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RE: Why I'm starting to loath news paper music critics



Hmmm, let's just put two and two together and get this out in the open: 

- I have a bachelor's degree in Philosophy, meaning I like to debate
- I have a master's degree in Technical Communication, meaning I like to
write
- I am a musician, meaning I have an artistic side and I'm passionate
about it
- I work for a major fortune 500 computer/technology company, meaning
I'm addicted to the computer!

Well, there you have it...inevitable misery for eternity!

Congratulations on the opening up gig, David! I saw future man here in
Boise with Bella. Amazing. I'd like to try to get my didgeridu player to
put a bunch of trigger buttons on his didg so he can do crazy stuff like
that while playing.

K- 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Trenkel [mailto:improv@peak.org] 
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:45 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Why I'm starting to loath news paper music critics

On Monday, June 20, 2005, at 05:04 PM, Hartung, Kris wrote:

>
>
> Ahhhh yes, all this discussion about music critics and evaluation 
> reminds me of the days when was getting my philosophy degree and we 
> attended inter-collegiate debates on topics within various 
> philosophical departments like ontology, epistemology, metaphysics, 
> ethics, philosophy of science, etc...ohhhh the horrors...there was 
> gnashing of teeth, laser beam glares, and viscious, caustic remarks. 
> But then afterwards we went the the pub, smoked cubanos, and got 
> stinkin' drunk together on dark beer.  It's a shame we can't do that 
> here!
>
Ahhh, yeah, some of my fondest college memories were of getting drunk
with my philosophy professors as well. As I remember, and the memories
are vague, bourbon was the drink of choice. And I wasn't even a
philosophy major! It was just that none of my music or computer science
profs were any fun to go drinking with.

Kris, I've caught up to this thread today, having been on the road with
limited email access for the last 2 weeks. I know exactly how you feel
about the review, and have definitely had the urge to tell critics just
exactly how wrong they are about my music. And I've had a few doozies,
like the time a 3-band compilation 10" I was on was reviewed by a
leading regional music mag, and the reviewer had all the wrong tracks
associated with each band. And it didn't really matter anyway, because
he hated all 3 bands. But, whether it was the right thing to do or not,
I've generally kept quiet about it. As someone mentioned earlier, you
can definitely get a few blurbs from the review that would look positive
in your press kit. And that's about the most you can expect from any
review. Hell, from reading the review, I'd probably buy your record. But
I'm an aging wierdo music dork and not part of any important demographic
you should be marketing to anyway...

BTW, I'm totally stoked, my band is opening for Roy "futureman" Wooten
this week! From the press for his current show, it sounds like he's
doing some very interesting stuff with live looping on this show, a duet
with a DJ. Check out http://www.wowhall.org/events.php for some press
about the show, and there are some pictures of his setup at
http://www.futuremanmusic.com/eyes.html. Sounds like a very interesting
show!