or anything like that. They were the only art school that was totally focused on teaching artists about the art market. They were trying to make the next Damien Hirst. They're trying to make the next Jeff Koons. Those guys don't need to know how to paint or draw."
=== Music ===
In 1978, the first Contemporary Music Festival initiates the annual series, which positions CalArts on the international map of avant-garde music. Composers John Cage, Paul Dresher, Morton Feldman, Milton Babbitt, and Lou Harrison, among others.
CalArts graduates have joined or started successful pop bands, including: Maryama, Tranquility Bass, The Belle Brigade, The Weirdos, The Swords of Fatima / Buko Pan Guerra, Bedroom Walls, Dawn of Midi, Dirtwire, The Rippingtons, Fitz and the Tantrums, Fol Chen, London After Midnight, No Doubt, Mission of Burma, Radio Vago, Oingo Boingo, Acetone, Liars, Suburban Lawns, The Mae Shi, The Suburbs, Touché Amoré, and Ozomatli.
Individually, Danny Elfman and Grant-Lee Phillips never officially enrolled …
