tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586137391981433692.post3229176879927830029..comments2011-07-11T14:48:51.360-07:00Comments on The Limonshire Review: Serving Up a Slice of Humble PieStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16482933474082920100noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586137391981433692.post-30202580815616796942010-06-26T20:48:53.868-07:002010-06-26T20:48:53.868-07:00Unfortunately, Steve, arrogance in the music indus...Unfortunately, Steve, arrogance in the music industry is VERY common. As a musician myself (choral), I feel that there is a simple litmus test to determine if listing your accomplishments is more arrogant than interesting. For me, it comes down to one word: fanboy. When you recall the places that you have performed, do you geek out about anything OTHER than the name of the location?<br /><br />For me, I don't feel arrogant saying that I have performed in Le Catedral de Notre Dame de Paris, because I remember walking around it and being in awe of just how intriguing the architecture was. I also don't feel arrogant saying that I performed the choral works of Morten Lauridsen in his presence in Pasadena, because I remember a certain moment when all our hard work paid off at the end of the 4th song of Lauridsen's Rose Cycle and we nailed the final chord and just how much I lost my mind once I got off stage.<br /><br />Another example I'll use was that in high school, my choir director got us private use of St. Patrick's Cathedral (or was it St. John the Baptist, I forget) in NYC to practice in. It was a beautifully quiet place, full of Gothic architecture. When we got back to rehearsal the next week, he asked us what we thought of the experience, and all it seemed we could talk about was the music and our performance. His reaction was that he was disappointed in us, not because of how we performed in a private rehearsal, but how it seemed we missed the point of being there. He told us that his intention was for us to sing in these glorious acoustics, take in the image of us all in such a beautiful place, and step out of performance mode and into spectator mode.<br /><br />Looking back, after he told us that, I realized just how much we forgot about that moment of just being a group of teenagers with a common bond and sharing experiences. But I never let that happen to me again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338418302920711190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586137391981433692.post-12586280075946982552010-06-26T03:50:05.907-07:002010-06-26T03:50:05.907-07:00I'm not sure my comment is fully formed, as it...I'm not sure my comment is fully formed, as it came to me while reading your post... <br /><br />But for me arrogance isn't in the act of being confident or believing in your ability to do something... it is when that occurs to the exclusion of recognition of the achievements, or ability to achieve of others around you.<br /><br />Particularly, as in my case as a postgrad student, I see it in my peers... who you are both relying on for support but who the academic world indicates you are in competition with (publications, scholarships, grants, recognition...). I find the people who are most difficult to be around are the ones who assume their work is better/more important/ and (crucially for the discussion) more interesting than anything anyone else is doing.<br /><br />For me, that is arrogance... its the lack of a reflection on behaviour.HelenBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586137391981433692.post-22427132258594168922010-06-26T02:55:24.154-07:002010-06-26T02:55:24.154-07:00ar·ro·gant (insert phonetic symbols here)
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1. ...ar·ro·gant (insert phonetic symbols here)<br />adj.<br />1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.<br />2. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others.<br /><br /><br />Trouble is that most people who are arrogant are not aware of it themselves. But, as my overtired brain was trying to formulate the other day, the fear of being arrogant or being percieved that way by others may render your feeling of selfworth lame and forgotten by the side of the road. Point is: You should acknowledge your own accomplishments. That being said I think one should acknowledge one's flaws and defeats in equal measure. Guess I'm just in favour of truth; If you're good and you know it clap your hands! :D<br /> It only becomes a problem if you recognizing your talents or accomplishments leads to you thinking you are better than everyone or without fault.bullelandnoreply@blogger.com