[TPIN] Alison Balsom

[Vaxtrpts at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/2007 9:54:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
good at nccn.net writes:

I'd cut  the folks running interference some slack. She's a fine artist, 
quite  busy, very gorgeous and British. She no doubt gets a great deal of  
attention, much of it, umm, well, inappropriate, and if they didn't  
actually pick and choose carefully she would very possibly be the worse  
for it. It may well be the current isolation is *her* solution to a real  
problem in the past, and not an issue of manners.
In any case, once it  is very clear that a social contact is not desired, 
it seems to me to be  poor manners to continue.
-Greg



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Oh, so now I have poor manners, for trying to contact her?????
Interesting.
What some of you are forgetting is that I didn't only try contact her  
through her management.  I had a musician who she works with send her a  message for 
me.  He didn't hear back from her and neither did I.
After that, Greg, I DID NOT try to contact her any more.  I contacted  her 
management and complained that they wouldn't help me at all.  
Gee, now are you trying to say that she has stalkers going after her and  all 
that? 
Interesting again.
I did give them all my website information, so that if anyone had just  
looked, they might have been able to tell that I am "for real" and not some  kook.  
And for Simon, I do understand that she may be a "big name" in England, but  
as the old saying goes, "She sure ain't that big on this side of the  
pond......."
Now I should make sure you all know, that I NEVER expected her to  have any 
idea of who I am.  That again, is why I included website  information and did 
tell her (or tried to) that I would be touring near where  she was performing.
And for some others, I will reiterate what I said in my previous  message.  I 
have always felt that the "trumpet community" is a close  knit group and I 
have met and "hung out" with many other well known trumpet  players, who have 
always been friendly and willing to talk trumpet.
I guess it is all "water under the bridge" now anyway, so I won't let it  
bother me.
I just thought it was interesting - mainly about the way I was treated by  
her "management."
Mike Vax



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