If a tree falls on an 8D in the forest, and no horn jocks are around to hear it, does it's sound have more 'core' than a Geyer?
hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul, there comes another sentence to my mind, when reading your letter: "Is everything real or just imagination ? But of whom ?" This psycho-hornplayer probably constructed an excuse for himself why not playing in public, means for listeners. Indeed, the goal is different for amateur musicians, who often play just for themselves. But as soon as they play in an even very small group, they will play for listeners each other. The professional musician is different, as he or she has to reproduce, what has been created by the composers, reproduce it to entertain an audience. But that is musical business, while the solo player plays alone, unattended by listeners. But wait a moment: the lonely player listens to himself. Or not ? If he or she does not listen to himself or herself, I can understand the first mentioned sentence. And this person should better not treat anybody with his or her playing. ============================================================ ============================================ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LOTP Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:08 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] RE: The preferred tone/sound these days? Corno911 wrote: "The goal of any artist musician is to convey emotional images in sound. To convey a message to the listener." I ask "Who is the listener?" I once had a discussion with a Hornist/psychologist (and former member of this list) in which we came to the conclusion that unlike an actor who MUST have an audience in order to practice his/her art, a musician is still making music when playing with no one else listening. A musician and an entertainer (who is playing an instrument) are really doing two different things while doing exactly the same thing! Paul T. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:41 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] RE: The preferred tone/sound these days? > This entire discussion is getting pretty boring. > > The goal of any artist musician is to convey emotional images in sound. > To convey a message to the listener. > > To effectively accomplish this one has to know much about the musical > intentions of the composer and then do their best to bring these > intentions to life > in an effective way. > > This requires that the performer use all aspects of the sound--dynamics, > weight, intensity and color > in a flexible and imaginative way. > In other words, the performer needs to be flexible enough to be able to > change their sound to create an effective rendering of what is being > performed. > > And so must the instrument be sonically flexible enough to aid the > performer > in accomplishing this. > > Would you enjoy looking at an artists paintings who only used one color of > paint? > > Artist performers choose instruments that help enable them to be flexible > and > fulfill these goals, not just because the instrument has a certain built > in > "sound." > > The concept that artists choose a horn because it has a certain sound, and > that the brand is more important than the creativity and imagination of > the > performer, is patently sophomoric and totally misses the point of musical > interpretation and performance. > > Paul Navarro > Custom Horn > Lyric Opera of Chicago (ret.) > > > ************************************** > See > what's free at http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/lotp%40comcas t.net > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/golfduder%40yahoo.com --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
