Message about Boys Not Band
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decided to publish it, to show the opinion of one of our readers. Our comments
are below the message. Send by Axel Hovitz, from Germany.
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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:01:27 +0200 (MEST)
From: "Axel Howitz" atoshi@gmx.de
To: boysnotband@yahoo.com
Subject: Band or not
Hi Alexandre and "bom dia",
just saw your homepage gathering information about Bahian music and read your
rage over the so-called "bands". It is a worldwide phenomenon, and
shows here in Germany too.
I would say most of these bands call themselves bands,
because they don't have an other expression. Here in Germany, we have a few
music channels aimed at teens. The presenters sometimes refer to this music as
"performers" or "projects" which hits the point better.
Most of it is music for people who don't listen to music.
Or teens.
But your rage against it is as old as this music. There
will always be musicians who play instruments and there always be performers.
They satisfy a need, otherwise they wouldn't be successful.
Well, that's all.
Ciao,
Axel.
Axel, for incredible it
seems, I didn’t have rage when I wrote the texts from this site. The texts were
written with the most absolute serenity, calm and spirit of information.
You said that the groups that
call themselves “bands” have no other denomination. I disagree. They have one,
and someone can mention “conjunct”, “joint”, “ensemble”, “groups” or “choir”,
although this last word provokes controversy in the part of the erudite
conductors and musicians, who refuse to name as “choirs” groups less qualified
but also having vocalists who sing in choir, like the Backstreet Boys. But to
call them “choir” is correct, the wrong form is how the way of the “choir”
concept the BSB and similar support.
The unacceptable thing is the
subversion to the logic, is to turn upside down an old concept, just because it
is the heat of the moment. This is the reason to this site creation. It’s a
respect to the logic, to the sacred concepts and to the musicians class, in
which hard work they feel desmoralized for the denomination of “bands” to
people joint who only sings and dances.
Although these wrong denomination
seems so much efficient to the success, it can’t have validity. So because,
with the time passing, this equivocated naming wouldn’t make this effect
anymore, when the people turn to require that the bands have real
instrumentists.