[Fmpro] I saw that one too

[Ted Peterson]

We totally agree. Most people still think SA is a bunch of Indian  
tribes living in jungles. The sophistication of the culture is far  
more European than any polyglot of Amerind dominant. I love Argentina  
and want to go back again and again. But I also like Brazil. That  
place is intoxicating because it really is a Polyglot. But that  
mixture has turned out some really beautiful people. Remember back  
about 20 years and the Brazilian film "E Tu Amo" which introduced  
Sonya Bragga to American audiences. A fascinating film with a cool  
soundtrack. I have quite a few friends from both Arg. and Bra. A good  
friend of mine performs under the name Marillia. She's Brazilian and  
a good performance artist. I think she's in Arizona right now but she  
travels a lot.  She's married to Gozo Yoshimasu who is considered the  
leading post-war Japanese poet. I have met him several times; an  
incredible artist.

Americans simply do not have a world perspective and it's shameful.  
It shows though. But as vibrant as the intellectual life is in Arg.,  
it's still not the utopia many think it would be. Rzewski lives in  
Belgium and they support artists. If he lived anywhere else, he would  
probably have to teach or work.

Ted Peterson

On Mar 3, 2008, at 4:21 PM, John Stone wrote:

> Ted,
>
> Everyone in art needs a patron, it's the connections that help with  
> success.  Mozart found a royal court as you did in Beverly Hills.
>
> One insight into Buenos Aires, Argentina. The city has more  
> publishers (of books) than most western countries, including the  
> U.S.A. Buenos Aires supports so much of the arts, while the economy  
> still suffers years after their money was devalued and their banks  
> collapsed.
> Once the U.S. could boast the same intellectual atmosphere, Ben  
> Franklin wanted to see two or more independent presses in each  
> city; but look at us today, Starbucks and Mcartney seem to be the  
> winning combination.
>  Most cafes in Buenos Aires are filled with intellectual  
> conversations about everything you can imagine including music.   
> Independent writers find homes with independent publishers in  
> Argentina where freedom to express and get your work out is still  
> the most important thing.
>
> But when you look at the U.S.A. you find the loss of Independent  
> and University presses, the profit outweighs the "good intentions"  
> and mergers go hand in hand with the loss of intellectual  
> expression. Music has suffered along with all of the arts.  I think  
> you should go back to performing locally, it's hard, but everyone  
> of us that makes a musical noise adds to the "intellectal fires"  
> you speak of. Just wanted to butt in...good luck getting more  
> commissions, I'll be playing for a living out here.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> on Betty Freeman. She was and possibly still is the most  
> influential supporter of new music and new programming in the  
> United  States.  Beverly Hills Mansion. She has been extoled on  
> British TV... which led to some commissions from England and Europe.
>  So I quit performing locally. musicians said they hated it.   In  
> LA, we had typical audiences of 100-300 but this was rare for new  
> music.   I went to Argentina and was blown away that people not  
> only knew who  I was but knew some of my music. I thought I and my  
> works would be  completely unknown outside of a few festivals but I  
> was staggered  with the warm reception. It was the same in Brazil  
> and Chile. Did you  know that in Buenos Aires they have year-around  
> opera?  What is missing for most of us is an intellectual support  
> group who  understands what many composers are trying to do.
> While a composer  must work in isolation to create, he/she needs a  
> group of like-minded  people to keep the intellectual fires  
> burning. Mozart... he did things like move into an artist's hostel
> actually got two commissions from LA Phil http://nxport.com/mailman/ 
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