Music is a powerful tool for activism. Musical performances can be
used to raise awareness about important issues an artist cares about.
Music Power
“It just seem like musicians want to sell a few records and put out
a perfume line, and I think it's so sad that there are so many
musicians who don't want to change the world... Music has been so much
more.”
—Moby
Musicians have tremendous power to reach fans of their music.
Opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of mobilized fans abound. At
present, most artists provide only the vaguest suggestions for people
to act on their ideas. MySpace is to date the closest thing to a common
standard for musician-fan interaction and it hints the way towards a
fully actualized artist-fan nexus of activism.
"The
90's were a thoroughly unenjoyable time for me to be touring. KMFDM
wasted so much time and money instead of tightening the reigns and
kicking ass. Sometime I had to ask the label to give me tour-support
and they asked how much, and I said $ 205,000 please. And they gave it.
And we had several buses, trucks, pa systems, lighting rigs, toured
with 30 people in crew and entourage altogether. These days, as back in
'86,
we're tight. Punkrock. One bus, almost no crew at all, mobile, strong, deadly, you know what I mean... platoon-style."
World In Progress is my first Empower Thyself album in development. Previews of tracks will be posted here in the near future. Here's a little open content taste: Keisaku Prevocal Premix 2.
I'm working on my first electroindustrial futurepop album, World In Progress. It is one of the most rewarding and challenging artistic projects I have ever undertaken. I have 17 songs in progress and I can't wait for the ones that make the cut to be finished so I can release and perform.
