Interesting Jason, definitively a few good points to pay attention to. A
> 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 > P.S. You may freely distribute copies of this e-mail, free of charge. > > > > >
