Klarinet Archive - Posting 000671.txt from 1997/12

From: birch <birch@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: Pratitioner vs. Musician
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 19:16:52 -0500

I believe that anything that can be played either as a polka, waltz, or
a combination of the two, is a piece of music. Anyone who plays a piece
of music, as defined above, is playing either music or musaak. If a
performer or composer truely believes in what he or she is doing, with
passion, then the result is music.

If passion is not involved, for instance: if a performer plays solely
for the sake of money and fame, and doesn't believe in what he's doing,
then the result is not music.

At least, that's what I would like to believe.

--Birch