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COMMENT(S): Fair warning
Published: December 01, 2008
Author: stuarty | (report inappropriate content) |
| Interesting point James, have we came to the end of whats traditionally accepted? I published my collection in 2000, and got a positive response, i'm sure Andrew still has Ed Neigh's review on here somewhere! But recently, i've had more and more interest in a new collection. I have a few tunes on Jim's site too, but i got to thinking, would a paper version of a book still be appealing? or would an online, "buy the tunes you want version" be the best way? Then i thought....why bother?! just send Jim the best you have and sit back!! |
Published: November 12, 2008
Author: KylieMacHattie | (report inappropriate content) |
| I think this is why Jim McGillivray started his pipetunes.ca site so you can pick and choose - how many times have we bought a new music book and ended up adding only one or two tunes to our repertoire? Thirty dollars or fifteen pounds is a lot to spend for a couple of tunes that one might play... Seems like almost everyone has a book these days, resulting in a fair number of potatoes in print (to use Simon's term from another review).
For each one of my own tunes on Jim's site, there is another ten that have been relegated to the recycling bin - and out of those I have on Jim's site, not all will appeal to everyone. Pipers can then ignore those and just get the ones that they like.
I have composed enough tunes to fill a book, but I have no intention of publishing one. Just my personal choice. I wouldn't want them to spend money only to find that they bought the book for one or two tunes.
But I know people do like to collect collections of music. I wonder... Are pipe music books in the traditional format still what pipers want? Or with all the tools and information sharing available to us, should composers be looking at other methods of distribution? Just curious.
James MacHattie |
Published: October 23, 2008
Author: Lawrie | (report inappropriate content) |
| Donald MacLeod once remarked that he could probably fill an oil drum with tunes that didn't make the cut. I'm sure this experience is not unusual to other noted composers too.
It seems the best way to go would be to bide your time and establish a significant body of work before embarking on such a project.
This publication appears to be a joint venture/collaboration between several composers, suggesting that a body of work is not there yet in all cases.
At the end of the day it is a subjective/personal taste matter. However, the reviewer's refreshing assessment made me think 'here we go again - more tuning phrases'.
That said though...nothing ventured, nothing gained. |
Published: October 18, 2008
Author: Lugnuts | (report inappropriate content) |
| I am pleased to see a review which really says something helpful to us pipers and is honest. | |
