11 Jan
2010
11 Jan
'10
7:14 a.m.
I agree with some of your comments. I love a good, bluesy jam, BUT there
still has to be both phrasing and strict tempo. My sense is that experienced
dancers can handle no melody, e.g. a drum solo, for about half a dance (16
bars), but after that, all but the most rhythmic will lose their place. As
you say, it's not fun for the dancers when they can no longer hear the
phrasing and have to THINK about when to do the next move. That gets us
totally out of the groove which is ironic because the musicians probably
expect that things are more groovy in these situations.
Lisa Sieverts
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Marian and Parker Mann
<m_p_mann(a)shaw.ca>wrote;wrote:
Part of me can sympathize with the bands. It must be incredibly boring for
talented musicians to play, say, Jefferson Reel over and over. On the
other
hand, they are hired to play for dancers, not each other, and some of the
extreme examples smack of self-indulgence.
I assume that essentially all of the members of this list are dancers and
that a number of you are also musicians. I wondered what the group's
feeling was on this and whether anyone felt it was a positive development.
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