Jim Tobin wrote, still beating the same dead horse [note - I realize that
this is a particularly ad hominem comment, but Tobin's post(s) are so
personally focussed that no other type of response is called for.]:

>...  A lot of that money for athletes comes from broadcasting revenue,
>which orchestras cannot command, though.  All of this brings out my most
>radical instincts, not to mention personal resentment at being asked
>constantly to subsidize conductors who make such a disproportionately
>greater income than the highly skilled musicians they conduct, just because
>they have "prestige." ...

Can we perhaps put an end to this line which seems to be going nowhere?

I will stipulate that Jim Tobin has a right to feel anyway he does about
the economics of concert going, and even to tell me about it *once*, but
ubnless he has some altenative to suggest, it would seem appropriate to
stop there.

Regards,

Bill Karzas                     [log in to unmask]