The Mellotron Group

I agree that this looks like a drilled-in, practiced-to-death sort of 
thing. But since one of the key aspects of music is expressing joy (as 
well as pain, sorrow, loss, ecstasy, etc.), then 5 year olds can 
experience that part of what music is about. Perhaps that is why, as 
grating as it may be to our more 'experienced' ear, children really 
enjoy hearing and singing simple, happy songs.

Vance

On 4/23/2011 9:55 AM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
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> 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:
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>     Fritz -
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     Mike
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>     On 23/04/2011 15:17, fdoddy@aol.com wrote:
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>>     Mike,
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>>     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.
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>>     fritz
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