Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2006/04

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:18:59 -0400


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From: "Wayne Thompson" <wthompson222@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education

> Tim Roberts said,
> "I sometimes worried that I possessed absolutely no
> skills that would be of value in a post-nuclear
> apocalypse world, and might be more valued for my
> protein content. He pointed out that the ability to
> play keyboard and clarinet, and the ability to teach
> square dancing, both of which I have, might turn out
> to be in high demand in such a world."
>
> I think this is brilliant! Indeed in a small village
> of hunter-gatherers, 21st century technical skills
> would be useless. Making music and dance would be as
> valuable as ever. And this is relevant to this
> discussion of how to 'educate' children. It's easy
> for so many to assume that Reading, Writing, and
> Arithmetic are fundamental human needs.
>
> Wayne Thompson

However, music is still not a basic skill but a secondary skill. In a
society of hunter/gatherers, the basic skills are hunting, foraging, and
gardening. If we wind up in a post apocalyptic world, you'd better polish
those skills first.

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