The media/2: How often have you seen your compositions performed? - An often ignored potential
Leigh Landy · 2013
The following text represents an attempt to stimulate a growth of interest within musical circles in the application of experimental music’s potential in connection with the audio visual arts. Today, contemporary music is primarily an autonomous genre, like literature and the plastic arts. But, unlike many of the sister arts, experimental modern music has not succeeded in reaching the public it deserves. The basic hypothesis of this chapter is to demonstrate that through active participation in audio-visual works, a much wider audience can be reached which in turn could lead to more attention being given to new music. Music’s position in various audio-visual arts has been a sorrowful, undervalued one. The technology exists, yet there is still much to be developed in terms of its application, its potential being ignored by too many in general. The following is a call to musicians to explore and utilize these possibilities while redefining music’s importance in various audio-visual contexts.