[FA Worldmusic] **JUNK** Re: **JUNK** Re: relativity

Steve Hochman shochman at pacbell.net
Tue Aug 14 20:10:19 ADT 2007


Of course I, like 3 Mustaphas 3, am a bit tongue-in-cheek with the  
suggestion of local music as the term, the full phrase would be  
"local music from many localities."

but any term presents problems. can't live with 'em, can't shoot  
'em.. no wait, that's men.


On Aug 14, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Megan Romer wrote:

> I like local music, too... but one of the festivals I work for  
> specializes in folk, world and ethnic music, combined with a ton of  
> local (to our area) music... it might get a little bit confusing if  
> I said "The GrassRoots Festival: Local and Local Music!"  Oh, and  
> also, no one would come, because, while very reasonably priced for  
> a festival presenting the range of what we do, it's a little steep  
> if you're ONLY coming to see bands that also play the numerous free  
> local summer concert series, or at least the local bars and  
> nightclubs for cheap covers.
>
> So... still have to stick with "world music" - at least for that.
>
> On 8/14/07, Steve Hochman < shochman at pacbell.net> wrote:
> I'm still partial to the 3 Mustaphas 3 categorization I cited in my
> column on this topic:
>
> Local music.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Megan Romer
> 337.412.0524
>
> Agent, On Queue Performing Artists - www.onqueueartists.com
> Marketing Director, Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival -  
> www.grassrootsfest.org
> Marketing Director, Light in Winter Festival - www.lightinwinter.com
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