The Mellotron Group

Isn't this a great group. Here we are, to a man, disagreeing with Mike.  

 
In a message dated 4/23/2011 2:10:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
fdoddy@aol.com writes:

 
 
 
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_ (mailto: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
>
>
>