The Mellotron Group

Mike, until a person is old enough to have applied real emotion to life  
experience, it would be nearly impossible to convey it through artistic  
expression of any kind. They're 5 years old. All they know is the technical  
aspects of the guitar. The talent is there. The rest will come over time.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2011 11:18:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
Fritz -

Pity me if you really want to, but I thought  it looked mechanical and 
sounded almost completely played 'by rote'.  It's neither bitter nor cynical - 
it's what I gathered from the film. I heard  no feel, no attempt to 
interpret, no real understanding of what they were  playing...nothing. It was like 
listening to HAL 9000 playing Bach. Perhaps the  pitching and timing is 
stunning, but there is no heart in any of  it.

Then again, the kids playing were of such an age that such a thing  would 
barely be possible since that sort of musical consciousness isn't going  to 
be available (or accessible) to any of them. 

I heard it the same  way I hear so many child prodigies playing music; 
perhaps brilliant from a  strictly technical point of view, but utterly hopeless 
in terms of any  artistry. I am really surprised that you cannot hear it. 
The fixed smiles on  the faces of the kids almost lets you see it.

Mike


On  23/04/2011 15:17, _fdoddy@aol.com_ (mailto:fdoddy@aol.com)   wrote:  
 
Mike,

You actually  thought the five children playing was soulless?  It's mind 
numbing how  cynical and bitter you are.  If there is pity to had, it's on 
you, I'm  afraid.


fritz