Dear all,
This whole copyright issue really miffs me; the idea is to PROMOTE the
music, not to make a profit from it. I must be on a totally different
wavelength. Doesn't anyone have the end goal of just popularizing ( making
more people aware of ) this music without making some sort of petty profit
from it? I'm not referring only to the publishers, but the libraries which
hold the manuscripts, etc.
It's no wonder why there isn't any demand for early music (and don't tell me
there is - when was the last time an early music CD went platinum?How about
a video? Sold out arena?) unless they are already interested in it or happen
(by chance, as I did) to hear it from a guitar transcription.
SPREAD the music, folks, that's the bottom line - play it, teach it,
disseminate it, listen to it and encourage others to do so as well. I
entertain (for FREE) any party, wedding, occasion or otherwise and NO ONE
has EVER asked me about some obscure manuscript #3545476 from the Tugigalpan
library. The only people who care about the trifling details are musicians
and scholars - and they are in short supply. I have probably turned a couple
dozen electric guitarists onto lute music and it is a very satisfying
experience. You can argue about all the details later, when there is
actually a market for this stuff. Without a market (listening public),this
music will die, just as the composers of it did a few hundred years ago.
Jason
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