Stirling S Newberry wrote: >To say again what should be obvious - artists are treated by you people >like servants, we are supposed to enter quietly, produce what is demanded, >and not have much to say that cannot be said in a review. An performer is >treated like a whore - of value only inso far as the listener is serviced. >Descriptions of performances dwell on the satisfaction of the listner. >Mozart got a better deal from Salzburg, because at least he got free meals >out of it. If by "you people" Stirling wishes to include me, then I object most vehemently. Artists should be servants to only one thing: ART. Perhaps if they gave up bleating and produced something worthy of the name ART then we would listen to them. Jonathan