From: bogul@nospambog.net   
      
   "AM"  wrote in news:CpMle.243$HN1.79@fe02.lga:   
      
   > "Lane Gray, Czar Castic"  wrote in message   
   > news:opsrf954os8955ol@stylgar...   
   >> On Fri, 27 May 2005 08:08:47 -0600, AM  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Lane Gray, Czar Castic"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:opsrfjygwi8955ol@stylgar...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Well, if the piece getting played is a *song*, then one would   
   >>>> expect the singer to have a good deal of input, as one would   
   >>>> consider it his/her tune.   
   >>>   
   >>> Most folksingers define singing as "any sound emanating from a   
   >>> bodily orifice," and, thus, are not worthy of any special deference.   
   >>>   
   >> Depends on the folksinger: I'd argue that say, Gordon Lightfoot, is   
   >> as fine a singer as you'll find just about anywhere and Nancy   
   >> Griffith ain't bad.   
   >   
   > I did say *most.*   
   >   
   >> Well, I'd disagree on one point, which perhaps I didn't articulate   
   >> very well the first time:   
   >> The person who called the tune (presumably the one singing it if has   
   >> words) gets to have a considerable degree of say over the sound of   
   >> the tune, when your turn comes, then you get a degree of say.   
   >   
   > This is, indeed, the convention, but it is a large part of the   
   > problem. What if not everyone is a folksinger?  Let's say, for   
   > instance, that Jean Luc Ponty visits your local open  mic.  Should a   
   > musician of his virtuosity be obliged to take orders from every   
   > small-time, beginning folksinger in your town, simply because his   
   > violin is, by it's nature, more of an accompanying instrument, or   
   > might it be more appropriate to simply let him rip, knowing that   
   > whatever he chooses to do would represent an improvement over how the   
   > song would sound without him?  Folkwad strumfarts should *appreciate*   
   > skilled embellishers improving the overall sound of their tunes and   
   > demonstrate their appreciation through an atmosphere of egalitarian   
   > mutual respect, rather than compulsively employing their   
   > guitar-centric Guitar Chauvinistic conventions as a rationale to   
   > inflict subservience upon them.   
   >   
   > Again, the whole problem is solved by simply *playing* with each other   
   > and accepting whatever happens.  Unless you are *paying* someone to do   
   > as you wish - - - just shut the F up.   
      
   It's spelled F-U-C-K  If you're going to be an ass hole at least get it   
   right.   
      
      
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   > AM   
      
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