I was recently going through a website which runs auctions for different art pieces.
It was selling for less than a old and battered baseball.
And of course, much less than the painting which was sold at Christie’s auction, $88.8 million (600 crore INR) for Robert Rauschenberg ’s eight-foot silkscreen painting, Buffalo II.
Well, the painting is beautiful, but can someone please tell me why it is titled “Buffalo”?The big question is why music doesn’t have the same monetary value as fine art.
I don’t know why, but just looking at a painting doesn’t cure my mood, how much ever beautiful it is.Musicians nowadays consider themselves as entertainers.
What they need to know is that they are composers, people who create art, with equipment which is much more expensive than paint and paint brushes, and with as much effort as is required for making a painting.Here are some ways in which a musician can treat his music as an asset and not as a mere tool for entertainment:Organise events which put on display rare musical artefacts, like a rare record, LP, bootleg etc.Create a musical or tune gallery, a place where music companies can sample young talents, and exclusive records are made available at special booths, records which are not available anywhere, not even on your favourite YouTube.