[Trombone-l] Boos

[Chris Tune]

Yes DP, and it is not just Erhard.  That is in every thorough treatise on 
basic psychology.  It comes down to a built-in part of us that wants to 
"belong" and to be considered part of the group.  We are, after all "homo" 
sapiens.  Intelligent beings who prefer being in groups--so we are loaded 
with mechanisms designed to help us "fit in". However, you can learn, as a 
performer, to control how you react to stuff like that.

DEFENSE:
If you are absolutely positive that you and your group put out a great 
effort and perhaps a very good performance (based upon your internalized 
standards), then you can easily deal with situations like this. You take any 
parenthetical note of anything you might have done different to "entertain", 
and balance that against the idea that this group may have been impossible 
to reach.

TALENT SHOW:
I just saw a similar thing at my kid's school  It is ia parochial school and 
ths was the High School talent show.  The row we were in had several teenage 
girls who absolutely refused to stop talking DURING THE PERFORMANCES.  My 
wife and I and a bunch of other neighbors spoke right to them and said 
"Would You STOP TALKING?"  . . .thus, despite their most likely believing 
themselves to be Christian (most students at this school look at it this 
way) they were nonetheless, immature and rude. . .of course anybody familiar 
with theology knows that Christianity presumes FLAWS.   Well, these gals 
sure showed theirs.

I couldn't help but notice even greater boredom and lack of appreciation 
during the performance who did a very difficult and nice Chopin Prelude on 
piano, and during the String Quartet and Piano piece (unknown composer. . 
.modern, with Spanish ideas), and less distraction during the singer or 
singer guitar player stuff, as well as during the hip-hop dance numbers. 
Obviously lots of this stuff is "social" stuff.  Who is more popular, etc. 
The pianist doing the Chopin was undoubtedly the single most talented person 
to perform.  That didn't mean she ever had a chance to win.  The first place 
winner was a hip-hop dance group (who, even I would admit had worked hard 
and turned in a very good performance and OBVIOUSLY had dance talent).

DANCE
Also, noteworthy--I'm not someone who normally likes anything Hip-Hop.  But 
I could see how young crowds, particularly those who like to dance, could 
get involved in this music.  The dance steps are relatively easy to get into 
on a basic level, and then they are like "line dancing" in that random 
groups can be formed to do dance routines. Dancing is where it is at as far 
as most popular music eras are concerned.  The Swing Era (Lindy Hop), Early 
Rock-and-Roll (Twist, etc.), The Waltz Era, Country Music (Two-Step, Line 
Dances)--all have their dances, and crowds that like to go out to dance 
That is the link between musically schooled audiences, and non-musical folk.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl Burch" <darylburch at speakeasy.net>
To: "Daniel Pliskin" <daniel_pliskin at hotmail.com>
Cc: "List Trombone" <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Boos


Good words, Dan. Good on ya for adding that.

-D-


On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:18 PM, Daniel Pliskin wrote:



> Jay, I agree with you. I don't think that people who do this have even
> the
> remotest idea of how much they are hurting all the artists involved. I
> think
> they think they are being funny. They aren't.


If I may borrow something from Werner Erhard, for a moment, what they
did was to say boo.  What each of you interpreted from that act was
something personal, but you'll probably never know what was actually
meant by their action.

With today's punk kids, who have no respect for anything other than the
acquisition of more high-end goods, they might have booed to embarrass
their classical music-loving aunt, who insisted they go to the concert.

Short of actually talking with whomever booed at the concert, so that
you might actually find out why that person booed, the very best thing
you can do in such situations is to put an interpretation on it that
empowers you, in some way.

"It wasn't me they were booing."

"That's the price you pay for playing something different, for a
change."

Or, "You can please some of the people all of the time or all of the
people some of the some of the time, but you can't please all of the
people all of the time."

DanP

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