--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The ability to play fast or cleaner at at least > possible somewhat to judge. Yes, so is faster or cleaner, better? According to you, no.
> I was not talking about musicians playing abilities. > For instance ALK, told me that he rarely listen to > classical CD's because the > ensemble playing was often so bad, that his ideal of > ensemble playing can be > heard on hard rock CD's. If you have heard him play > Can She Excuse compared > with the Sting version, I can see what he means. So, in support of your arguement that we shouldn't make distinctions between styles of music, you give a example of a musician who believes that the playing in one style of music is better than another? Then you finish by implying that his version of a song is better than Sting's. > > What is the point in judging one musical style > against another? > In the end no one will listen if they enjoy > something else, There are many reasons for liking a piece of music and many levels of enjoying music. Most people only listen for what they like. But like Ives said "What has sound to do with music?" I love Bach for a variety of reasons. On the other hand, while I don't especially _like_ the surface sound of Webern's music, I listen to it in another way, appreciating the subtle layers of the interrelations of pitches and dynamics. I also like Bill Monroe, but I sure don't apply the same expectations. Chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
