hmmm...

[multree]

my

[multree]

feet

[clueless]

on command?

[multree]

yup

[multree]

just say the word and I will dip my biguncle into one of my nostrils

[clueless]

do you have an agent?

[jens]

cheaper than ether in any case...

[multree]

[IIRs]

when Strawinsky conducted one of his pieces he cared for the most tiny details
- e.g. he could talk for five minutes with a triangle-player about how exactly to hit the triangle at one certain stroke... - what does that tell about his ability as a composer?

Just because he cared doesn't mean it mattered this just proves you can be a great composer despite having your head firmly up your own orifice

[jens]

when Strawinsky conducted one of his pieces he cared for the most tiny details
- e.g. he could talk for five minutes with a triangle-player about how exactly to hit the triangle at one certain stroke... - what does that tell about his ability as a composer?

Just because he cared doesn't mean it mattered this just proves you can be a great composer despite having your head firmly up your own orifice

that's f**king arrogant of you - who do you think you are to decide what and what not matters for the creative work of others?

I'm out here!

[Barbarossa]

I wouldn't be that sure that Mackie will develop a sequencer for music-production further, if it's customer base consists mostly of children.
But at least there is hope, that T3 will offer us changing colors and animated buttons...

[headquest]

when Strawinsky conducted one of his pieces he cared for the most tiny details
- e.g. he could talk for five minutes with a triangle-player about how exactly to hit the triangle at one certain stroke... - what does that tell about his ability as a composer?

Just because he cared doesn't mean it mattered this just proves you can be a great composer despite having your head firmly up your own orifice

Stravinsky's desire for the triangle part to be "right" was integral to his art, and fits into any musician's desire for their music to be as good - and as close to their artistic intentions - as possible. As a music teacher I spend most of my day helping young musicians to improve their musical performance in exactly this way.

I've met plenty of "musicians" who do not understand or share this concern, of course, but usually their music is "slapdash" as a result. They simply miss their potential as musicians.

I'm amazed that anyone here would not readily identify with that. I'm sure that most people who post here do care deeply about their music, and that the tools they choose are generally selected on that basis.

[IIRs]

Ever considered how that poor percussionist felt at being given a 5 minute lecture on how to hit a f**king triangle? Don't be so bloody precious, Stravinsky was a human being too, and was just as capable of getting his head stuck up his own arse as you or I (as the above story demonstrates admirably, assuming its even true..)

[duncanparsons]

Speaking as a percussionist, if Igor wanted to chat to me about how to brush a snare drum or tap a finger, I would be interested. It's about folk getting off their high horses and engaging those who actually play the stuff. If you've actually listened to any stravinsky, you would realise that keeping count in rapidly varying meters (3/8,9/8,15/16,3/4,3/8 in consecutive bars) is no mean feat. It comes down to feel rather than count, and placing the 'ting' to enhance rather than detract is something I would want couselling on, not just a chat.

I think it shows character and a humility, rather than contortion.

ATB
DSP

[haydxn]

crumbs jens, you've really lost the plot now! you seem determined to miss the point of what's being said and get offended.