Here's a message about T that was sent to me to forward...Apparently Owen can read mail but can't send from the Outlook Express he's using. Anyway, here's his message:
>I've had great difficulty posting anything to JMDL recently (not the lists >fault, its my email), but I really hope this gets through. I just wanted to >say that I think 'Travelogue' deserves a lot of respect, even if it isn't >to your taste. So much effort has gone into this music, from Joni's >original creation of the songs to the way every memeber of the orchestra >plays and the way it is recorded and engineered. I know enough about >recording and creating to know that this is a massive, massive achievement. This is the sound of the highest of human endeavour. And it is a sad, sad thing to hear when nearly all else you see reminds you how rotten we've become. I know that many people won't really dig this music. A friend of mine who's a socialist can't stand any music with an orchestra near it because she associates it with elitism. Another couple of friends would hear echoes of the emotional manipulation present in the scores of mainstream Hollywood films. But for those who are simply dismissing it as a "re-hash", and bland, please at least respect the fact that possibly hundreds of people have given their absolute best in what you hear. Not for money, or for fame, but just for it to be heard. If it isn't to your taste, that's cool, but I don't think I can bear to hear something so special (whichever way you look at it) being panned, when the rest of humanity is busy chasing itself down the drain. "Freely I slave away for something better" O
