Talk:Tom Cosm

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It has recently come to my attention that the Tom Cosm subject page is potentially about to be deleted, as Tom Cosm is a "musician of no obvious notability" . I would like to be the first to offer my explanation as to why i think Tom is certainly a musician of obvious notability:

First and foremost, Music is Tom cosm's main source of income. Music is his life, and he has managed to, in the last couple of years, rely souly on his music, and other affiliated outlets, as his main source of income

Secondly, from my personal experience, I have witnessed Tom Cosm play in the ACT, Australia, when Tom originates from Christchurch, New Zealand; moreover, he has played in many parts of Australia (again for finnancial return), and I would suggest that arguments in support of Tom cosm's lack of notability are weakend when considering he has played shows in many parts of Australia, and the world (I remember he also did a world tour at one stage as well, visiting countries in Europe. I'm sure other wiki members may be able to mention other places Tom has played).

And finally from a personal perspective (and the perspective of many who have learnt from Tom), my musical ability changed dramatically after being introduced to Ableton Live through Tom's website . I utilised many of Tom's videos, and even had the benefit of communicating through email with him, asking for advice and guidance throughout my education in music. One simply has to observe the large membership to Tom Cosm's website to see that he has become an important teacher, musician and mentor to many musicians and music lovers alike.

In my personal opinion, Tom Cosm seriously changed the way people think about music, and also came to the world with a style quite unique and inquisitive. I would suggest to the opperators of Wikipedia that they make their own enquiries into the success of Tom Cosm, and they will find themselves that Tom Cosm has affected the lives of many people around the world.

Thanks

Anon

202.176.162.77 (talk) 08:39, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

My anecdote regarding this interesting fellow. I first met Tom Cosm quite by chance when he sat at my table during a gig at Ric's Bar n Grill, Brunswick St, Brisbane, Australia. I have to confess I'd barely heard of the man who sat down and borrowed my lighter. What struck me as interesting was this (and to me, this is quite rare and relevant to any wiki of another human, and specifically to an artist.) - a random stranger approached and struck up a conversation about basslines. Who doesn't like basslines? Naturally, my ears pricked up and, being human, I listened as casually as possible to a rather interesting human trait exhibited by Said Cosm bloke. The questions related to techniques used in creating glitched up and varying sound within a bassline - okay i thought, he's going to fob this guy off. But, no, he patiently and cheerfully explained in great detail exactly how he got sound A, chopped up sound A, copied, pasted, glitched, tweaked a multitude of copies of sound A, B, C, etc, finally blending them all back together to create said glitched up bassline.Hardly noteable, you might think. But hang on. How many producers out there just give away the secrets of their trade to randoms? In any field of human endeavor, does this just happen a lot? No, it bloody well doesn't. I have to say in all honesty that is something that makes this producer stand out from the crowd. An easygoing attitude which isn't so common - remember, any producer out there is already faced with a difficult landscape in which music can be downloaded and shared for free, leaving the artist with little financial incentive to create. Why then, would anyone do it? I would put it to the world that the only reason an artist creates, is because they simply must. What does that have to do with Tom Cosm, you say? Simple. He does it because - whether you personally enjoy the genre of music he mostly makes (I don't really) - It still must be said, that someone who gives music away for free and shares knowledge (mostly) for free, qualifies by any standard, as an artist. They do what they do, because they must.In a world where so few care enough about what they do to lift the genre by free communication - open source knowledge if you want to call it that - Tom is one who does, and for that alone, for as little as I know him (we chatted for an hour or so) I've got to give him props, as i would anyone doing what he does.

--Richdrich (talk) 10:17, 24 September 2009 (UTC) Tom is one of the first artists to not only release most of his music under a free license, but also to "open source" music by releasing the raw Ableton files. This doesn't get him positions in charts based on recorded music by definition - I think he makes a living through live performance, for instance headlining Canaan Downs festival last year to several thousand people.

Tom Cosm's Youtube tutorials on Ableton Live have hundreds of thousands of views, and he has taught many electronic musicians essential skills for free. It is not exactly the easiest DAW to learn without proper guidance. I would bet most people who use Ableton Live for making music, when asked, would know who Tom Cosm is. I know this is anecdotal, but in my opinion he's surely notable enough to merit a Wikipedia article. Fatgonzo (talk) 22:42, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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