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[Paul[_13_]]

This is the sax player.

I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
paid before I honestly critique his performance!

Haha!

:)

[hank alrich]

Paul > wrote:

> This is the sax player.
>
> I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
> paid before I honestly critique his performance!
>
> Haha!
>
> :)

Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
being paid to be the producer.

I am not kidding.

Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
and leave it right here, cheerfully.

--
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[Scott Dorsey]

hank alrich > wrote:
>
>Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
>being paid to be the producer.
>
>I am not kidding.
>
>Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
>and leave it right here, cheerfully.

"Wow, I can honestly say I've never heard a sound like that come from a
horn before."
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Paul[_13_]]

On 3/11/2014 3:45 PM, hank alrich wrote:
> Paul > wrote:
>
>> This is the sax player.
>>
>> I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
>> paid before I honestly critique his performance!
>>
>> Haha!
>>
>> :)
>
> Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
> being paid to be the producer.
>
> I am not kidding.
>
> Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
> and leave it right here, cheerfully.
>

Probably a good idea. Unless I honestly thought he was damn
good!

If you don't have anything nice to say.....

[hank alrich]

Scott Dorsey > wrote:

> hank alrich > wrote:
> >
> >Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
> >being paid to be the producer.
> >
> >I am not kidding.
> >
> >Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
> >and leave it right here, cheerfully.
>
> "Wow, I can honestly say I've never heard a sound like that come from a
> horn before."
> --scott

I like it! But that's not _quite_ what I meant… <g>

--
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[hank alrich]

Paul > wrote:

> On 3/11/2014 3:45 PM, hank alrich wrote:
> > Paul > wrote:
> >
> >> This is the sax player.
> >>
> >> I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
> >> paid before I honestly critique his performance!
> >>
> >> Haha!
> >>
> >> :)
> >
> > Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
> > being paid to be the producer.
> >
> > I am not kidding.
> >
> > Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
> > and leave it right here, cheerfully.
> >
>
> Probably a good idea. Unless I honestly thought he was damn
> good!
>
> If you don't have anything nice to say.....

Following Scott's lead - "I was astonished by your playing!!"

Just treat it like a fireant nest and tread carefull right around it and
onward.

--
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[PStamler]

What Hank said -- tell him you're really not qualified to comment on saxophone. Even if you like what he's doing, by commenting on the playing you're telling him you *are* qualified to comment, and he'll ask you again on a day he flubbed it. Don't go there, don't go anywhere near there, unless you have a signed contract as producer. And a deposit.

Peace,
Paul

[S. King]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:45:59 -0500, hank alrich wrote:

> Paul > wrote:
>
>> This is the sax player.
>>
>> I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
>> paid before I honestly critique his performance!
>>
>> Haha!
>>
>> :)
>
> Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
> being paid to be the producer.
>
> I am not kidding.
>
> Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
> and leave it right here, cheerfully.

It was an unforgettable performance.

SteveK

[Tobiah]

> It was an unforgettable performance.
>

I can't wait to tell my wife about it.

[Paul[_13_]]

On 3/12/2014 8:00 AM, S. King wrote:

>>
>> Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
>> and leave it right here, cheerfully.
>
> It was an unforgettable performance.
>

Salieri: Mozart, it was good of you to come!
Mozart: How could I not?
Salieri: How... Did my work please you?
Mozart: [hesitantly] I never knew that music like that was possible!
Salieri: [uncertainly] You flatter me.
Mozart: No, no! One hears such sounds, and what can one say but...
"Salieri."

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On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:17:19 PM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
> This is the sax player.
>
>
>
> I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
>
> paid before I honestly critique his performance!
>
>
>
> Haha!
>
>
>
> :)



I'd have to agree with what most everyone else advises---do your best to avoid offering any sort of critical comments to performers.

I engineer a radio program that features a lot of live in-studio performances. After the show, I'm often asked stuff like "how do you think that went?" Or also "how'd I do?"

My answer is always the same. I'll say "sounded fine to me, but I'm really focused on how everything sounds & not paying so much attention to the performance."

Sure....a little white lie, but most seem happy with that answer.

Mike

[hank alrich]

S. King > wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:45:59 -0500, hank alrich wrote:
>
> > Paul > wrote:
> >
> >> This is the sax player.
> >>
> >> I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
> >> paid before I honestly critique his performance!
> >>
> >> Haha!
> >>
> >> :)
> >
> > Do not go there at all, not even after you've been paid, unless you are
> > being paid to be the producer.
> >
> > I am not kidding.
> >
> > Think up the most self-effacing rejection _of your own ability to judge_
> > and leave it right here, cheerfully.
>
> It was an unforgettable performance.
>
> SteveK

Great example.

--
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[hank alrich]

> wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:17:19 PM UTC-5, Paul wrote:
> > This is the sax player.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm thinking I should wait until I've been
> >
> > paid before I honestly critique his performance!
> >
> >
> >
> > Haha!
> >
> >
> >
> > :)
>
>
>
> I'd have to agree with what most everyone else advises---do your best to
> avoid offering any sort of critical comments to performers.
>
> I engineer a radio program that features a lot of live in-studio
> performances. After the show, I'm often asked stuff like "how do you
> think that went?" Or also "how'd I do?"
>
> My answer is always the same. I'll say "sounded fine to me, but I'm
> really focused on how everything sounds & not paying so much attention to
> the performance."
>
> Sure....a little white lie, but most seem happy with that answer.
>
> Mike

The essence of professional survival.

--
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