Klarinet Archive - Posting 000881.txt from 2000/09

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Montreal Audition
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:35:57 -0400

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:58:50 EDT, GrabnerWG@-----.com said:

> In a message dated 9/27/00 11:26:56 AM Central Daylight Time,
> studiorenaud@-----.com writes:
>
> > but my exerpts were lacking. Nerves. Need to fake some auditions for
> > tape, and for people that make me feel intimidated.
>
> Exerpts........gotta know them cold, be able to play them flawlessly,
> anytime, anywhere, in front of ANYBODY...if you can't do that, you
> wont get the job.

Oh, come on, Walter. Don't say things like that.

Our culture is quite sufficiently hyped up into mechanical perfection as
it is. And actually, having sat on audition panels, I don't think it's
representative of the attitude of the musicians who are listening for
someone they might want to give the job to.

Naturally, technical expertise is a part of what's needed. But it's by
no means everything. Perhaps Dave's nerves blocked his bringing the
music to life, rather than just having him make some mistakes, and
*that* was what tilted the balance in favour of someone else.

All of this is a big subject, and I don't think there are any magical
solutions. Something that I found useful was a course called 'The
Mastery', run by The Actors' Institute in New York. I don't know
whether they still do it.

> Why do you think I make my living in computers??????

I dunno. I *don't* make my living in computers because I haven't wanted
to take the time to find out enough to be able to do that. And I *do*
make my living in playing, despite encountering nerves just as much as
the next man, probably.

They say they practically had to *throw* Horowitz onto the stage.

Tony
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