I've
referenced Amanda Ameer's blog "Life's a Pitch" a few times on the slso blog. A provocative, good read Amanda
always is. With the NY Phil sending
out invites for bloggers for its new New Music series CONTACT!, she shot me an
e-mail about the SLSO's bloggers'
nights--we've done three, so far--and, because Amanda is an of-the-moment kind of blogger/tweeter, she inquired as
to the possibility of the SLSO inviting folks to blog live at a concert.
You
can read my response, and Amanda's ideas on how such a venture might work here. You'll need to scroll down to the November 30 entry, as Amanda is an industrious
blogger.
Personally,
I'm with Hilary Hahn on the
e-messaging frenzy, which you can also read in Amanda's post. I like my
art experience unmediated, disconnected from the
e-hubbub. But I also realize I am probably shifting into the
minority. I never want headphones on with some voice telling me what to think
about Francis Bacon when I'm at the
Francis Bacon retrospective. And I like for there
to be time to think about what I think about something, rather than spout off in the
moment. What is the most anybody
ever says in those moments anyway? "Fantastic!" "I'm bored." "Could someone
please change the channel?"
Basically, from what I've observed, people are basically saying "I'm here," a
most human need, for sure, but what can I, as reader/recipient do with that other then
send my opposable thumb up in the
air in acknowledgment?
My
colleague Dale Fisher has asked our
SLSO Facebook friends to offer your thoughts on live blogging/tweeting in
concert. If you care to share your thoughts with me as well, send them along, as always, to eddies@slso.org.
