From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #416 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Sunday, December 9 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 416 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Two random comments [IVPAUL42@aol.com] Re: JMDL: how many subscribers, really? [PMeyer ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 07:29:03 -0500 (EST) From: IVPAUL42@aol.com Subject: Two random comments A couple of random responses: Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 04:56:56 -0500 From: Sally Subject: Re: JMDL: how many subscribers, really? " I truly think that often it is refreshing and enlightening to hear what newcomers to the music think...you know! I mean, I've been listening to it now since about 1972 and each time I play it, I learn something new. But as others pointed out in a thread not long ago, I think you are so lucky to be hearing it for the first time in some cases. ..." There are many different reasons and times that people are attracted to Joni's music, but the two main groups -- those who watched her grow from a folk musician through her rock and roll stage into jazz and those who started listening to her after she became a jazz musician and then looked back into her earlier music. I had heard some of Joni's early songs in passing when I was younger, but really began to pay attention to her with Blue in 1971, and looked back at her earlier albums before each new release through Wild Things run Fast stunned me with her growth, development and imagination. I think that is an experience that those who became fans of Joni's music later in her career often fail to appreciate, especially when you consider how many successful musicians are still writing and performing decades later the same style of music that made them successful, afraid to risk alienating the audience they built their career upon. On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Laurent Olszer wrote: > When i upload a music dvd that took time and effort to make, all i expect is a "thank you" and i'd rather please 5 grateful people than 500 ungrateful ones. > Some friends put up a lot of stuff on youtube, all they're after is the largest possible audience and they don't care how many thanks they get, if any. Their logic i guess is that people thank you by downloading orwatching, personally i don't get it. > Any comments? > Laurent I think Anita put it about as nicely as anyone could. As usual, I am less tactful. If you are doing it for the 'thank yous,' you either are a poor judge of human nature or selfishly seeking self-aggrandizement. Altruism, baby, altruism. Paul Ivice ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 10:32:24 -0800 From: PMeyer Subject: Re: JMDL: how many subscribers, really? I discovered recently that my posts were not making it onto the digest, which something like 60 percent of subscribers get, but were making it to those getting every post separately. Don't know why or how often, but it might be one issue that decreases posts and responses. Paul - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J. Phillips" To: "Laurent Olszer" Cc: Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 6:48 AM Subject: Re: JMDL: how many subscribers, really? > On 07/12/12 07:5732, Laurent Olszer wrote: > > the lack of reaction on my posts, except on a few highly > > controversial topics. > > I've been part of this list (or its predecessor) since 1996. I post > rarely, but always with wit, insight and humility. > > And almost never is there a response. So this leaves a weird sense that > there are the cool kids who know each other and laugh and play together, > and the rest of us who are always interrupting at the wrong time with > jokes that don't quite hit the mark. > > This is the nature of groups, I think. There really are people who know > each other well on the list and who are comfortable joshing around and > conversing with each other. > > And that's not a closed group - I imagine that if I put some time into > joshing and conversing I'd fit right in. But it does take time and I > don't seem to want to spend that time, even though you all really really > are the cool kids and I'd love to have you recognize me as cool, too. > > So, you all (you know who you are!) are lovely to be with. I'm delighted > that you laugh and josh, i identify as part of the group, if there were a > jonifest nearby I'd participate, but i just don't post that much. > > But I'm about to start another thread on Joni and the I Ching. Watch for > it! > > djp ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2012 #416 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe