[Trombone-l] Conch shell on Reveultas

[Raymond Horton]

To all who have replied:

Instead of my original, somewhat angry letter, I sent a personal email 
to the critic, expressing my surprise that he didn't recognize me. (We 
have huge jumbo-tron screens, and I know I was on it for my cadenza.) He 
replied that he truly didn't realize it was me, was so use to seeing me 
behind a bass trombone, etc. .... So one of the things that bothered me 
- pretending not to know me - he really didn't. I guess he wasn't 
looking at the screen.


I'm done. Thanks. This was cheaper than going to a shrink.


RBH


Daniel Pliskin wrote:
>
> Raymond,
>
>>
>> “You don't often see a large man in white tie and tails blowing into a
>> conch shell (do you think his mother beams, ‘My son, the conch 
>> player!?’).”
>
>
>> I wrote a letter to the paper, but I don't know if I should send it.
>> Does this just make me sound defensive and pathetic? Here it is:
>
>
>
> Considering the general tone of this writing, I believe that you got a 
> favorable review. …And he got to have a bit of fun with you.
>
> In general, what happens is not what pisses us off. Instead, it’s our 
> interpretation of what happened, it’s what we make what happened mean. 
> I believe that you’ve chosen to be offended by this, when no offense 
> was intended. He’s having fun playing with words and lots of people 
> enjoy reading those words. And I believe that you’d come off as more 
> professional, more powerful, more magnanimous, if you chose to let it 
> slide.
>
> Now, if I were the pianist, I’d let him know that he should stick to 
> listening to MIDI files, if all he cares about is getting the notes 
> right.
>
> DanP
>
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