From: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org (jinglejangle-digest) To: jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Subject: jinglejangle-digest V2 #143 Reply-To: jinglejangle@smoe.org Sender: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jinglejangle-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jinglejangle-digest Tuesday, September 28 1999 Volume 02 : Number 143 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [MLL] Michael Zwirn post [rachel kramer bussel ] Re: [MLL] Re: jinglejangle-digest V2 #141 [Superjen21@aol.com] Re: [MLL] Michael Zwirn post ["Steve Bornstein" Subject: [MLL] Michael Zwirn post - -------- K3285@aol.com was concerned that my bit about "women with acoustic guitars" didn't fairly portray the diversity of songwriting and performing styles at the RESPOND benefit ... I wrote her in response: From: Michael Zwirn To: K3285@aol.com Subject: you missed my point :) If you know anything of my taste in music you'll see that the idea of women with acoustic guitars doesn't bother me at all - see my website. :) What bothered me was the RESPOND benefit was ONLY women with acoustic guitars - hell, I'd be much more impressed to see a domestic violence benefit played by gangster rappers. It gets altogether too predictable. And I have the benefit CD and I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but it does present a somewhat monochromatic picture of the Boston scene. For comparison, see my review of the Safe and Sound benefit CD, which has bands, solo artists, electric, acoustic, women singers and men singers too. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Zwirn mzwirn01@tufts.edu ICQ #12755821 Kibbutz Music Reviews: http://www.tufts.edu/~mzwirn01/kibbutz.html Current: No Boundaries, The Shanti Project Collection, Safe and Sound - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:25:40 EDT From: Superjen21@aol.com Subject: Re: [MLL] Re: jinglejangle-digest V2 #141 i saw the iron horse show, and i thought it was awesome. although, it was the first time ive been able to see may lou, so i have nothing to compare it to. i thought she was amazing though, and soo sweet. after the show she talked to me and my friends for a few minutes and took a picture with us, we couldnt get over how nice she was. yeah mary lou! incredible girl, i cant wait to see her again. jenn =) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 22:24:03 PDT From: "Steve Bornstein" Subject: Re: [MLL] Michael Zwirn post Michael I'm afraid YOU'VE missed the point. This is a benefit album, the profits going to help fund Respond Inc.'s operations. As such, it does not have to represent the Boston music scene in any way. There are a good number of artists there who don't even live in Boston. It's not a compilation intended to increase awareness of the local music scene (like "This Is Boston, Not Austin", Can You Read This, Boston?" etc). These 27 artists donated songs for this, and if they represent anything beyond that it's quite secondary. There is actually quite a lot of variety on it, in terms of style, genre, and instrumentation. If you had listened to the CD first I expect this little interchange would not have occurred. As to the concert - these women primarily perform solo, although they all have performed with bands. For the purpose of a fundraising event, they would very likely be willing to forgo their fees in order to maximize revenues. They could hardly expect backing musicians to do the same. So if it's to be women with acoustic guitars, so be it. Makes sense to me. But what really troubles me here is that you would rather change this to something that suits you, rather than accept it for what it was. That reminds me of all the complaints that Lilith Fair didn't include rap or rock. I think Sarah & Co. diminished their accomplishment by kowtowing to these critics. Any attempt to please everybody is doomed to failure - it's impossible, and you run the risk of watering down what you are doing. If they wanted a fair along those lines, they should have put one together rather than insist Sarah acquiesce to their wishes. If you want to see a gangsta rap benefit, by all means organize it. But this was a Respond artists concert intended to benefit Respond Women's Shelter. It seems rather obvious that this would be the way to go. BTW I've come to see the Respond CD as a very good indication of what is going on around Boston, at least as an introduction to the female singer/songwriter scene, which has impressed me greatly. I knew a bunch of the contributors before, and have learned so much more since then by going to as many Respond Artist Showcases as I can. I've bought half a dozen of them - they are a great bargain, they make great gifts,and they support a worthy cause. Nothing wrong with that. Peace JouirneyBear Thou hast scriven thusly: >-------- >K3285@aol.com was concerned that my bit about "women with acoustic >guitars" didn't fairly portray the diversity of songwriting and >performing styles at the RESPOND benefit ... I wrote her in response: > >From: Michael Zwirn >To: K3285@aol.com >Subject: you missed my point :) > >If you know anything of my taste in music you'll see that the idea of >women with acoustic guitars doesn't bother me at all - see my website. >:) >What bothered me was the RESPOND benefit was ONLY women with acoustic >guitars - hell, I'd be much more impressed to see a domestic violence >benefit played by gangster rappers. It gets altogether too >predictable. And I have the benefit CD and I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but >it does present a somewhat monochromatic picture of the Boston scene. >For comparison, see my review of the Safe and Sound benefit CD, which >has bands, solo artists, electric, acoustic, women singers and men >singers too. > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of jinglejangle-digest V2 #143 **********************************