I think it’s good to reflect on both views. It is true piracy is huring music and musicians but it is also a fact of life so the quesion is who do we deal with that reality.

I thought maybe a small hat.

Condolences on the purchase of said CD. Maybe you could make it into a stylish earring? I hear it’s what all the kids are wearing these days.

Px

I think I was reflecting on this daft idea from men in flat caps and beards that somehow the Internet represents a golden age with no pitfalls.

You are right to suggest it is part of an process that seems unstoppable but old farts like Tom suggesting it has shifted the power base seems simplitic to me.

As I indicated I listen to Spotify a lot which is perfect for listening to new music risk free, but I find so much of it tired and lifeless.

The reason I was listening to Laura on the car on a long journey was to try and finally work out what her apppeal is. But after 40 minutes of non tunes and crap lyrics I was still none the wiser.

On a more positive note I really like the new Ellen and Escapades album.

BTW…I thought this was a thought provoking review that certainly made me think about some of the issues facing the industry.

It’s a real shame you feel there is so little originality in contemporary music. Maybe if you stopped listening to Laura Marling in your car it would help?

Px

The Internet putting power back in the hands of artists?

How does depriving artists of a regular income stream through people ripping their music off online, and then not paying for it represent progress? Sure big record labels are scumbags but in the old model you at least got some cash for your work.

Ask artists who are constantly on the road to make ends meet if they think power is back in their hands.

And I have to cough to adding to this problem by being a Spotify addict.

I also disagree with Penny Re: this is the first time talent counts for something as I find the present music scene almost completely devoid of genuine talent or original ideas.

I was listening to Laura Marling in the car last night and you would have go some distance to find a more tedious and false ‘artist’. Yet, she is one of the leading lights of the so called ‘new folk’ movement along with the equally bogus Mumford and Bores.

I thought it was just me but having discussed with others who also attended they thought the sound was bad also

Sorry once again…. Look forward to seeing the next production

British artists were commissioned to create the London 2012 posters while many graphic designers create work (clearly design) pro bono for themselves and exhibit it in galleries. Francesco del Giocondo was Da Vinci’s client for the Mona Lisa.

Designers like Metahaven use Graphic Design as a tool for research and to ask questions, (in the vein of speculative designers/architects Dunne & Raby, Superstudio etc.) not solve problems.

Materials: Mass Art as posters, books, billboards and on their covers.
3D graphic design, limited editions, installations, use of traditional art materials. Warhol’s mass screenprints printed by others (Initially a commercial artist and designed record sleeves.)

Donald Judd who worked in both fields said ‘Design has to work, Art does not’ which is probably the closest definition, however if successful graphic design is that which communicates, then its completely subjective and context dependent.
Besides, artists like Lawrence Weiner and Barbara Kruger and designers like M/M Paris, Sagmeister have blurred this line for several decades, creating art that looks like GD/Advertising, typography or making GD that is arty, subjective or vague.

Most Graphic Design is created to make money (er… Art?)

The fact that noone can agree on a definition and most people who create the work that causes debate don’t care.

Much better to enjoy it regardless of what other people think it is. I call myself a graphic designer/artist depending on what commission I want.

From what I understand – I’d need to have Sean Connery contractually locked in and half my funding, plus a path to revenue secured to unlock this funding. Well, if you can manage that, you most likely don’t need an assist…

Fortunately, for digital tech, the UK’s got a reasonably good venture capital scene and an emerging set of accessible and innovative crowdfunding options, though angel investment isn’t as mature as the US.

For a city that’s purportedly the country’s secondary fiscal hub, its not really capitalising on new models of funding…

Commercial projects are probably best left to the markets to finance. because public sector bodies don’t have a great track record in picking the success stories that private investment capital has overlooked….

Let’s hope that Screen Yorkshire come up trumps…

In terms of a story though, I kinda like the idea that the barriers make it look so ‘normal.’ As if trees and ships sprouting from the ground is a common occurence in Leeds, almost like roadworks and potholes.