Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World

I don't think it's a gimmick as much as it's the "new model" of promotion. Is this really much different than providing updates for supporters on a crowd funding campaign? A large number of consumers don't really want albums/CDs/downloads, they want to feel connected to artists. The music itself is a secondary byproduct to having access to the artist. We've gone from appreciating the mystery around how something was created to only being interested in something if we can get behind the scenes to watch the process unfold and to have some kind of ownership of it.

 

i hate this new super invasive way of musicians. tweet your life, faceboook your life, now literally live stream your whole process.

part of the magic of music is the mystery. how did it get to be that way. why did that flub stay? the bad punch, that punched in solo, etc

makes it more fun to think, analyze, listen on my own. laying everything out for everyone, meaning, style, intent, etc defeats the purpose of art being able to be intrepreted.

all IMO

 

On the other hand, Esperanza's record company has agreed to a 77-hour livestream from a *bassist*. What a world!

 

agreed? it's free, facebook live. anyone in the world can do it. they're not putting any money into it i bet except to rent the studio and pay the muscians (which they would do anyway).

 

Mostly tongue-in-cheek, imagining a world in which listeners will attend to a bassist for almost 80 hours (seasoned with a bit of skepticism about the quality of that attention). But also this:

John Burk, the president of Concord Records, said, “We believe in Esperanza 100 percent” and called the live-stream project “bold,” adding that the label deserves to have some role in the recording process. “We view ourselves as partners; we’ll have dialogue about things,” he said. “But it’s not our philosophy to try and force her to do things that don’t work for her creatively.”

But with “Exposure” Ms. Spalding is seeking “an environment where those factors are taken out,” she said. “I somehow convinced the label to pay for this, and I’m eternally grateful for that. And they can’t do anything about what happens, because the record is being made as we do this thing.”​

 

I think this is nice if you are interested in watching. It is sometimes difficult to imagine how something that will probably take 45 mins to listen to takes 77 hours to produce. Kind of makes me think of learning to play certain difficult pieces which may take me weeks to "master," but when you watch the completed music of an artist playing it on YouTube, it takes less than 3 mins to listen to it and looks like they would have just sat down and played it with zero effort on the first go around.

 

To the general public I think she's seen as a vocalist who also plays bass, kinda like M'shell Nedegocello (or Sting or Sir Paul). 77 hours...bathroom breaks?

 

Esperanza reminds me a lot of Prince and Joni Mitchell. I like the idea and will watch and listen .

 

A stunt. Nothing more. Her "product" continues to get odder and odder...

 

I haven't really followed her since she was on Stanley Clarke's 'the toys of men' album. Has she moved into an avante garde area?

 

A bassist who has a world voice, and is really pretty got this deal. Don't hold your breath for Hadrien Feraud to get this deal!

 

I think it's a great concept.
I love watching fly-on-the-wall documentaries about musicians/bands and how they actually make their music.
I'll be watching.

 

Why not? I hope it garners some publicity for her, and for the bass role in general.

 

(i would watch her do anything for more than 77 measly hours)

 

$50 pre-order (the only way to get a copy) for an autographed; numbered limited edition CD with 'Notepaper'! What is 'Notepaper'? It is "Take a piece of the creation home. Each CD’s cover artwork is original and unique as it incorporates a piece of Esperanza’s note paper used for music and lyric composing during the recording. Included is also a bonus disc of exclusive songs written and recorded during the development process for Exposure."
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BIG Time!

 

You most definitely hear the Joni Mitchell influence on 'One'.

 

^Definitely some "Court and Spark" in there... possibly a Billy Strayhorn intro as well.