Actually it's a combination of things. Some of them are balancing so
many balls in the air that they don't have time to step back and figure
out a 3 year plan for their careers. It was pretty well known that
there are no (few?) lute players out there earning all their income from
performing (rather than teaching). Other lute players have a defeatist
attitude that thye classical (chamber music = 2 violins, viola & cello)
and general concert presenting people are not interested so why bother.
Some of them figure if there is not going to be a pittance on money
coming back to them, they might as well do waht they really enjoy and
spend their time practicing.
Nancy
So what you're saying, Nancy, in the kindest possible way of course, is
that lutenists, generally speaking, are a charmless bunch of
technophobes. Ah well, if the cap fits . . . . :(
Bill
From: Nancy Carlin <na...@nancycarlinassociates.com>
To: "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 19:56
Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness
As some of you know I spent 35 years as an agent for musicians, between
my 2 stints with the LSA - a lot of this time was working on building
careers and salability for folk and Celtic musicians. I see a few
things missing that other genres of music have used to grab toe holds
in the ladder toward success (or just keeping the heads above water).
- web pages. This is the first place where potential employers (concert
promoters etc.) look to find contact information. There are more than a
few "names" in the lute world who do not have their own web sites. When
you Google them all you get is links to buy their CDs.
- email lists. I have yet to see a paper out at a lute concert where
the players is collecting emails for his own mailing list. Concert
promoters have a hard time getting audiences out and need all the help
they can get. Musicians who help them fill the seats get booked.
- the lute world seems to be made up of players of all levels, but
completely empty of people who are just fans. Take a look at the
audience base for Irish music - there are tons of people who have never
played an instrument and never will, but who love going out to hear
live music.
- a common comment from concert and festival presenters is that they
are looking for performers who can connect with their audiences. This
is all the other communication besides playing the music and what they
usually mean is talking to the audience between the pieces.
Nancy
> Brilliant! Lute lobbyists are the answer, as demonstrated by Mr.
> Dubrow's experience. For the cost of one nuclear sub, the entire
lute
> world could carouse in luxury.
>
> Mark
> From: "[1]theoj89...@aol.com" <[2]theoj89...@aol.com>
> To: [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 9:02 AM
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness
> How does one get others interested in lute? Marketing.
> All lute players should contribute to a hollywood lobbyist fund
where a
> lute 'product placement' could be made in the next historical film
that
> utilizes swords and corsets. Better yet,let the hero seduce the
heroine
> with a lute song, and re-establish the lute in popular culture as
the
> seduction tool that it was meant to be.
> Look at what the movie "Doctor Zhivago" did for the popularity of
the
> Balalika (seriously). Maybe a lute tax could be tacked on to
every
> lute purchase and lute string purchase to pay for such a lobbyist.
> Marketing takes money.
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>
-- Nancy Carlin
Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
[5]http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/
PO Box 6499
Concord, CA 94524
USA
925 / 686-5800
www.groundsanddivisions.info
www.nancycarlinassociates.com
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References
1. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com
2. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com
3. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
5. http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/
--
Nancy Carlin
Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org
PO Box 6499
Concord, CA 94524
USA
925 / 686-5800
www.groundsanddivisions.info
www.nancycarlinassociates.com
