Technique does not sell tickets. Passion does. Technique WITH passion is best. Dave Stocker, RPT Tumwater, WA From: Jeff Tanner Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 07:36 To: Ed Sutton ; caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] Its Not Beethoven Why is it that it is the people who tear things up are the ones who get the audience? Tanner ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Sutton To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] Its Not Beethoven We may have opinions and definitions. But he has an audience. He reminds me of George Winston. es ----- Original Message ----- From: G Cousins To: pianotech ; CAUT Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:44 PM Subject: [CAUT] [pianotech] Its Not Beethoven Performance by the artist(?) TED http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_lewis_strikes_chords_to_rock_the_jazz_world.htmlSee definitions below. You Make the call........MY jury is still undecided. IMHO there would/should be MAJOR contractual conditions prior to a performance for this type of performer, the technical demands on the servicing technician AND especially the post performance needs of the instrument Respectfully, Gerry C WCUPA Definitions: Noun 1. mu·sic (myzk) n. 1. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. 2. Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm. 3. a. A musical composition. b. The written or printed score for such a composition. c. Such scores considered as a group: We keep our music in a stack near the piano. 4. A musical accompaniment. 5. A particular category or kind of music. 6. An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds: the music of the wind in the pines. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091109/4420ed28/attachment-0001.htm>
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