You can eat at my table.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Wilke" <chriswi...@yahoo.com>
I find that only people who think of themselves as serious musicians or
music lovers have a problem with performers moving to the music. My advice
to those bothered by what they perceive as someone "getting into it too
much" would be either A) Don't look, just listen B) Accept it as an
alternative style of performance that may not necessarily be your own
preference or C) Travel back in time to the gallant era when such things
mattered (just be sure to avoid Mozart, who once broke a shoe because he
was stomping along so forcefully to the music). To me, the only way one's
movements can really distract from my enjoyment of the music is if a
performer is missing notes because they're flipping their lutes around
their necks or something.
No one owns this music, even less the way one chooses to look while
playing it.
Chris
Christopher Wilke
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com
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