[TPIN] Alison Balsom

[Glenn Bengry]

Fellas,
 
    Discussing alll the hypotheticals and making hypothetical aussmumptions upon her hypothetical attitude and her hypothetical status in the world music community 
or a hypothetical artistic merits, or the hypothetical reasons why her management company did what they did.
 
    Trying to contact her is not poor manners and I didn't read anything that implied that on this list. However, some might or might not construe something said in this public forum as acceptable manners or poor manners.
 
    Personally, I think public conjecture about her attitude and attitude of Alison and her management publicly is not fair to either.  And for anyone to be making comments about the significance, quality or size  of the trumpet scene,  or music scene of the UK and/or the rest of Europe (which were made in other posts)would be pejorative.
 
     They have a very very fine trumpet scene, most of which we on OUR  side of the puddle, we are almost completely.  Most of their recordings are not heard nor imported in this hemisphere.  Therefore we are fairly ignorant of their scene.  Some of the ITG members up for election to the officers and members of the board talk about encouraging a world membership improvement can now start doing that.  Importing recordings and featuring European  players would be a very worthwhile project. 
 
    As it stands right now we are mostly the Trumpet Players American network TPAN.  How about we work toward really being a TPIN?  To the betterment of all of us.
 
glenn,the enlish,swedish,polish,americanish, bengry
 
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> From: Vaxtrpts at aol.com> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:09:25 -0400> To: good at nccn.net; carsond at ohio.edu> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Alison Balsom> CC: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu> > > 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> > > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<> 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> > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.> _______________________________________________> TPIN mailing list> TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu> http://tpin.okcu.edu/mailman/listinfo/tpin