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Siah
13-10-04, 15:33
WHAT IS MUSIC CENSORSHIP?

Imagine the world without music. Or imagine a world where we are told what to play, what to sing and even what we may listen to in the privacy of our own homes. That world already exists. In more countries that you might imagine, musicians and composers are under threat. And that threat is growing.

In countries like Sudan, Afghanistan and China, violations of musician’s rights to freedom of expression are commonplace. In the USA and Algeria, lobbying groups have succeeded in keeping popular music off the concert stage, and out of the media and retail. In ex-Yugoslavia musicians are often pawns in political dramas, and the possibility of free expression has been aversely affected.


WHY IS MUSIC CENSORED?
You may wonder why music is being censored. Why have musicians been tortured, jailed, exiled and even killed. Why have certain forms of music been silenced?

It may be as simple as South African musician Johnny Clegg has said: "Censorship is based on fear."
Music is a free expression of the ideas, traditions and emotions of individuals and of peoples. It may express musicians’ hopes and aspirations, their joys and sorrows, their very identity as a culture. Yet these expressions may conflict with those of people in power. The ideas themselves may simply be unpopular or outside the current thinking or practices of a regime or special interest group. For there are those the world over who are threatened by the very nature of a free exchange of ideas. There are those who will stop at nothing to stifle them.

Music censorship has been implemented by states, religions, educational systems, families, retailers and lobbying groups – and in most cases they violate international conventions of human rights.

Siah
13-10-04, 15:36
:fplet: moest meteen aan DHC (hier in Nederland) denken. :kotsen:
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zitte die er nog steeds vast??

mark61
13-10-04, 15:48
Moest aan Iran en Afghanistan denken, waar muziek tot voor kort (vrijwel) verboden was.

Siah
13-10-04, 16:09
Geplaatst door mark61
Moest aan Iran en Afghanistan denken, waar muziek tot voor kort (vrijwel) verboden was.

je hebt er gelijk in;
dat was ook toen, mijn secundaire gedachten.

maar die landen daar beweren niet dat ze "democratie" hebben.
(nou; nu, afghanistan :haha: )
je weet in ieder geval daar wel, met wat voor shit je te maken hebt. :D
..
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maar hier .. :knife_hea
je bent slim genoeg om te weten wat ik daarmee ga zeggen. :hardlach:






PS: zelfs toen de ' 'westerse' ' music in iran verboden was, kon je daar van alles vinden.
vraag en aanbod was zelfs toen veel; veel meer dan de sommige europeze landen van nu. :blowen:

PS: -1: je cliché reactie is mij inmiddels al een tijdtje bekend. dat heet Stereotye, :student:
en in dit geval heeft ook met egocentriek te maken. :roken:

Siah
14-10-04, 16:30
Iranian hardliners cancel embassy music concert

A series of concerts organized by foreign embassies in Iran have been cancelled at the last minute, apparently due to increased curbs on cultural events by the Islamic republic's hardliners, diplomats said yesterday.
Two jazz concerts organized by Italy's embassy were cancelled last week just hours before the Italian performers -- who had flown here for the event -- were due to take to the stage.
The influential and hardline Jomhuri Islami newspaper had been critical of the embassy's plan to bring live jazz to the Iranian public, accusing the organizers of seeking to "promote this kind of music." In addition, diplomats said a series of Swiss embassy-sponsored classical music soirees due to take place this week were ordered to be cancelled without any explanation.

Jomhuri Islami newspaper has accused the culture ministry, which is run by reformists, of "inviting foreign musical groups." It said such a policy had been "met with hostility from the people" -- even though classical music and jazz are authorized by the regime and broadcast on state radio.
Later this week, the cultural sections of the French and German embassies are planning to stage an evening of classical music, despite the cancellations.

Mark
14-10-04, 16:37
Ik kreeg in Iran nog een flyer van een iraanse deathmetal band in mijn hand gedrukt :)

Siah
14-10-04, 16:44
Geplaatst door Mark
Ik kreeg in Iran nog een flyer van een iraanse deathmetal band in mijn hand gedrukt :)

dat kom je daar veel tegen;
welke band was dat?

hoe was je reis?
beviel het?

als je daar iemand kent; dan is het helemaal.. :wohaa:

Mark
14-10-04, 16:45
Geplaatst door Siah
dat kom je daar veel tegen;
welke band was dat?

hoe was je reis?
beviel het?

als je daar iemand kent; dan is het helemaal.. :wohaa:

ik ga nog steeds een verslag schrijven :loens:

mark61
14-10-04, 16:47
Geplaatst door Siah
...PS: -1: je cliché reactie is mij inmiddels al een tijdtje bekend. dat heet Stereotye, :student:
en in dit geval heeft ook met egocentriek te maken. :roken:

Wat is er Siah? Excentriek of egocentrisch?

Siah
14-10-04, 16:51
Geplaatst door Mark
ik ga nog steeds een verslag schrijven :loens:

cool;
..gehad? :hardlach: