I think more people know about shakuhachi than you
know :) At a music store in Ithaca NY I bought a
tuner and played my shakuhachi into it before I bought
it. Everyone in the store stopped what they were
doing and looked at me. some people asked me if i was
playing a shakuhachi. Then the store owner said he
could probabaly sell lots of those because people have
asked him about them.
--- Bruce Jones <bjones@weber.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >Please do explain.
>
> Okay.
>
> >If they were so concerned about their livelihoods
> then why insist on
> >first class travel and expensive accomodation
> before giving workshops at
> >expensive resorts.
>
> I'm not so sure about the First Class Travel.
> They're probably
> traveling Business Class. Still pretty nice, but
> anyone who has
> traveled coach from Asia or Oz to the US knows how
> draining it is.
> If these people are going to teach and perform for
> four days
> straight (and that is what we're talking about
> here), then they
> serve the festival participants better if they're
> not knackered when
> they arrive.
>
> As for the "expensive accomodation" and "expensive
> resorts", while
> I haven't been to the festival, I imagine that the
> teachers get
> the same accomodations as the students - albeit
> private rooms (which
> are justified under the same explanations as above
> concerning energy
> levels and performance).
>
> And while Sunrise Ranch looks like a perfectly
> lovely place, I
> would not classify it as an "expensive resort." I
> live near and
> have gone to the local "expensive resort" as a
> rubbernecker - the
> La Costa Country Club and Aviara Hotel. The entire
> cost of attending
> the festival at the most expensive rate wouldn't get
> you a room for
> a night and a round of golf at La Costa.
>
> My experience with Riley and Kurahashi is that
> they're a couple of
> regular guys who want their expenses covered and a
> few bucks to pay
> their bills. Neither acts like a Hollywood star,
> altho both have
> far more talent that most of those Hollywood
> "stars."
>
> >Surely they should be more concerned about just
> getting out in
> >the world and teaching to as many people as
> possible without adding
> >extra, and unneccesary, burdens of expense onto
> potential students.
>
> Let's drop the "should" - as it's really a cover for
> saying "I want
> them to". They are teaching as many people as
> possible, possible
> being defined by different criteria than you'd like
> used, but as
> many as possible nevertheless.
>
> And the people they teach, teach others, spreading
> the teaching.
>
> >The vast majority of people on this planet do not
> have a lot of money,
> >and i think that it's a great shame that these
> teachers have to make
> >access to their knowledge so expensive that most
> people simply cannot
> >afford it.
>
> The vast majority of people in the world have never
> even heard the
> shakuhachi and probably could not care less about
> doing so, much
> less learning how to play it. The vast majority of
> people in the
> world are more concerned about just eating.
>
> >Especially considering the roots of shakuhachi and
> honkyoku.
>
> Riley's dissertation, available at your local
> college library, does
> an excellent job of teaching about the roots of
> shakuhachi and
> honkyoku.
>
> I think this subject of whether or not the Boulder
> Festival charges
> (too much) money needs to be put to rest. Any but
> the most obtuse
> (or argumentative) among us recognize that we all
> need resources to
> live and money is just a medium for exchanging your
> energy for the
> energy of someone else.
>
> The same recognition also exists behind the notion
> that people
> should just donate their time. I do computer
> consulting for a
> living and I've long been subject to the same
> requests for "advice"
> that doctors and lawyers get all the time. I now
> tell people I'm a
> plumber.
>
> While I'd love to live in a geuninely communalist
> society (from
> each according to their ability, to each according
> to their need),
> I don't. I need money to buy food and pay the rent,
> just like you.
>
> And, just like you, and Riley, and Kurahashi, and
> Michael, and
> David, and Corey, and Kakizakai, and Christopher,
> and Yoko, et.al.,
> I put my life into learning my craft so that it
> would support my
> life. I paid the freight as a student specifically
> so that I could
> support myself as a professional.
>
> If you don't like that model of society, you're
> welcome to propose
> something different and then put your energy into
> making that
> something happen.
>
> Meanwhile, some well-intentioned folks have put this
> model of
> shakuhachi community into practice and put their
> energy into making
> it happen. I know many of these folks and I haven't
> seen any of them
> getting rich at this.
>
> Those that have the resources to attend this camp
> report nothing
> but good things from it. Those that don't have the
> resources have
> no reason to be throwing stones.
>
> bj
>
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