Re: Lilypond lobbying?

[Craig]

On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 16:26 -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> So, your only recourse is to actually query the restriction itself --

Hi All,

I must jump in here.  I never send scores to contests anymore.  Here in
the USA competitions are normally rigged from the start, especially if
they are making restrictions -- women, Asian, White, Black, First
American...  

The Finale restriction is big here in the USA.  The American Composers
Forum has Finale as one of its financial supporters and they plugged the
Board of Directors with Finale "people"-- or they used to, a bunch of us
complained bitterly and I am not even a member.   

Especially if they are asking for weird restrictions like composers who
wear red sneakers, blue shoes, and a bow tie -- it is a clue that they
have already picked a composer.  Arbitrary restrictions always mean
something non-musical is being judged.  Just walk away.  Write a piece
for 12 organs. 6 organs is a bit excessive anyway. 

Contest are for composers who have rich moms and dads with big deep
wallets.  Select the rich kid, then pump the parents for donation money.
There is one big contest in the USA, I won't say which, but it is in the
mid-west, young composer introduction to the orchestra thing -- lord is
it rife with executives kids from Yale, writing special effects with
Finale.

There, I fell all better -- , damn cultural villains, I need to go
meditate.