Re: [Harp-L] Entertainment/ Muse (not exactly harp content...)

[Bob Cohen <bcohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 28, 2006, at 7:37 PM, Slidelicks@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I guess this is about following your muse. For me, adding vocals to  
> my  music
> "waters it down". Maybe this is because my muse would rather hear pure
> melody, rather than melody bastardized with lyrics. The vast  
> majority of  classical
> music, jazz and fusion work this way.

Bastardized?  As in, "1 [often as adj. ] ( bastardized) corrupt or  
debase (something such as a language or art form), typically by  
adding new elements : a strange, bastardized form of French.  "That's  
a rather pejorative way of referring to a completely legitimate way  
of expressing music, don't you think?  I rather suspect that voice  
was the first instrument humans played and from that perspective, one  
might argue the opposite is true, vis-a-vis instruments vs. voice.

> If you will be in the Boston area on 9/7 at Noon, come to Copley   
> Square and
> hear my group play. The concert is put on by WCRB, and we won't be   
> singing
> one note. Let's see if the audience "walks out"... LOL

And to add a bit of levity to the discussion, how 'bout we link this  
thread to the sitting in thread?  I live just south of Boston, what's  
the best way to approach you and your band about doing a couple of  
numbers? ;-)