Re: [Harp-L] re: classical music

[Douglas Tate <douglas.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No easy way to get into classical music?

Wow!!

I have been a deep deep classical music guy for years and years way back 
into the dark ages.  Hated pop, despised the diatonic harmonica, etc etc... 
you get the picture.

Funnily enough, the wealth of music I now get into was from ... ghasp... 
actually listening to other types of music!   The reason I got to be turned 
on to AT LEAST five different styles of music outside my own personal 
bigotry was because I listened to it LIVE....    it's MUSIC for goodness 
sake and when you hear it played well it (almos) doesn't matter what you 
listen to, you will find you thrill to it.

Not please... the magic ingredient is hearing stuff which is brilliantly 
plaid/sung whatever.

I was lucky... Jack Ely invited me to play at a Buckeye festival  in the 
mid 90s.... I would defy anyone with any sort of open mind not coming 
away  from an event like that not wanting to explore something new in music.

Do something daring and go to a LIVE concert of a decent symphony orchestra 
plAying if you want to have a dip into classical... once you have heard the 
real sounds, atmosphere and impact you will never look back.  (by the way, 
for the word 'classical' please insert almost any other genre in that 
sentence... it usually works)

In my case I so liked the variety i heard that I bought the company.   OK, 
not quite, but I picked up the job of helping (?) SPAH for the last 5 years...

Come in ... to ALL genres,  the water's lovely.

Douglas tate
President ... SPAH