(03-22-2014, 07:28 PM)My Alter Ego Wrote: (03-22-2014, 06:59 PM)Babbs234 Wrote: Wow! That was quite a speech Miss MAE.
Mae, you and a few others here on HF are so knowledgeable about music. 
I wanted to tell you that I enjoy reading what you have to say and appreciate your knowledge and ability to express yourself on all topics in music. I feel like dummy sometimes. 
But I am learning, slowly, thru you and others here at HF.com
Thank you 
I'm sorry about the length and that it came across as a speech. That was definitely not my intent.
But Babbs, thank you and you're welcome. I'm still learning too, because, oddly, there's always new stuff coming out and, actually, there's just so much to know about, it's hard to learn it all. (For example, just in the past couple of weeks, I've learned that Nina Simone wanted to be a classical pianist and that the song Take the A Train came really close to never being heard. Kaypea has probably known both those little tidbits forever, but I just recently came across both because of random reasons.)
MAE ... thanks !
I worry(know) some people might take my "sharing" as "lecturing" . I also know I should probably find better ways of putting things. My ideas run wild and I want to share them but, I know my attempts to do so often run ammiss in the thoughts to words translation.
Your response is exactly what I dreamed of ! and I really enjoy that sort of thing.
I loved your comments on the hall (I love having details like that drawn to my attention.. one more thing to appreciate in the richly textured world !
I really enjoyed that critic who actually had the right words and the experience and expertise to share her thoughts (unlike me who's just a dilettante ....but, I do think music forums comment forums are a safe place for guys with wild-ranging ideas like myself to "spit them out" without claiming to be professionals.
Your insights about the Conductor perhaps choosing Katia and likely speaking collaboratively giving her insights to his wishes probably is 100% true ! The symphony was magnificently in sync with each other as well as the soloist.... that must have been the case.
LOL I did notice hat hair flip.. yes.. what would a marquee soloist be without one or two moments of vanity (or, yes they might be moved or feel like they want to call on the muses to inspire themselves with those bits of physical drama)
Anyway.. thanks.. I love hearing people share their detailed thoughts and I value your's particularly.
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As to the Seattle Symphony... I wonder if they are particularly lucky and might have a Microsoft stock hundredmillion or billionaire tossing them a few dozen millions here or there.
People can underestimate how expensive it is to keep a symphony going ...the LA philharmonic fillis a huge auditorium with large swaths of the audience paying over $100 a seat.. some well over, and few , even in the nosebleeds less than $40. Even with that kind of audience they'll lose money and need donations to keep afloat.
To be sure, their budgets are probably a lot more complicated than that, putting all the financial responsibility on the symphony while doing extensive charity and youth enrichment programs and occasional lending of the hall at below break even costs (it might easily cost them over 10k a night to heat , hire ushers , security, clean and set up etc.... if they lent the hall to someone like the NOLO at their bare minimums to come out even the Nolo would need to sell a large number of expensive seats so they didn't in turn lose real money on both their travel and the venue rental.... I remember your thoughts about how including Haley helped them cover costs on top of fulfilling their goals of constantly enlarging and renewing interest in Jazz.
Keeping interest in fine music also cannot be considered a given. I share your excitement about the Seattle orchestra being willing to embrace the online medium.
Making performances free on the web will bring them more revenues in the long run I believe as it sustains interest even among people already interested. I'm motivated to get a recording of the above performance if it is available..(ill need to probe around.lazy me)... The Seattle sypmphony sounds like it is taking the next step....actually having the performances professionally recorded and easy to buy after people hear and enjoy them for free (and for those that don't have the funds, they can just learn to love the music and perhaps, at a later time in life they can help fund it $)
