An audience of 1

If mass media is media reaching a large audience (perhaps the largest audience) then what is the opposite? The theatrical performance for one for Bron on Triton? Performance for an audience of 1?

I've found myself doing a fair amount of performance or activities for audiences recently. I don't do these events to hit a mass market or get a large audience. In traditional measurements of success, popularity = success = idea validation.

But not so, necessarily.

I didn't expect Hollaback Thriller to become a traveling troupe of zombie cheerleader/bananas. But we're doing our third show this week.

Then there's my radio show. I rarely have more than 15 listeners. (I know, I can see their IP addresses.) I'm fine with that. I don't do the show to have the most listeners. Hell, it's an INTERNET radio station with no distribution to satellite or radio towers. I had a bigger audience when I did 5 second breaks at 3am in Iowa. But instead of playing the programming, now I play what I want. (Which I think is the most innovative new music out there, thank you very much gybo.org.)

I don't expect my expressions to be fit for more than a crumb-sized audience. I don't do it for the audience. I do it for the idea. To express the idea. The idea doesn't care about the audience. It wants expression. And so, I'll do my best, with even an audience of 1.

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[Rizwan]

When is your next Club event? I just started listening to a bit of Mashup, and I'm willing to give it a shot =)