to be apart of it- you can.

]]> Comment on Junk Isn’t What It Used To Be by B. Michael Williams http://www.thadanderson.com/junk-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/#comment-20 B. Michael Williams Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:37:04 +0000 http://www.thadanderson.com/?p=37#comment-20 Thanks so much for this, Thad. What an amazing sound, and so different from the brake drums we've all been using for so long. I can't tell you how valuable the hard work you've out into this kind of research is for all of us. Keep going!! Thanks so much for this, Thad. What an amazing sound, and so different from the brake drums we’ve all been using for so long. I can’t tell you how valuable the hard work you’ve out into this kind of research is for all of us. Keep going!!

]]> Comment on Junk Isn’t What It Used To Be by James Wright http://www.thadanderson.com/junk-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/#comment-19 James Wright Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:15:27 +0000 http://www.thadanderson.com/?p=37#comment-19 Great article! Great website, too! I am a fan. Great article! Great website, too! I am a fan.

]]> Comment on Golden Ratio by About The Golden Ratio http://www.thadanderson.com/golden-ratio/#comment-18 About The Golden Ratio Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:01:29 +0000 http://www.thadanderson.com/?p=167#comment-18 wow good find on the apple logo! Didn't really see that one coming. Ill bet we can find golden ratio in many corporate logos. wow good find on the apple logo! Didn’t really see that one coming. Ill bet we can find golden ratio in many corporate logos.

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