Re: [Harp-L] Real creativity,,,warning,,WAY TOO LOOONNG

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
smo-joe


On May 7, 2007, at 1:12 AM, Bob Laughlin wrote:

> SORRY,,but I always liked the idea of the "long version",,
>
> I'm sure that your gripe with "canned repetition" is legitimate, as
> legitimate as those who like to hear the same song played in the  
> same way as
> it was when they first heard it. The legitimacy of your desire to hear
> something freshly interpreted is based on everyone's sad experience of
> having heard something played "as originally written", but without  
> soul,
> without enthusiasm, without heart. There are nuances to playing  
> something
> from the heart that are perhaps there when first performed, that  
> over time
> may get old to the performer, for instance on a night when the  
> artist has
> had a difficult set of circumstances, and is just going through the  
> motions,
> with no particular love for the audience OR the music, but has to  
> perform
> just to fulfill his/her contractual obligations. Then, there are those
> performers who have become relatively well-known, made some large  
> cash, and
> have no particular desire this night to "give it their all". That's
> unfortunate, if you happen to have paid some "large cash" to attend.

big snip, but JUST as valuable