Re: [Harp-L] Dylan etc

["Bart van Strien" <knuppel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob & Michael,
good points, I think you're both very right.

Dylan is a different kind of artist though. Don't even
know if you can call him an artist, but apart from moving
a generation he surely was their voice as well.
I wish there was more guys like him nowadays, there's lots
of things that need to be changed in the world. Things
like commercialism (& consumentism), that what Michael is
talking about.

Cheers
Bart
(the Netherlands)



> 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:
>
>>
>> On Apr 5, 2013, at 12:59 AM, Dennis Michael Montgomery
>> <gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> 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
>> Writer, Internet Consultant, Teacher
>> w: bobjcohen.com
>> t: #itsabobworld
>>
>>
>>
>