Re: [Harp-L] re Death of Live Music

["Marc Molino" <mmolino54@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joey,
I tended more toward Garry's reaction to the article (note: I am in 
Washington, commute by subway daily, and happen to usually dislike this 
particular writer's work). The violinist agreed to do an experiment the 
Washington Post pitched--he wasn't in it for glamour or money or sympathy, 
etc. It was an admittedly nonobjective experiment as it can't be reproduced 
and you can't really draw any concrete conclusions from it. He also didn't 
take money from anyone else as they usually don't let street musicians play 
where he played--they got special permission from the management of the 
building for this little experiment.

I thought the whole thing was fascinating personally, but I think it really 
hit on this notion of people being so caught up in their agendas and 
routines as to not even notice the world around them (especially, in terms 
of beauty). It may only relate to that location on that day, but probably 
holds some truth for many urban areas where the pace of life is quite hectic 
and people move about like widgets on the belts of an automatic factory 
floor. The other concept it hit on was this notion of the importance of 
context--how much of what we define as art, music, or high-quality anything 
is determined by what (and if) we pay for it, what label it has, who 
recommended it, etc. Take away the recognition of the name, the concert 
hall, and the price of the tickets and do people value or notice the same 
performer? On this day, apparently they don't.

At any rate, not everybody gets the same out of a piece of writing and just 
because it's in the Washington Post, doesn't mean it should move ya ; )

For as much as I like music, I'm almost ashamed of how seldom I go out and 
enjoy it live.

stopping and smelling the roses,
marc molino


From: Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>
To: Garry Hodgson <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re Death of Live Music
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:28:34 -0400


On Apr 14, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Garry Hodgson wrote:

> Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I don't have a lot of sympathy for a fellow playing a several MILLION
> > dollar violin
>
> you're not supposed to have sympathy for him.  you're supposed to
> have sympathy for people who have no space for beauty in their lives.

I wonder how this whole fiasco would have gone over in Chi, N.Y., S.  Fran, 
Toronto or some other city with a busy commuter locale? How  about London, 
Paris, Tokyo ? I mean, I'm not capping on the people of  D.C. (I have a 
daughter there) but it's pretty intense up there.
> it was a beautiful article.  poignant.  sad.  i'm sorry you didn't  get 
> anything
> out of it.

Gee Garry, I love you as a person because I have enjoyed your super  brain 
over the years, and I'm so sure you're correct, but I thought  it sucked. 
Maybe I was reading it (about 4 times) with a railroad tie  on my shoulder?
Joey
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