like you, i hadn't been following the thread - my inability to access most video formats being the reason. i have a fear (irrational, probably) of picking up windows related viruses from windows related software - i don't know how relevant that is with a mac os x operating system - but irrational or not, it's the reason i hadn't checked out the videos.
my youngest son, however, has a windows system pc with all the latest stuff and when next he disconnects me to go on-line and download a zillion more heavy metal "tunes" - i'll ask him to let me see thomas's videos. i saw a cartoon once in the new yorker magazine in which a group of concerned looking applicants are standing outside the gates of heaven, listening to st. peter grill some forlorn looking guy wanting in. in st. peter's hand there's a tremendously thick volume. "alright," st. peter says, turning to page two "we'll let that one slide but what about the time you talked back to your mother in 1927?" i wonder if st. peter is monitoring our post? seraphim wannabe - bill --- Eric Crouch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't been following this thread, except to skim > the messages as > I delete them. However I did watch one of the videos > (and I thought > it was pretty good considering the points Alain V > made about the > difficulty of doing videos) using my iMac. So I was > wondering what > Bill's problem with this was? There are several > freeware Mac video > players (eg VLC) that allow you to watch most things > on a Mac. > Eric Crouch > > On 1 May 2006, at 21:49, bill kilpatrick wrote: > > > this raises two points: > > > > - like david, i have an imac (ancient) and find it > > very frustrating to be informed of something i > can't > > access. i would have loved to see and hear thomas > > performing the pieces he posted. don't know what > i > > can do about this but i doubt i'll be chucking it > all > > in at this late date for new pc with (gak!) > windows. > > > > - it takes a special sort of person to respond > > negatively - and blatantly - to someone's > performance. > > there are good critics and then ... there are > gutter > > snipes and - as they say in dear ol' blighty - > there's > > nowt' queer as folk. so, please don't take it > > personally thomas. > > > > i had the extreme good fortune once to witness an > > orchestra fall apart during a performance - it was > > riveting ... gloriously, stupendously, nerve > rackingly > > awful ... but i'm sure that everyone there learned > > more about orchestrated music and how tenuous and > > difficult the whole thing can be to pull off > > successfully than anyone ever would have from > > listening to the best. > > > > thomas - screw 'em! please post your videos again > - > > i'll try to find some way to see them ... and - in > any > > case - i'll see what i can do about posting a > video of > > me playing "look after my cattle" on my charango > ... > > > > .. that's sure to take some of the heat. > > > > respectfully - bill > > > > > > > > > > --- Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:36 PM > >> Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: videos deleted > >> > >> > >>> Thank You David, I did not think it was you and > >> agree with everything else > >>> you said. There is no excuse for this kind of > >> thing. If it had been done > >>> in the open maybe we could have taken some shots > >> at them but they did > >> their > >>> dirty little deed in a private email. Wrong is > >> wrong no matter where it > >>> takes place. > >>> > >>> VW > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:42 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: videos deleted > >>> > >>> > >>>> On May 1, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Vance Wood wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I know you play David, but did you tell Thomas > >> he couldn't or > >>>>> should delete > >>>>> his videos? > >>>> > >>>> Hell, no I didn't!! Are you kidding? I would > >> never tell anyone not > >>>> to play the lute in any circumstances. > Besides, > >> I never even saw > >>>> those videos. My iMac doesn't play wmv files. > >>>> > >>>>> And is this what we want? No one learns who > >> does not try. > >>>>> That's just simple wisdom. > >>>> > >>>> That's how I learned: by getting up there and > >> doing it. Encouraged > >>>> initially by a good teacher (Donna Curry). But > >> I've always been > >>>> strictly an amateur player. > >>>> > >>>> The fact is, Vance, I'm appalled that anyone > >> would give Thomas a hard > >>>> time for putting up those videos, but I'm not > >> particularly surprised > >>>> by it. There are many on the lute list who > >> consider themselves > >>>> "professional" scholars, educators and what > have > >> you, and some of > >>>> those guys do not suffer amateurs gladly. > >> Intellectual snobbery has > >>>> always been a pet peeve of mine with the lute > >> list. > >>>> > >>>> David R > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> www.rastallmusic.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information > at > >> > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >> > > > > early music charango ... > http://groups.google.com/group/charango > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http:// > > uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > > > early music charango ... http://groups.google.com/group/charango ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! 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