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>ga moore wrote:
> >>Everyone argued with me when I suggested that economic strength affect
> >>musicians and studios...

dt / s-c (texture444) wrote:
>i agree that, of course, the state of an economy always affects musicians;

Not a lot to argue with there, actually. The state of an economy always 
affects music and musicians. Come to that, the state of the economy always 
affects everybody. Not sure, but I think this is called 'a truism' 'cause 
this is pretty much how an economy is defined.


>in my general (professional) experience, though, the weak periods in the
>*american* economy have been my more financially 'fruitful' ones --- both in
>the usa, and abroad.
Yeah.
Most curious that.
Not at all obvious, is it, that things sometimes work that way? And ... who 
on earth would have thought that expenditure on music could actually 
increase as the surrounding economy weakens ... or, for that matter, that 
it could diminish even as the economy strengthens? Most curious. Who'd have 
thought a thing like that could happen??!!! But ... you're obviously the 
living proof that it does. When the economy hardens, you somehow seem to 
earn more ... and when it softens then (presumably) you somehow end up 
earning less (for at least a short while). Lots of documented cases. 
Certainly enough for the phenomenon to have a proper name. "Reverse goods" 
they're called (sometimes 'inferior goods' ('cause when there's more money 
people buy less of them)). So ... is or is not music a reverse good ... and 
... if it is then when does this reversing show itself? Etc etc etc. Hmmm. 
Lot to think about there.

>why?
Indeed.

>i don't know.....
Well ... I was seriously thinking of giving you an answer to your question. 
But then ... I thought better of it. Sorry 'bout that. You'll have to work 
out why I had my mind change for yourself. Anyway, if you're lucky someone 
else will answer it for you.

Kool Musick
Keep Musick Kool


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