I agree and I disagree: I agree that everyone who listens and watches a
performance is qualified to make an assessment, but that can only go as far
as their observation and appreciation of the music. When someone starts
making critical comments about technique then I feel they must be able to
demonstrate the "proper way" to do what they are being critical of. With
our knowledge and research and application of what we believe to be
historical technique, we are still only making logical assumptions on how--
"they"-- really played the instrument. I still say if you don't have the
guts to put up your own performance on YouTube or some other public site,
then your criticism, if it must be submitted, should be courteous at the
least.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Schall" <[email protected]>
To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:51 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: constructive critical commentary
I wonder what is the reason why many feel they would be capable to
criticise on whatever is published.
I really appreciate even harsh critics on my playing if it helps to
develop (although sometimes it's hard to accept if someone criticises very
basic features of my playing. But if there are reasons given it helps to
improve and I consider it helpfull - at least after a while ) - but
usually you only get comments with no substance and mostly written by
people who don't dare to show their skills in public. Don't get me wrong:
It's not necessary to play by yourself to write a critical comments but
when someone starts being rude I feel it as an act of cowardry to hide
oneself and your skills. If someone does show his skills and earns my
respect it's much easier to accept harsh critics. Otherwise I take them as
trolls.
In my personal opinion everybody showing his playing on youtube, vimeo or
whatever platform one might use has my respect - just for doing it. I
tried it myself and find it much harder to perform on a video than to an
audience.
And I would second David's recommendation: Better to disable the
comment-feature. It's not just because rude comments about your playing
could be published, it could also be hurting just to read such bullshit
for yourself.
All the best
Thomas
David Tayler schrieb:
Holy cow!
dt
At 11:18 AM 1/15/2010, you wrote:
Ed, Right after I came out with my Hurel album, I received a private
email from someone who regularly contributes to this list. This was one
of the first comments I got about the project. In the rudest, most
brusk manner, this person told me A) What an awful job I had done with
the repertoire B) How could I be so thoughtless as to use synthetic
strings? C) I was being irresponsible to the repertoire and instrument
by even presuming to have such a wretched recording out there D) I
should just hang it all up right then. This was from someone who was
definitely informed about the lute, but constructive criticism it was
not. Who knows? Maybe the guy was totally right about all those
things, but he knew very well that I was a young guy and that this was
my first recording. I knew that the album wasn't perfect, but felt that
I had accomplished something just by doing it. Fortunately, it hasn't
brought me to too many tears. (I wrote him back a message politely
thanking him for his insights.) I don't believe this individual
would have ever had the guts to make these statements in an educated
public forum. I say again - for those who don't want negative comments
on their videos, disable the comment feature on your account. (I
believe so few do this because they secretly crave the positive
comments.) If you do keep the comments, you have the option of deleting
any you find offensive. Chris --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Ed Durbrow
<[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ed Durbrow
<[email protected]> >
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