Meredith Monk's tower of music

The tiny pigtailed woman dressed in black slacks and utilitarian blue top walking through the hotel foyer doesna t immediately look like an icon and pioneer of Americaa s late 20th century avant-garde. Nor does the 67-year-old strike one as a collaborator of Bjork and DJ Spooky, or as someone whose vast canon of vocal and orchestral work has ...

[dennis60]

You can find some of her music on myspace for free to get an example of her genre. I think she needs to get a real job, and contribute to real issues that we all face. Making your living doing what she does , for me, is a cop-out. There are thousands of better musicians and vocalists all over the world who do not need to specialize in making their living by being artistic. It is a subtle form of self-deception, and i think she embodies it.