The only competitive element in some melodeon circles is to be the one
who can play louder, which thankfully is not normally an issue in nsp's!
Hence the expression "Wall to wall melodeons".
But there are more and more superb box players out there, including some
quiet ones.
Love and piece indeed... did you have any particular piece in mind this
month, Francis?
Richard.
On 24/05/2011 10:23, Francis Wood wrote:
Since I've never felt the urge to compete, perhaps I shouldn't really
comment. But from what I've observed, the competition element in the NSP
world is nothing like that in GHB piping.
It seems to me that NSP competition is far more about participation in
traditional events and receiving some personal endorsement of
achievement, rather than defeating the opposition.
I've no idea what melodeon culture and tradition is like, but evidently
it cannot be ancient, as piping traditions are. If there are strong
feelings about how things should be done (preferably expressed in a
friendly way, but I won't lose sleep if they are not), I'm interested
and glad to read them in this forum. This is essentially a pretty
friendly place, though with the occasional angry outburst. Rather like
any average marriage, I guess.
Love n' Peace to all,
Francis
On 24 May 2011, at 09:33,<christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu>
<christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu> wrote:
Perhaps one of the reasons the melodeon group is so friendly is that
they don't have competition built into their culture the way pipers
do. (For a diatribe on the subject see my editorial at
[2]www.theotherpipers.org).
Excellent article!
Csírz
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