Operation Grab Your Ankles and Prepare for Our Cobra

A few things that contribute to the lack of new recordings and performances of new orchestral music:

1. Composers like to eat-- Let's face it, theres really not a ton of money out there for people writing new music. Because of little to no support from labels (as well as bad distribution by those that actually do support this art) there's not a whole lot of money to be made in sales, and the cost to tour an entire orchestra is hilariously outrageous.

2. Composers (as well as orchestral musicians) need more than anything else to look good-- It's dangerous and risky to make waves. A bad review of a new piece seems like it could ruin a composers entire career. So it's so much safer to slap together a 2 hour program of music from the dead guys, since the musicians have been sawing away at it since their conservatory days, and can make it sound okay with little rehearsal. Plus, it eliminates all that pesky creativity.

4. Little to no support from major labels, who are much too busy releasing their next smash pop hit. Pretty self-explanatory. All a label needs is one act, one King for a Day-- ergo, the REAL money is made from that one album's sales (in stock at your local Wal-Mart) the MTV video, the marketing/product tie-ins, the stupid fucking magazines, the world tour.

5. The audience just doesn't care-- It seems like the production of new compositions is moot in a society that primarily concerns itself with disposable culture and merchandise. Print it.