Regarding "Society for Creative Anacronism" (SCA): I see, and resonate with, your sentiments here. BUT - It's MARKETING! AND - it's raising awareness amongst the "less educated", but INTERESTED miniscule fraction of the public who COULD be attracted to attend YOUR concerts. OK - I'll agree that a lot of folks who get into SCA and go to "Renaissance Festivals" have a very non-HIP viewpoint on what it's all about. For them it's basically play-acting, in the same way as those who attend Civil War Re-enactments, or Rendezvous Re-enactments. It creates for them "warm-fuzzy" feelings and an escape from every day hum-drum. BUT - I think these are people whose hearts are in the right place, and who could be enticed to concerts, and who could be willing open books to learn what life and music REALLY was like. And they spend money like fiends! These are people who would buy Sting's "Songs From The Labyrinth". And don't diss the guy - he introduced this music to a HUGE cross-section of listeners who otherwise would never have given it the time of day. Thank him, and Edin for helping draw attention to the music you play. Just because a person has a warped view of reality, If they had ultimate respect for what you do, would you not want to see them as an audience member at your next concert? BTW - don't ALL of us have slightly warped views of reality? (Except for me, of course ... ) Tom
My sentiment exactly. RT On 8/8/2013 6:12 PM, Braig, Eugene wrote: > . . . Many (certainly not all) somehow believing that assuming a bad > cockney accent; whacking each other with wooden weapons while > feigning the inability to use struck limbs; and listening to modern > Irish, Scottish, or English folk songs strummed by steel-strung > acoustic instruments somehow relates to > late-medieval/early-renaissance life. If that's your thing, go for > it. Myself, I kinda prefer music. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] > On Behalf Of r.turov...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 > 5:37 PM To: Stephen Fryer Cc: t...@heartistrymusic.com; Nancy Carlin; > erne...@aquila.mus.br; R. Mattes; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: > [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness > > For those who don't speak American, and don't know American mores: > SCA is the Society for Creative Anachronism, and it has nothing to > do with NYSCA, which is the New York State Council on the Arts. The > latter is a venerable institution that funds arts here, and the > former is group of uncultured boors in silly costumes who managed to > completely destroy the NY Medieval Festival at Cloisters. RT > > > > On 8/8/2013 5:25 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: >> No, it's just the stench that is insufferable. >> RT >> >> >> On 8/8/2013 5:23 PM, Stephen Fryer wrote: >>> Well if you're afraid to get that close, you must be pretty scared >>> of them. Stephen Fryer >>> >>> On 08/08/2013 2:00 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> It doesn't, >>>> but I don't have any poles over 10' here. >>>> RT >>>> >>>> On 8/8/2013 4:55 PM, Stephen Fryer wrote: >>>>> Why does it frighten you? >>>>> Stephen Fryer >>>>> >>>>> On 07/08/2013 11:15 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> That's one scary thought. >>>>>> RT >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/7/2013 10:28 PM, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Why not lutes? Get the SCA involved! >>> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362
