[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 07/05/2007 11:29:02 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
those who simply try to have a pissing contest with an unknown composer
(or a conductor they want to ridicule), to show them who is the
alpha-dog in the group and try to make the composer look like a bumbling
fool.
Of course we all know that often the opposite applies and it's a conductor
trying to show who's boss -
I did a freelance gig with a conductor whose beat was not the clearest I
have ever seen. Apart from about six of us, the orchestra were all members of a
local full time professional orchestra working as freelances on their day
off.
Eventually, the timpanist very politely said that from where he was sitting
he couldn't see the beat at one particular point in the piece and asked if the
conductor could do anything to help. Instead of trying to remedy the
problem, this conductor looked at the timpanist (who was from the full time
orchestra) as though he were an idiot and said, "Well everyone else can see it".
The drummer's response was rather less polite than his initial comment.
At that moment, the conductor lost his orchestra - the atmosphere changed
dramatically and it was open season as first one, then another, then just about
everybody shot him to pieces.
Survival and success in so many aspects of life lies in knowing when to
simply say "I'm sorry" even if you don't feel it.
All that conductor had to do would be to have said "I'm sorry, how does
this work for you?" and tried something a bit differently, and he would
have had the orchestra eating out of his hand.
It amazes me when people haven't learned that lesson and it scares the
hell out of me when such people get elected or appointed to government
positions!
--
David H. Bailey
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