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DATE: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 08:04:51 CDT
From: "John P. Giunta"
Subject: RE: Another lurker emerges


> >His reply was something like "I don't read music", too which the orchestra
> >guys >said "wow, how can you play all of these diff. songs if you don't have
> >and/or >read music?"
>
> I had an experience like this when I was with the National Touring Company
> of Big River - the Broadway Musical that Roger Miller wrote the music for.
> Myself, the fiddler & guitarist were all ear players although we were given
> a score. It was Greek to me. The rest of the orchestra were trained
> musicians(funny how ear musicians aren't trained, maybe it's because
> they're learned). The ear musicians had to prove themselves as "true"
> musicians to the music director. It was a frustrating couple of months out
> of a year long tour but he finally came around and realized we were as
> capable as the next musician. It was a prejudice I hadn't experienced
> before having played in rock & blues bands. It was a valuable experience
> though and I would recommend a Big River trip to any harp player.
>
> Rick B.


Well, as we all know, all it means if you can't read is that YOU
CAN'T READ. It doesn't mean you are a bad person, just that YOU
CAN'T READ. There are many illiterate people in the world. Any one
reading this message will attest to the fact that reading is not
that important, RIGHT??

John