[Dixielandjazz] What they teach in college these days...

[G. William Oakley]

"At the same time I will aver that Monsieur Le Petomane was a musical 
genius."
There can be no disagreement on this and I commend you for submitting (or is 
emitting the proper word) this matter to us.  His  "Toot Suite"  is not to 
be missed.
Best
Bill



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What they teach in college these days...


> Hi all,
>
> Bob Ringwald asks:
>
>>But, what if there is no god?
>
> and
>
>>What if we do not have a soul?
>
> In that case I'm just blowing smoke.
>
> On the other hand, what if there is a divine presence and we do possess an 
> inner spirit?
>
> Anyway, this is a music forum and not a theology website.
>
> I will proceed, however, on the assumption that there is something that 
> sets music in a special category and that it is not simply an assortment 
> of sounds engineered by someone who claims to be a musician but who 
> produces nothing but (to my ears) noise.
>
> You may argue that I'm in no position to judge someone else's "musical 
> expressions" and you'd be right.
>
> But I'm not speaking for you, I'm speaking for me.
>
> I'll put it simply: If anyone can do it and it requires no special 
> training then I don't think it's art.
>
> Music is an art with roots in cultural traditions.
>
> It takes discipline, practice, dedication, talent and honesty. Guess that 
> makes me a musical conservative and not a musical liberal (little 
> political analogy there). I believe strongly in traditional values. I 
> don't want to flaunt them to "expand the musical genre" or "raise your 
> consciousness".
>
> At the same time I will aver that Monsieur Le Petomane was a musical 
> genius.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "do a Google on that" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
>
>
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