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Re: Musical snobbery (was Re: Songs for BL)

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Subject: Re: Musical snobbery (was Re: Songs for BL)
From: "Andy Wooler" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 98 23:44:30 +0000
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Interesting to see the spice girls getting a mention - personally, I've
always held the view that if a band/musician has talent, the fact that I
don't like their music doesn't stop them being talented. However, how much
of the talent of that particular band is down to them and how much to the
producers/session musicians etc who are used ? At least with a good brass
band, you know it's them doing all the work! And brass bands don't need to
mime either to re-create on stage what they do in the studio as is the
case with a lot of chart bands today.

There has been much discussion on the list as to the merits of
different ways of scoring a piece of music, what instruments to use etc -
imho, not enough credit is given to those who do the arranging and
reputations of a lot of "lighter" composers are enhanced by the skills of
the arrangers they use. Sometimes, of course, the arranger does get more
credit - how often have we heard people refer to those wonderful Nelson
Riddle Sinatra Charts for instance. 

Andy Wooler Resident Conductor, Uckfield Concert Brass
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