Me

Composer Bastard has me linked as;
"Doug Palmer: Seattle's last hope for musical spirit".

Someone who understands!

I'd use the word "attitude" i.e. "Composer with attitude"

We make the stuff!
Why should the money go to architects, lawyers, consultants, uninspired and uninspiring conductors, and other social flotsam?
Who needs some fantastic half-filled concert hall when small venues provide better variety, art, and better audience experience?

There is a great line in the movie "Putney Swope";

"The thing to do is not to rock the boat, the thing to do is to sink the boat"

When you consider that the only truly fresh and provocative music of the 20th century
was created by guys in a garage with electric guitars, maybe it's time to abandon cademia altogether, forget gigantic publishing companies, and ossified "classical"
thinking.

Forget music that was.

Music is life, don't watch someone else's, live your own!

And.......well it's something to think about isn't it?