Musical freedom – artists making their own rules
I believe that this ‘power and strength and magic’ is largely the freedom to be young, to be angry, and to speak from a specific place with a particular identity. Such an idea now seems bizarre indeed at a time like ours, where so much music seems to come from some kind of Pop Utopia or depthless post-modern hyperspace where the origins of the music and the artist are both carefully erased. And in today’s climate, how liberating and wonderful is Tony Wilson’s alleged comment: ‘I will never interfere with the freedom of my artists. Artists make their own rules.’?
"This idea of Music artists able to be creative without rules or moral, and the excitement to involve danger and explicit phrases, however rules and morals take away the freedom for artists to be creative." (Kathryn Sunnucks)
All Factory artists seemed to be unique individuals, making the best music possible – music that was true to themselves, their city, their fans. And, of course, sometimes this leads to trouble and the unpredictable.
All Factory artists seemed to be unique individuals, making the best music possible – music that was true to themselves, their city, their fans. And, of course, sometimes this leads to trouble and the unpredictable.
(steve Archer)
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