It is true, Martyn. However the "Salieri syndrome" is real thing. Fortunately the modern technology can temper it a great deal, with crowd funding etc.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Putting my own head above the parapet: this is an entertaining > discussion but, as has already been pointed out, a bit light on actual > facts. Simple assertion, however personally heartfelt, is really not > the same as proof. > Cultivating good contacts is clearly important in obtaining engagements > and such marketing approaches ought not to be scorned as, say, being > below one's dignity as a great artiste. Concert promoters (and > recording companies) will often, understandably, tend to favour tried > and tested performers but to have mixed feelings about engaging someone > with a limited personal artistic following and who might be seen as > difficult. Indeed, what seems to be rather overlooked by some is that > most promoters generally engage on the level of artistic following > amongst potential customers and, putting it bluntly, if a performer > hasn't established a decent reputation amongst wider audiences (and > review critics) they are less likely to be engaged - despite their own > evaluation of their personal merits or of being 'victims' of unnamed > 'groups' bent on excluding them. > Of course, if you're not already highly celebrated, in the first > instance you'll stand more chance of being engaged at a small local > community Arts centre/festival than at a large international concert > hall - but expect a more modest fee....... And don't turn your nose > up at jobbing work such as continuo, song accompaniment and the like. > MH > > From: howard posner <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015, 2:59 > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute in the Future again > On Feb 26, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Christopher Wilke > <[1][email protected]> wrote: >> Howard, >> >> I'll be frank. You are having way too much fun tearing apart the > sincere, heartfelt confessions of musicians who - quite unlike yourself > - are struggling to simultaneously make a living and art in a difficult > environment. I could counter-refute your semantics, but I don't think > that would be productive as I suspect that you're really more > interested in playing "gotcha" logic games than advancing the > discourse. >> >> You are free to disagree and contribute to the discussion in a > constructive way, of course. I would ask, however, that you consider > replying a bit more respectfully to those of us down in the trenches to > whom topic is a more personal one than it will be to someone such as > yourself who holds no real stake in the matter. >> >> Chris > OK. I've waited a few hours and taken a lot of deep breaths, so this > is me being calm. > Danny wrote that he did not understand statements that unnamed > organizations were doing unstated things that benefitted some unnamed > persons and harmed other unnamed persons. Since any such statement, > however "heartfelt" or however deep in the trenches it originates, is > devoid of information and thus meaningless for any practical purpose, > his remark was so obviously self-evident that I wonder why he even > wasted the 30 seconds it took to type it. > You responded by calling him a liar. > This was beneath scorn, and certainly beneath you, and I think my > response was measured, inasmuch as I chose to explain the substance > (actually the lack of it) and ignore the personal attack on Danny. I > have no idea why you thought you could get into a credibility contest > with someone who has never made an ill-considered remark in all the > years he's been in the lute community, but you are way out of line. > You should refrain from talking about "respect" until you've > apologized to him. > And don't even get me started on "if one were make such statements, > they would represent an inappropriately dismissive response to the > issues under discussion." > You need to take a step back. > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
