Re: compositional climate

on 3/9/01 3:53 PM, tuning@yahoogroups.com at tuning@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 22
> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 20:39:08 -0000
> From: jpehrson@rcn.com
> Subject: fuddy logic

>
> The problem is, Jon, the CLIMATE around a composer affects the
> composer...
>
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> But, would these composer not function EVEN BETTER in a SUPPORTIVE
> environment??

Yes, one can compose music, paint or write literature endlessly in a sea of
unreceptivity, and somehow mantain and continue ones' vision no matter what.
But gosh, there's nothing wrong with a little support and maybe even a few
shekls, dollars, rubles thrown ones' way...

Looks like my compositional climate today in New Hampshire is another 6-10
inches of snow on top of the 2+ feet we got on Tuesday. Enough already!

Seth

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"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side."
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