[Dixielandjazz] Salute to the Tuba Playeers

[Stephen G Barbone]

List Mate John McClernan pointed to the following letter to the NY  
Times about creative right brain activities. The last paragraph  
salutes the tuba players.

Cheers,

Steve Barbone

www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband



To the Editor:

Re “Let Computers Compute. It’s the Age of the Right Brain.” (Unboxed,  
April 6):

Making computers work, however, is also right-brain creative activity.  
A software developer, for example, must talk to customers to  
understand the software’s desired behavior, then come up with the best  
design to meet different and often conflicting requirements:  
efficiency, performance, stability, usability, ease of maintenance and  
so on. It’s an art and a craft.

When I started as a software developer in the early ’80s, I worked on  
a team with three Ph.D.’s in music — all tuba players! Most good  
professionals I’ve known over the years — programmers, database  
administrators, testers, system administrators — are also accomplished  
artists, musicians and/or writers.

Lisa Crispin

Castle Rock, Colo., April 7