http://echovar.disqus.com/Cliff Gerrish on Economies, Language, Culture and the NetworkenThu, 26 Feb 2009 18:03:55 -0000http://blog.echovar.com/?p=702#comment-6671349<p>The garden metaphor is a good one. But the goal isn't to find more weeds for removal, it's to find the flowers sooner. I suppose the difference between the Network and Clubs is live vs. recorded music. Are you aware of any live music venues on the internet?</p>cgerrishThu, 26 Feb 2009 18:03:55 -0000http://blog.echovar.com/?p=702#comment-6671139<p>Or rather, the weeding-out process of all the open mic nights. The good part about the internet vs. clubs (having had experience with both) is that the gatekeeping is more democratic. So far. </p>matthewThu, 26 Feb 2009 17:53:52 -0000http://blog.echovar.com/?p=702#comment-6669488<p>Any particular 'open mic night' might be horrendous. The sum of all 'open mic nights' will produce something good.</p>cgerrishThu, 26 Feb 2009 16:41:39 -0000http://blog.echovar.com/?p=702#comment-6668795<p>"The only point here is if you give everyone access to two guitars, a bass and some drums, something good is bound to come out of it."</p><p>I could not disagree more. Have you ever been to open mic night? </p>matthewThu, 26 Feb 2009 16:14:05 -0000