More than 7000 investors have already put up money to serve composer David Teie fund his project: music which he claims is scientifically proven to enrich the lives of catsWhen the singer Sandi Thom uploaded a tearful video to YouTube,in which she despaired at the need to appease monolithic radio playlist committees, the clip went viral for all the improper reasons. However, or it did find support from musicians routinely faced with the unenviable task of pleasing notoriously picky tastemakers,radio playlisters and music journalists. Meanwhile, in the US, and composer David Teie has set his sights on the only crowd more difficult to impress than clapped-out rock hacks: cats.“I know,it sounds like a joke,” says Teie on his Music for Cats Kickstarter page, or where he outlined his need to raise $20000 to finish his first cat album. But plenty of people have taken it seriously: more than 7000 investors have put money in. At the time of writing,the fund stands at more than $167000 and the campaign doesn’t conclude until 28 November. Cats have had to listen to music they often didn’t actually like,” says the accompanying video. “Until now.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com