Art – Heather Fenoughty

17 May 20099 February 2022

Just Because You Don’t Like It, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Music

black and white image of vintage condenser microphone for voice

I can't begin to count how many times I've heard a friend, in response to a piece of music or film or some other piece of art, proclaim, "It's rubbish," (or use much stronger language 😉 ) when actually what they mean is, "I don't like it." That bugs me a bit. Don't get me …

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23 March 200917 February 2022

Finding Inspiration

inspiration n stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc., to special or unusual activity or creativity the state or quality of being so stimulated or aroused someone or something that causes this state an idea or action resulting from such a state the act or process of inhaling; breathing in From English Collins Dictionary - …

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19 March 200914 February 2022

What Is The Value Of Your Music?

The more I think about this, the more the strands of the argument grow and overlap and evolve. I get more questions than answers and I want to know what you think. So... what is the value of your music? Or the value of any art you create? Aesthetic Value The value given to any …

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13 October 200822 March 2022

Is Film Music Art or Just Low-Brow Commercial Fluff?

close up microphone in front of an audience

Is any music that is created for a purpose, other than that of it's own existence, art? Is film music art, or theatre music, or advert music, or music that appears on a CD-Rom presentation, or accompanying a website promo film, or music on a trailer? Even if the music's primary purpose is purely commercial - to sell that product or promote another - does that preclude its intrinsic value as art?

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