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

["Hartung, Kris" <kris.hartung@hp.com>]

Did you read my response?  First of all, who gives a shit if I didn't
have an audience and spoons dropping in the mix. It is about the music.
That's my choice, not his to make a nit about it. Second, the comment
about it not being meditative is way off base...as I have several
reviewer comments and even gigs that contradict his statement. Sorry, my
opinion here is that the guy was lazy and didn't do his research. My
peers here locally all agree as well, and know of this guy's ways.
Third, he clearly thought negatively of the fact that my percussionist
used ethinc instruments but we weren't playing ethnic music, which is a
myopic perspective in my opinion, I guess fusion doesn't exist in his
mind.  That's three counts to which I object. Hell yes, I think I had
the right to be fumed and write the guy back,

Kris


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Petersen [mailto:iep@mail.dk] 
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:15 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Why I'm starting to loath news paper music critics

Kris,

I have to say I really don't understand your displeasure over that 
review. I've just read the review in question and don't see anything 
that can be construed as particularly derogatory or misleading in it. 
After listening to the samples of the CD on SoundClick I'd say the 
review is a quite fair and accurate portrayal of the music - it sounds, 
to me, pretty much as I would expect from reading the review. I also 
have to admit I rather agree with the reviewer that a CD entitled "live 
at  ... whatever" should indeed have some indication of the live 
'ambience' including audience response, falling spoons etc.

All in all, I'd be pretty well-chuffed by such a review. Sorry!

-- 

  Ian Petersen