The Mellotron Group

The expression on my face and Karen's face were joyous as well.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2011 4:45:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
What is wrong with being amateur, playing for fun and enjoyment?

A  professional is somebody that plays for money. I have watched many bands 
over  the years play as if they were doing me a favour, obviously bored 
with the  whole thing.

Despite being drilled, the expressions on those children's  face radiated 
joy. I would settle for that any day.

Mark
--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  fdoddy@... wrote:
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> Mike has raised the bar so high  that mere children have no chance of 
getting over it...ever.
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>  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.
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> fritz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Thomas C. Doncourt <tomdcour@...>
> To: newmellotrongroup <_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) >
>  Sent: Sat, Apr 23, 2011 11:55 am
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]  OT-Future ax slingers
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>  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....
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> >
> > 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
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> > On 23/04/2011 15:17, fdoddy@... wrote: Â  
> > 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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