[NewMusic] Phillip's questions/animal farm

[Phillip Greenlief]

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On Behalf Of John Ingle
Subject: [NewMusic] Phillip's questions/animal farm

Phillip said:
 Call me a
> "post-modern, lowercase musician
> with non-idiomatic concerns" if you want (I love you
> Ingle!). Just call
> me to play some music!

Hey, I certainly wasn't trying to call anyone
anything.

PG:
Nonetheless, I think your phrase suits me just fine, even if it wasn't
"meant" for me.   

If it isn't painfully clear by now, I have great respect for your horn
playing and your musical ideas and the obvious hard work and thinking
you've put into these areas of your life. You're also a great cook - you
really should invite me over for dinner more often!  I also greatly
enjoyed your ImprovGarage presentation...although it could have been
more "efficient" in its presentation...
;)

(I'm teasing you with this last statement!!!!!!!! - I'm finally
realizing humor that works in person doesn't work online...forgive
me...I am a slow learner).

Dear John: I don't think any of the statements you made in the other
part of your post are "obvious" or "simple", and I thank you for getting
down to what I've wanted to get to all along. It's clear there are a lot
of folks on this list with a wide range of experiences and exposure to
"this music". I think we all make a mistake when we assume everyone
knows what we know (in the very particular way that we know it) just
because we all live in the same general geographic location and have and
interest in "this music".

I think we need to err more often on the side of being overly simple -
overly clear - overly concise, if possible. I will try to apply those
conditions to my own posts.

Thanks for your post and the concerns that you illustrated when writing
music for a large ensemble of improvising musicians (or
non-improvisers).

I think this is an area where this list could really become more
developed. I often wish we could do more of this - like "workshop
discussion list", where people present ideas they are working on in
their practice, in composition, in performance, or on the business side
of things. You know: discuss things! 

I like it that so many folks toss links to fascinating articles and they
get discussed, but I wish there were more examples of folks presenting
their own ideas and others could have a chance to comment, ask
questions, and learn from those ideas.

Enough said.