Anybody considered that busking is quite a different sport from giving concerts in concert halls? Captivating one's audience is quite different, I imagine.
David ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chris Bolton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 7:23 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: An interesting article in the Washington post. > On Apr 9, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Chris Bolton wrote: > >> I had to admit to myself that I've been guilty of the same >> phenomenon as >> described in the following article, but I've decided to keep >> listening and >> plucking away in spite of the somewhat depressing state of affairs. >> Is it just a romantic notion that life as a lute player would have >> been >> easier under the patronage of the Medici? > > The thing that amused me the most about that article was the fact > that Bell himself was freaked out because no-one was paying any > attention to him. That must have been a strange experience for a > world-class concert virtuoso! > > The article itself was pretentious journalistic crap...I mean: how > stupid! Hey, guys, let's play some candid camera! You hide the > camera, and I'll mill around in the crowd and question people about > their reactions to this guy playing the violin. If anybody asks, no > problem! I'll tell them I'm doing an article on commuting. What the > hell, it's almost true, right? > > Don't be taken in by what you read in the Washington Post. That > article tells me more about journalists than it does about commuters. > > You can be certain that thousands of commuters have paid good money > to see Joshua Bell perform in his proper sphere: the concert stage. > So nobody stopped to listen to him in the subway. Rest assured: > there is still a concert stage out there, and always will be. > > David Rastall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.rastallmusic.com > > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
