Re: the olde Socratic Discourse (was: Warez, Arf Bungin' Magnets, etc.)

[stanitarium@earthlink.net]

sorry to ask off topic but where is that Pat Metheny rant? I had it and 
lost
it but it was and is a great read!Also it contains some REAL nasty 
gritiness
that I wish were present in his(present) music IMHO.THANX...seeya,STANNER
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>From: KB305@aol.com
>To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: the olde Socratic Discourse (was: Warez, Arf Bungin' Magnets, 
>etc.)
>Date: Sat, Sep 9, 2000, 11:55 AM
>

>In a message dated 09/09/2000 12:07:55 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>switters@earthlink.net writes:
>
><< As much as you might claim that the listening audience has changed you 
>should consider this- In his own day would more of the general listening 
>public have
> gone to see Coltrane or Ricky Nelson? >>
>
>Survey says: Ricky Nelson, that crack-smoking oldies-touring plane-burner.
>
>I never suggested the listening audience has changed... it's just that 
>quality, once defined, was and is very often an elitist thing.  There are 
>exceptions, but they are usually just exceptions.  (Frank Sinatra, in the 
>era 
>referenced above, leapt to mind.  For a time, he was both 'good' by most 
>definitions, and popular.)  
>
>Instead of Trane, I could have spoken of someone alive today, but that 
>brings 
>up judgments about current artists.  (Can we all agree on someone alive 
>today 
>that is unquestionably 'good'?  I bet it would be tough.)
>
>Otherwise, logic suggests that the Big Mac is haute cuisine based on its 
>'figures'.  We all know better.  As Pat Metheny ranted recently, 'We 
>ignore 
>this at our own peril.'
>
>And to be sure, my earlier rant was not anti-technology.  My current rig 
>includes an EDP and a brand-new TC Electronic G-Force.  But I don't think 
>it's wise to learn how to run Photoshop without learning to draw first, 
>nor 
>to compose via MIDI and Mac without learning how to play well with the 
>drummer, or spell chords, or direct the audience by using silence, for 
>instance.
>
>kb
>
>