The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120622 Message #2631122
Posted By: Don Firth
13-May-09 - 04:50 PM
Thread Name: NW Folklife 2009
Subject: RE: NW Folklife
I dunno, gang. It begins to look as if there are folk festivals and then there are folk festivals.
I guess one could say that plugging in a turntable, putting a record on it, and flipping a switch is "playing folk music," but somehow. . . .
I can't really see all that many people rushing in to see someone do that.
Hey! Brilliant idea! Why doesn't Gerard Schwarz do that with the Seattle Symphony? He could rehearse the orchestra well, then make one really good recording of a piece of music. And then, charge people to come to Benaroya Hall and listen to him play the record!??
And for the visual appeal, Schwarz could stand there in his tux and wave his baton at the phonograph.
Think of all the rehearsal time they'd save! And they wouldn't have to pay all those musician every time they played the piece. . . .
Gawd!! I'm a flippin' genius!!!
Don Firth