You make a very good point, David, and it was starting to occur to me.
Not everyone in that DC Metro could be on _that_ strict a schedule.
I have the ironic situation to be able to appreciate a talent like J.
Bell, but if I was heading to work, I really _do_ have to be on time, or
would have quite a hassle in front of me. What do I do? I play in a
symphony orchestra. No leeway there, if the rehearsal or concert is
going to start.
But not in DC. When I'm in DC, I'm usually sight seeing, and could stop
and listen. In Louisville, I drive to work, and sometimes walk to
lunch, and we have a few street musicians, and they are sometimes worth
a stop for listening and money dropping. (Actually, I did take the DC
Metro once to rehearsal, the last time we played at the Kennedy Center
and I stayed at my sister's house.)
I have a sister who has worked, high up, for the government in the D.C
area for many years. She wouldn't have seen OR heard Josh Bell. I
tried to play a recording of a piece of mine for her, (a big symphonic
pops arrangement), and after 3 minutes she was talking to someone in the
next room, without even realizing what she was doing to me. D. C. is a
different place, for a different kind of people.
Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist
Louisville Orchestra
David W. Fenton wrote:
...
You've made the choice to work for someone who allows no flexibility. ...
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