Lorenzo wrote: > Hi, >>> And even though a lot of comments mention that this guy has talent I oppose to >>> that. This is a good example of craftsmanship, not talent. >>> > Without entering the debate about the posted video (I guess everyone > have their own tastes in music) I would like to object to an underlying > concept expressed here that 'talent' is in contrast with 'craftsmanship' > which recalls certain commonplace ideas where there is on the one side > talent, 'artistic genius' and similer and on the other hand 'daily > work', craft. I think there are many examples of artists who were/are > great craftsmen without that implying they had no talent or that they > weren't even geniuses. A good craftsman can be a real genius: an example > which comes straight to my mind is Bach :) Sorry, J. S. Bach was both. His sons were only good craftsmen angry because they couldn't make music as great as their dad's. ;-) -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
