Other web Sites
Harmonica Blues  Harmonica Amps
Harmonica Links Harmonica Pages
• Archives Home
• Years
 · 1992
 · 1993
 · 1994
 · 1995
 · 1996
 · 1997 		 · 1998
 · 1999
 · 2000
 · 2001
 · 2002
 · 2003
 
Web HarpL
Ebay Searches:
Amps:
Microphones:
Effects:
Harmonicas and Gear:
Harmonica Music and Instruction:

 

 

Harp-L Archives

[Previous Message] [Next Message]
[Next in Thread]
[Start of Thread] [End of Thread]

From: Lynda Schemansky
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 16:23:57 -0400
Subject: Audience? What audience? Was: Delayed Gratification

At 02:56 PM 9/19/98 -0600, Barry B. Bean wrote:

>An artist is a showman. Art is nothing
>without an audience. Indeed, art is one half of a conversation. Could
>you hold a conversation without someone else to listen and counter?

An artist is a showman? Perhaps, because "artist" is a word that describes
both a person who creates art, or one who displays or performs the art
he/she's created. One name perhaps, but two quite different actions,
actually.

"Could you hold a conversation without someone else to listen and counter?"
"conversation" implies interaction between folks. That is analogous to
"artist" in the interactive sense, but not necesarily in the creative sense
at all.

Try this...can you speak and express your thoughts without someone to
interact with? Yes, of course you can. You can in some forms of singing
(the non-performance forms) and you can in praying (again, the
non-performance form of that, too. :) )

>A good musician manages to express himself and put on a show
>simultaneously. These aren't mutually exclusive tasks.

A good PERFORMING musician manages to express himself and put on a show
simultaneously.

But a GOOD MUSICIAN does not necesarily need to have anything to do with
perfomance. And yes, folks can debate the validity of what that musician
is expressing and be appalled that they have no desire to "perform" it at
others, but it is no less musicianship...and at times, it is better
musicianship that "perfomance" is.

Just that same $0.02 that I glady donate any time anyone steps to clost to
my '"performance" and "music" are not necesarily the same thing' soapbox.

LGS