So what you're saying, Nancy, in the kindest possible way of course, is that lutenists, generally speaking, are a charmless bunch of technophobes. Ah well, if the cap fits . . . . :(
Bill From: Nancy Carlin <na...@nancycarlinassociates.com> To: "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 19:56 Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness As some of you know I spent 35 years as an agent for musicians, between my 2 stints with the LSA - a lot of this time was working on building careers and salability for folk and Celtic musicians. I see a few things missing that other genres of music have used to grab toe holds in the ladder toward success (or just keeping the heads above water). - web pages. This is the first place where potential employers (concert promoters etc.) look to find contact information. There are more than a few "names" in the lute world who do not have their own web sites. When you Google them all you get is links to buy their CDs. - email lists. I have yet to see a paper out at a lute concert where the players is collecting emails for his own mailing list. Concert promoters have a hard time getting audiences out and need all the help they can get. Musicians who help them fill the seats get booked. - the lute world seems to be made up of players of all levels, but completely empty of people who are just fans. Take a look at the audience base for Irish music - there are tons of people who have never played an instrument and never will, but who love going out to hear live music. - a common comment from concert and festival presenters is that they are looking for performers who can connect with their audiences. This is all the other communication besides playing the music and what they usually mean is talking to the audience between the pieces. Nancy > Brilliant! Lute lobbyists are the answer, as demonstrated by Mr. > Dubrow's experience. For the cost of one nuclear sub, the entire lute > world could carouse in luxury. > > Mark > From: "[1]theoj89...@aol.com" <[2]theoj89...@aol.com> > To: [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 9:02 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness > How does one get others interested in lute? Marketing. > All lute players should contribute to a hollywood lobbyist fund where a > lute 'product placement' could be made in the next historical film that > utilizes swords and corsets. Better yet,let the hero seduce the heroine > with a lute song, and re-establish the lute in popular culture as the > seduction tool that it was meant to be. > Look at what the movie "Doctor Zhivago" did for the popularity of the > Balalika (seriously). Maybe a lute tax could be tacked on to every > lute purchase and lute string purchase to pay for such a lobbyist. > Marketing takes money. > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > -- Nancy Carlin Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA [5]http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/ PO Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA 925 / 686-5800 www.groundsanddivisions.info www.nancycarlinassociates.com -- References 1. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com 2. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com 3. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 5. http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/
