tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post8821351117870272683..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Great Music Edition, Part IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-37946800887673464502010-09-15T08:35:00.214-07:002010-09-15T08:35:00.214-07:00That's a hot mess of something.
I'm not e...That's a hot mess of something.<br /><br />I'm not even sure what one says to this; engaging with it is sort of like arguing with a petulant toddler in the middle of K-Mart.<br /><br />Forget studying music; the author needs English 101-- something, something logical clarity, supporting arguments, etc. <br /><br />What I find particularly interesting is the strong implication (from the line "this line adopts the supposition that anything written for money and served to a mass audience automatically is disqualified from a 'serious' musician’s consideration.") that composers who teach have some sort of non-competition clause in their contracts that renders them legally unable to write music for money... 'casue, you know... I'm pretty sure John Corigliano, Bill Bolcom, Stephen Hartke, Steven Stucky, Joan Tower, Steve Mackey, Michael Daugherty (all composers with teaching gigs), etc., etc., etc., have never been commissioned. Nope, never. <br /><br />The implication that all who teach do so *not* from a love of teaching, but only to hole up in the Ivory Tower and game the system by getting a paycheck to write music that no one likes is just... well, bluntly stated, pretty fucking stupid, and pretty insulting as well.AnthonyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162009600236566716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-14640538184356334862010-09-14T23:20:02.393-07:002010-09-14T23:20:02.393-07:00Are lobotomies contagious?Are lobotomies contagious?Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-38845911301724538342010-09-14T20:41:48.722-07:002010-09-14T20:41:48.722-07:00Maybe he walked in on his wife sleeping with the c...Maybe he walked in on his wife sleeping with the chair of a music department?Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294716220776027168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-81702874436650094872010-09-14T17:06:19.559-07:002010-09-14T17:06:19.559-07:00Speaking as a musician, I say...Huh?
Speaking as ...Speaking as a musician, I say...Huh?<br /><br />Speaking as a music historian and program annotator, I say...he doesn't know much about music history.<br /><br />Speaking as a professional writer and busy editor, I say that Film Music Magazine must be short on editorial staff. That article is in dire need of some re-writing and editorial clean-up. If he were my client, I would say to him, "You're rambling. What's your point? Back up your sweeping generalizations with some examples from real life, historical and/or contemporary. Tighten the writing. The article is twice as long as it needs to be. And...what's your point?"<br /><br />Sheesh!! What a mess.peregrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310871394184407035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-37474019999235955012010-09-14T15:37:54.614-07:002010-09-14T15:37:54.614-07:00What I keep trying to figure out is, what's hi...What I keep trying to figure out is, what's his point?Gustavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05316458340368681169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-42607959548479754172010-09-14T15:33:47.222-07:002010-09-14T15:33:47.222-07:00Wow. What a piece-of-crap article.
I don't e...Wow. What a piece-of-crap article.<br /><br />I don't even know where to begin. <br /><br />Perhaps Mr. Graham's fine, exquisite sense of great music should be made the basis of required university classes! That'd fix those damn seekers of knowledge--fix them but good! [sic].<br /><br />Of course, we'd have to find something else for them to study for the remaining 3.985 semesters of their four-year degrees.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.com