[Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if you don't like tango?

[AJ Azure]

Here's the catch you're looking for the perfect already existing tango band.
Have you offered any sort of help / out reach non-tango musicians to aid
learning about the music and aid them learning what you want to hear?

Every else you're saying is still very blanket statement. You use words like
"everyone". I don't' know everyone. Do you?

The best dancers could offer them advice. A humble musician interested in
his audience will listen. Sure there are resistors but, there is such a
thing as tact in method of delivery. What I've heard in this and other
threads isn't welcoming at all.

As far as pay, growing a scene does mean some sacrifice but, it also means
additional sources of income for musicians.


-A


> From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 13:04:28 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if you don't like tango?
> 
> First, there isn't that many musicans around that play tango music, so it
> doesn't remain a very viable options for many communities.
> 
> Second, a lot of tango bands just plain can't play danceable tango music.
> They play Piazzola.  They like to show off their musicianship at the expense
> of the dancers, like holding a note for a ridiculously long period of time.
> 
> It is nice, though, to have an accompaniest during a music workshop or class.
> 
> Trini
> 
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> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 5/5/10, AJ Azure <azure.music at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Fro Maybe it's because, I  play live music but, I just don't see why this
> aspect is largely and sadly ignored.
> 
> 
> 
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