09/06/2004
The Carping Critic...
This is rather like part two to last night's Blog.
I just want to emphasise how very careful you must be when you ask for 'advice'. NO AXE TO GRIND has to be at the forefront of your mind when you make your choice because...
When I was at York University studying for my Masters in Music, I was beyond lucky to have Tony Rooley as one of my tutors.
For those of you who love Early Music, Tony is the lutenist married to Emma Kirkby- she with the voice truly of an angel.
Tony taught me what Renaissance man believed... that in every audience there is the 'Gentle Listener', but there is also the 'Carping Critic'.
The more I learn about the world of writing, the more I realise how very similar it is to the world of professional singing I used to inhabit.
Please, please, please, find yourself a clued up 'Gentle Listener', and be aware that in EVERY audience there is a Carping Critic.
You really don't want a CC for your critique partner!
My love to you all-
Happy reading and writing!
Susan
I just want to emphasise how very careful you must be when you ask for 'advice'. NO AXE TO GRIND has to be at the forefront of your mind when you make your choice because...
When I was at York University studying for my Masters in Music, I was beyond lucky to have Tony Rooley as one of my tutors.
For those of you who love Early Music, Tony is the lutenist married to Emma Kirkby- she with the voice truly of an angel.
Tony taught me what Renaissance man believed... that in every audience there is the 'Gentle Listener', but there is also the 'Carping Critic'.
The more I learn about the world of writing, the more I realise how very similar it is to the world of professional singing I used to inhabit.
Please, please, please, find yourself a clued up 'Gentle Listener', and be aware that in EVERY audience there is a Carping Critic.
You really don't want a CC for your critique partner!
My love to you all-
Happy reading and writing!
Susan
