Re: AN ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT MENTIONS LOOPING (AT LEASTBRIEFLY)

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

thanks for posting this, Ted. I know I'm happy to grow up at a time 
where it's become more common for people to be active in different 
genres. I take a lot of inspiration from people like Nels Cline and Mike 
Patton, who do everything from pop/rock to out improv, and have it all 
stand up as good music.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com

> At 28, Mr. Burhans has pursued a career path so logical that it seems 
> almost foolproof. Just sing, compose and master several instruments 
> (besides the violin he plays viola, guitar, bass, keyboards and 
> percussion) and the New York freelance world is your oyster. But this 
> is a new development. Until recently, the conventional wisdom went, 
> musicians with diverse talents should specialize: decide whether they 
> are better suited to composing or performing, singing or playing an 
> instrument, working in classical music or a variety of pop.
>
> And while most young musicians still make the traditional choices and 
> scramble to find work in freelance ensembles until they have 
> established themselves as recitalists or chamber players, others are 
> seeking to diversify. Mr. Burhans’s generation is the third to come of 
> age during the rock era, and where conservatories once taught only 
> classical music, most now offer courses and even degrees in jazz and 
> rock, recording technology and the music industry itself. And 
> musicians who grew up hearing everything from Mozart and Ligeti to 
> Wilco and Radiohead are less inclined than their elders to 
> compartmentalize their passions.