tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post2899759037968102625..comments2024-03-23T14:36:56.227-04:00Comments on The Collaborative Piano Blog: Further Commentary on McLaughlin/I Furiosi's PiangeroChris Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05248396106719265480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-72261446160537392312009-12-12T22:12:04.762-05:002009-12-12T22:12:04.762-05:00Definitely an interesting conversation thread. As ...Definitely an interesting conversation thread. As someone with first-hand knowledge of the group in question (as in, I am in it) I found myself wishing I could comment and explain why the artistic choices were made as they were. As for the slightly prickly comments, I found myself wondering if any of the detractors would change their tune after going through the near-impossible process of presenting a concert series and making a commercial CD.<br />Sure, we don't deserve extra credit because what we do is difficult to achieve..it's just that it's hard to take criticism from people who sound as though they have no idea of the amount of work actually involved in any of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18734173.post-18865333479666481512009-11-13T00:36:47.188-05:002009-11-13T00:36:47.188-05:00Fascinating! Thanks SO much for the link to the c...Fascinating! Thanks SO much for the link to the comments, Chris. As a voice teacher it's always interesting to read all the thoughts on stright-tone vs. vibrato. My thoughts are that SOUND is vibration, so there's naturally vibrato in every pitch. But, again, the pitches can be straightened (more like the vibrato minimized) for emotional effect. Again, a fascinating discussion.Rachel Velardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892485117412116285noreply@blogger.com