Re: [Harp-L] Dylan etc

[Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,
I don't agree with you.  Touching people is about commercialism.  Art is
about self expression.  On the receiving end, art succeeds when the
receiver cannot continue his life in the same way after experiencing said
art.  But that is not the purpose of art.  The artist should not care about
the result of his work, only that he is an artist, therefore he creates art.
Michael Rubin
Michaelrubinharmonica


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Bob Cohen <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Apr 5, 2013, at 12:59 AM, Dennis Michael Montgomery <gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> > Dylan is one of my musical hero despite the fact he is not a great
> harmonicacist or guitarist.  Does this mean I think he is a bad musician?
>  No, I think he is a good musician and maybe a very good musician, but not
> great a great musician.  Where he shows good sense is he gets great
> musicians to fill in the gapes.
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> Underrated, over rated? The only thing that really counts is if a lot of
> people like your work. I'd rather be a guy like Dylan than a musician's
> musician. He affected a whole generation. Technical proficiency is just
> that. The whole point of any kind of art is to touch other people.
> Otherwise, it's just wanking.
>
> Bob Cohen
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