Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 1998/01

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: leister recording
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 00:44:20 -0500

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, GTGallant wrote:

> Most players can only aspire to play like robots because they lack
> talent, the ability to think on their own, and a HEART for music.

In Rhetoric 101, I think this is called a "generalization."

> Ask today's top artists privately what they really think of other "top"
> players. With politics aside, SUCK will be the universal answer.

In my experience, the "top artists" usually are much more considerate and
congenial toward their colleagues than this message indicates. It is the
ones who are unsure of their abilities who try to succeed by cutting down
their imagined
competitors.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu