Very nicely said, Jean-Pierre! Rob
On 02/06/2008, Jean-Marie Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Peter, > > I aa just coming back from Norwich where I collected a lute from David Van > Edward and he told me thet you lived nearby ! Next time I go there I would > be very glad to meet you. > > After my lightning visit to Norwich, I also dropped an email to Ian Harwood > about his forthcoming publication on the English Consort. David had given me > his email and he has just replied to me with very kind words. > > So I am glad to seize this opportunity, after your email arrived on this > list, to express my deep gratitude for the contribution of people like you, > Ian or David and others as well to make the so-called "revival" of the > interest in Early Music possible. > > I am very happy to know part of this "network" in spite of all the > frustrations you express ! > > Take care, as our American friends say, and all the best, > > Jean-Marie Poirier (from France) > > ======= 02-06-2008 11:31:02 ======> > >on 22/5/08 8:14 pm, Rob MacKillop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> So what do we think of the new 'social network' sites? There is one for > >> lute, one for cittern and one for early guitars/vihuelas. > >> > >> Some have written to me saying they are worried that this list might > stop > >> running, but I don't agree. The questions on the Forum of the network > sites > >> are generally different in kind, less 'academic', one might say, more > >> social, and some people have contributed there who have not done so > here. So > >> I have no fear that the lists will disappear. > >> > >> What the network sites are good at is sharing soundfiles, pictures and > >> scores, and people seem to contact each other more readily when they can > see > >> a photograph of the person they are writing to. > >> > >> The Music Player is interesting. Each member has his/her own. You can > upload > >> your own soundfiles and have it playing when people visit your My Page. > But > >> you can also import soundfiles from other people's pages. I even managed > to > >> put my Music Player on my own website. I've been wondering how to do > this > >> for some time. Instead of playing one file at a time, you can hear > (should > >> you want to, of course!) the whole lot with just one click - then > minimise > >> the page while you work on other things. I imagine more players will use > >> this feature in time. See www.songoftherose.co.uk - scroll down the > main > >> page. > >> > >> Lots of interesting videos beginning to appear, imported from You Tube - > >> nice to have them all in one place. > >> > >> I've really enjoyed looking at all the images of lutes that have > appeared on > >> the photos page - many I haven't seen before, and comments are welcome, > >> leading to discussion. > >> > >> So, I think these networks have their place and are most welcome. But I > am > >> happy to still read and enquire on this list. Hopefully both can live in > >> harmony together. I'm sure they can. > >> > >> Discuss... > >> > >> Rob MacKillop > >> > > > > > >Hi Rob, > > > >I am painfully aware that the new technology can supply access to > >information and experiences that were not available even 12 months > ago. My > >problem is that as an aging one-time pioneer of the EM movement I am > finding > >it difficult to keep up. Out in the country with an iMac G3 running OS > 9.2 > >where do I go to learn more? And perhaps wouldn't I be more useful buying > >and learning to use a metal-turning lathe to produce those machine-heads > >that you and other guittar-players are going to need shortly? Except that > I > >may miss something important in the meantime... > > > >Yours frustratedly, > > > >Peter > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://poirierjm.free.fr > 02-06-2008 > > > > --
