Author: oboedrew
Date: 2009-01-12 17:53
Dutchy wrote:
>And in pop music--which, let's face it, this piece is--every
>performer who covers a song always adds his own "take"
>on it. You can line up virtually any two covers of any pop
>standard from the last 80 years or so, and hear two different
>songs. Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, all those other
>"crooners", always added notes here and there in the
>course of their interpretation, and nobody pointed their
>fingers at any copyright infringement. Rosemary Clooney,
>people like that, you sit there with the sheet music, following
>along, and they're singing notes that aren't there.
Ah, yes... but pop crooners are true artists, whereas we classical musicians are mindless automatons sworn to faithfully realize the intentions of the composer.
(note facetiousness)
Cheers,
Drew
www.oboedrew.com
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