Dear Peter and all,
Being one of the members of the French list who expressed his disapproval of Mr
Y.'s "approach" , I would simply like to underline that I never said a word
against the idea of using a subscription to help to realize a project, whatever
this project may be : selling cds in advance for a slightluy smaller price
seems a quite normal and acceptable solution. But I feel that asking potential
buyers to pay 100 euros ( ca 150 $) for 1 CD is a bit too much, and that sort
of sponsorship is altogether a quite different business.
True, Mace asked people to subscribe to his book for 12 shillings, if we make a
quick conversion in today's money we get approximately 75 euros (or 112$) - see
http://tinyurl.com/ykkdpds for money conversions - but Musick's Monument was a
sturdy 272 pages book which is still an authority on the question it deals
with, today as in 1676 when it was published. I have already paid that sort of
money and more for long-winded academic works or monumental editions, but for a
compact disc...???
I don't want to diminish Mr Y's - formerly known as Serdoura's - merit but if I
wanted to get that sort of sponsor money for a cd I would NOT advertise that on
the internet, a matter of decency and self respect, I suppose... I have never
heard that any of our "top lutes" had resorted to that stratagem to release a
cd, or have I missed something ?
Just a reminder : French people on the dole, with no regular income, get some
450 euros per month for a living... So I disagree with publicizing that sort of
proposition : 100 for 1 CD... Where is the "abuse" really ?
All the best,
Jean-Marie Poirier
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== En réponse au message du 23-10-2009, 11:49:22 ==
>
> Ooh dear, the members of the French lute list don't like this
> approach AT ALL and have been heaping abuse on Mr Y. To me, it
> seems more in the spirit of Thomas Mace, who lists several hundred
> supporters (at 12 shillings each) of Musick's Monument, and rewards
> them with A Short Epistle of Thankfulness To all my Noble
> Subscribers (".. But You, Renowned Worthies, worthy of Renown, You
> are the Men, High Jupiter will own...").
>
> Intriguing to see Isaac Newton among Mace's subscribers. Was he known
> to have any interest in the lute?
>
> P
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Miguel Yisrael <[1]miguelyisr...@gmail.com>
> Date: 2009/10/20
> Subject: 1 CD "The Court of Bayreuth" Subscription - Miguel Yisrael,
> baroque lute
> To:
> Miguel Yisrael recorded a 2nd solo CD entitled "The Court of Bayreuth",
> with music from German 18th century lute music. To be released by
> December the 1st 2009.
> This project still needs an extra 1400 to be concluded!
> We created a - 100 for 1 CD - subscription in order to finalize this
> project, by the end of November.
> If you can help us, please go to this link ::
> [2]http://www.miguelyisrael.com
> We warmly thank you for your contribution!
> _______________________________________________________________________
> _____________________________________
> Miguel Yisrael a enregistre un nouveau CD solo intitule "The Court of
> Bayreuth", dedie `a la musique baroque allemande du XVIIIe siecle.
> Sortie prevue pour le 1er Decembre 2009.
> Ce projet a encore besoin de 1400 pour etre acheve!
> Nous avons cree une suscription - 100 pour 1 CD - en vue de finaliser
> ce projet. Si vous voulez nous aider, s'il vous plait allez sur ce
> lien: [3]http://www.miguelyisrael.com
> Nous vous remercions chaleureusement pour l'aide que vous apportes `a
> ce projet!
> --
> Peter Martin
> Belle Serre
> La Caulie
> 81100 Castres
> France
> tel: 0033 5 63 35 68 46
> mob: 0044 7971 232614
> e: [4]peter.l...@gmail.com
> [5]www.silvius.co.uk
>
> --
> Peter Martin
> Belle Serre
> La Caulie
> 81100 Castres
> France
> tel: 0033 5 63 35 68 46
> mob: 0044 7971 232614
> e: [6]peter.l...@gmail.com
> [7]www.silvius.co.uk
> --
>
>References
>
> 1. mailto:miguelyisr...@gmail.com
> 2. http://www.miguelyisrael.com/
> 3. http://www.miguelyisrael.com/
> 4. mailto:peter.l...@gmail.com
> 5. http://www.silvius.co.uk/
> 6. mailto:peter.l...@gmail.com
> 7. http://www.silvius.co.uk/
>
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