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Right, said Fred*: >- player and "listener" are SAME person. >- only boring people can be bored . . . (by anything) >- don't worry . . . play music YOU want to hear . . . Point one is only true in you're playing for yourself; if there is an audience, this statement becomes rather abstract and meaningless. Point two seems terribly judgemental. In my opinion the performer isn't really in a position to criticise the audience for finding their work boring. The audience all have certain expectations in return for giving valuable hours of their lives to listen to a player. The player is _obliged_ to make that experience worthwhile, especially if they've paid. Point 3 is totally valid, but meshes best with point 2 when you can filter an audience to thoes people who share your musical tastes... On a similar point, Kim Corbet's post about involving the audience is exactly on the nail. Brilliant post Kim!!! Michael *Sorry, couldn't resist! Dr Michael Pycraft Hughes * Bioelectronic Research Centre, Rankine Bldg, Tel: (+44) 141 330 5979 * University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K. Fax: (+44) 141 330 4907 * "And the answers? Sometimes the answers www.elec.gla.ac.uk/~pycraft * just come in the mail" -Laurie Anderson