Re: WAS: Who uses looping in their promo material? NOW:Prerecordedmaterial

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

Though, I have a very low level of confidence that the general public is 
any 
position to say what is difficult or not.  People constantly validate 
their 
ignorance of hat is really underlying performances in terms of actual 
skill, 
vs. flash or appearance. Even prominent public figures who are supposed to 
know better make this mistake. In one Fresh Air interview with Terri 
Gross, 
she erroneously assumed that the clarinet was one of the most difficult 
instruments to play in the classical arena (probably based on her own 
instinct and listening to the instrument), but the conductor/composer 
(some 
famous and reputable person I can't recall) had to correct here...not 
true. 
Now the Oboe is a different story.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 

> Because it takes years of effort to play music really well.
>
> Most people pick up an instrument and can't reliably get a pleasing
> sound out of it.  Or in the case of some instruments, really any sound
> at all.  People admire the skill required to perform an act, be it
> playing music or playing basketball, in addition to appreciating the
> immediate thrill factor of experiencing "Flight Of The Bumblebee" or
> hard drive down the court culminating in a slam dunk in the closing
> seconds of a basketball game.
>
> It doesn't necessarily require "suffering".