Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2006/09

From: sdschwaeg@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Music (Business) Ethics?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:35:47 -0400


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From: timr@-----.com
To: klarinet@-----.org
Sent: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Music (Business) Ethics?

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:53:06 -0700, Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
wrote:

>It seems to me that to promote the work of another without disclosing
>that a significant personal relationship exists is improper. This is
no
>reflection on the music itself.
>
>The question is what do other people think of this?
>

I have to agree with your opinion, but it's such a squishy, gray area
that it is uncomfortable, like most squishy gray things are.

My favorite "offender" in this arena is Sy Brandon and Co-op Press.
Every year, Co-op Press (ostensibly a publishing house) runs a contest
in which musical groups may apply for grants to fund a commission of a
new piece by a contemporary composer. In the fine print, we find that
the contemporary composer must be Sy Brandon. And Co-op Press is owned
and operated by Sy Brandon.

I admire his ingenuity -- it's a fairly clever technique for getting
exposure, but it just seems vaguely wrong.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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