michael...
i missed this post but i really liked it. it just made me feel real good reading it... i agree no form of music can abide snobbishness. and i have always really disliked the categories we put music into. i play what i hear and like. i try to stay away from other peoples concepts of what should or should not be played on the hurdy gurdy but i am always interested in something new. i have been known to really "folk up" a classic... *L* and other tunes too come to think of it. my playing is for my enjoyment and when it touches someone that is a bonus... but then of course it isnt my sole means of income. although i can not answer your ending question i would say this. there is nothing that could take music away from me... i think it is more inside the soul... i wake up every morning with some melody running through my head i can hear it with "my minds ear" in any key or any instrument? peace... i hope you find a place to plant your vegetables.. jim Grey Aengus (aka Jim)http://www.greyaengus.com often in error, never in doubt --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Michael Muskett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael Muskett <[email protected]> > Subject: [HG-new] Joining again > To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:06 PM > > Hello, everyone. I am happy to join this group again after > a lapse of > many years, seemingly because of several computer > transplants. Also I > lived in the sticks (boondocks, I think, to you) for 17 > years and out > of touch with other players. However, in that time I > learned the art > of the printer and in due course printed a hurdy-gurdy > method which my > wife (assisted by me) was working on. The computer had > developed > enormously in that time from being quite primitive to being > able to > set music. Wonderful! The rest of my time was occupied > among > vegetables, fruits and trees. > Now we live in a new(ish) town designed by a famous > American; all > fast tree-lined roads, and a shopping centre. I can't find > any music > group to join, but we have a 39 year old weekly folk club > run by Matt > Armour until his sudden death some months ago. > I seem to be a controversial figure because, as was > pointed out many > years ago by a bluegrass musician (I love it) I am a > strange creature > in that I am a classical musician with an interest in > folk. > I do not like the false separation between these forms of > music, for > they are both very varied and have close links.Neither can > Iabide > snobbishness in either direction. Music is music and the > joy of the > human spirit. > This morning I heard about a famous American lawyer (he of > the 'monkey > trial) who was audacious in asking which would you rather: > lose your > eyesight or change the colour of your skin? So I ask what > you would > give up in order to retain the pleasures of music? > My greetings to all, > Michael > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
