source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 18:09:03 +0200 Subject: Re: Neil's comments From: John Starrett Neil Haverstick's jab at theorists deserves a reply. Neil, music theory is done by theorists. Some of them may also play and compose music, but they should be no more required to produce music you like than you should be required to produce coherent theories. Would you require a theoretical physicist to produce experimental results also? John Starrett Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:19 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA16294; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:19:57 +0200 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:19:57 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA16238 Received: (qmail 29796 invoked from network); 13 Jul 1997 19:19:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Jul 1997 19:19:53 -0000 Message-Id: <199707131516_MC2-1AC7-B518@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu