[Fmpro] FMPRO Latest Rant: "Where are the Distinctive Voicesinscoring?"

[Alain Mayrand]

Dear Ted,

This morning I read your aggressive and condescending email response 
about my Bach/JW post.

I laughed, trashed it and went about my day.

But it bothered me.

You assumed that I don't know what I am talking about, when I took an 
entire post-graduate class on Bach, read many, many biographies because 
I love Bach. I consider him the best composer of all time!

I trashed your erroneous, laughable assumptions about my knowledge of 
Bach, the Baroque and other composers, so I do not have them in front me 
of. Probably a good thing, but did you think I made up what I was 
saying? Did you think I believed there were movies and television in the 
Baroque era? You made no sense at all.

I think you just don't like John Williams.

I wonder what you have to gain by such an email? Does it make you feel 
good? Because it didn't make me feel good, I'll tell you that. I felt 
angry and filled with anxiety because of it, even though I tried to 
forget about it.

Is that what you intended?

Do you even think about the feelings of the /real /person who you are 
being so aggressive towards?

I offered a /light /analogy of Bach to JW, not a /historical treatise/ 
that covered /every /aspect of life in the Baroque as it relates to the 
present-day film composer.

This was an /email post/.

And then you get on your high horse and write in such a hurtful tone. 
Why do people get so negative around here and attack so quickly?

I don't understand it, because it certainly was not a civilized response.

I had to reply to make me feel better, but I will not spend another 
second on this. (I should be playing with my boys right now instead of 
writing this.) You can reply if you want, but I will not read or even 
see it. I have no time for this.

Sorry to everyone that you have to read it, but I had to write it and 
send it publicly, things get so nasty around here. I love this group, 
but I might have to leave it.

Alain







Robert Stanton wrote:
> I never said Williams was better than Beethoven which has been tacitly
> suggested by the analogy of Salieri being better than Mozart.  I'm glad
> however that you pointed us in the direction of the book (spelling errors
> and all), I'm sure it's a good read - no I haven't read it.  But I stand by
> my comment and feel John Williams has more than made his mark in this era as
> a great film composer. 
> Best ~Robert
>
> Robert Scott Stanton
> San Francisco Bay Area, CA
> zolessi at comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com
> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com] On Behalf Of Ted
> Peterson
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:10 PM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] FMPRO Latest Rant: "Where are the Distinctive
> Voicesinscoring?"
>
> Not even close. I can't believe the lack of sophistication in a  
> statement like the one given here. This is like saying Salieri is  
> better than Mozart. Please get some perspective on music and the  
> musical art. A good place to begin is Susan K. Langer's "Philosphy in  
> a New Key." If you would like a reading list, I will provide one that  
> will change your perception.
>
> Ted Peterson
>
> On May 30, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Robert Stanton wrote:
>
>   
>> I completely agree with JohnB!   In my humble opinion attacking or
>> trivializing the work of John Williams is tantamount to calling  
>> Beethoven a
>> hack; for all intent and purposes, John Williams is a modern day  
>> Beethoven -
>> I am aware how subjective this is, I say it to try and make a point  
>> - the
>> guy is incredible!!  Why don't we rag on Ludwig for his excessive  
>> use of the
>> 5 - 1 cadence? - It's sooooooooooooooo overdone ;-)
>> Best, Robert
>>
>>
>>     
>
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