Mike has raised the bar so high that mere children have no chance of getting over it...ever.
A truly great musician is not one who stands out from all the rest, but one who makes all the musicians around him sound better than they really are.
fritz
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, Apr 23, 2011 11:55 am
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-Future ax slingers
Kind of like most of the early age piano recitals I've seen here in the
states... maybe one or two of those kids will turn out to be great players
and be thankfull for the early music education. Mike raises the bar very
high but, fortunately , his work stands up to it ----so....
>
> 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 wrote: Â
> 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
>
>
>Message
Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT-Future ax slingers
2011-04-23 by fdoddy@aol.com