The Guggenheim Reveals 2012-2013 Schedule - ECR - 4ormat
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The Guggenheim has announced their Schedule of Exhibitions through Spring 2013. Representing a diverse range of curatorial selections, the schedule including offerings from Picasso, Dijkstra and Kandinsky. With a mobile ...
Link to Exhibits http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/4470-calendarspring2013Drummer Paul Motian passed away on Tuesday. A sad day.
His work has been a huge influence on me, from his days in the Bill Evans trio to his many recordings as band leader of the Paul Motian Trio.
The record that changed so much about how I personally think about music was Paul Motian's Trio record "Monk In Motian". I am a huge Thelonious Monk fan and spotted this record when it was first released in 1988. As a guitarist I was obviously blown away by Bill Frisell as well as saxophonist Joe Lovano, but it was really what Motian was doing on the drums that intrigued me the most. I think I was almost through my first listening of Monk In Motian before I realized there was no Bass player. He used a deep tuning on his kick drum and it always covered the bass part. You always heard the melody and song form in his playing even when it was more abstract. Just a very musical player.
I really heard his playing as a very complete painting that set the foundation for Lovano and Frisell to further abstract and color upon. One of the great ones! RIP Paul Motian.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/arts/music/paul-motian-jazz-drummer-is-dead-at-80.html
How dare you.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Is this the best you can do?
I've written about the lizard brain and my friend Steve talks about the voice of the resistance.
It occurs to me, though, that most of us have to hassle with the heckler.
The heckler keeps a running critique going, amplifying its tone and anger as it goes on endlessly about all the things we shouldn't do, all the things we're not doing enough, and most of all, at our lack of entitlement to do much of anything new or important.
The heckler cannot be eliminated. It's been around since the beginning of our species, and we're hard wired to have it.
What can be done, though, is alter how the rest of the brain reacts or responds to the heckling.
If you engage with the heckler, if you qualify yourself, justify yourself or worst of all, rationalize yourself, the heckler will pounce, turning a small wedge into a giant hole. Like a standup comedian, it's almost impossible to outwit or shut down a dedicated heckler.
But there is a strategy that works. Acknowledge and move on.
When the heckler announces that you're incompetent, unqualified or hardly ready to step forward, think, "oh." And then proceed.
You give it no purchase. No opportunity to escalate. Each jibe is met with "noted."
Over time, the heckler gets quieter, because it just isn't worth the effort.
Is it any wonder that younger fans are leaving the building? The latest figures show a mass exodus of 12-to-24 concertgoers, thanks partly to recessionary effects. But even in good times, $100+ seats are tough to stomach, and the biggest grosses often belong to older artists.
How old? We did a canvas of the top 50 grossing tours of 2009, using Pollstar data, and researched the age of every front-line performer. So, the Jonas Brothers - ranked 9th with a gross of $96.6 million that year - came in at ages 18, 21, and 23, while Simon & Garfunkel - 50th at $25.8 million - clocked 69 years each.
And the average age? 46... and getting older! And just for kicks, the average ticket price on the top 50-grossing shows? $76.44.
Indeed, the largest-grossing acts are typically closer to a Garfunkel than a Jonas. The list of over-performers included U2 (the top-grossing band that year, late 40s/early 50s), Metallica (late 40s), Cher (64), No Doubt (now in their 40s), Bob Dylan (69), and Kiss (hitting 60s). On the other end, some youth was coming from tours like American Idol 2009 and Miley Cyrus (18).
Here's a breakdown of who was performing on stage...
Average age of a top-touring artist, 2009. Based on the top 50 grossing worldwide tour ranking as calculated by Pollstar.
The Pollstar ranking is here.
And, here's the breakdown of every artist's age.
Warren Buffet says; Want to increase your income by 50%? Work on your communication skills. Buffet says improving your writing and public speaking skills can increase your income by 50% over your life time. Sounds like good advice.
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You are having me on…
WTF!!! Ummmmmm, I'm not going to rush to judgment! I hope there is some creative genius behind this concept that I am clearly missing. If first impressions mean anything Aaaaaaaaaa.....................
