Gary Schnitzer's blog

Now you can download mp3’s of the “Melodia tracks, useable anywhere without any proprietary software… The price per track is cheap, cheap, cheap! The link below takes you right there:

http://payplay.fm/gschnitzer06

Well, I’m going into the studio to start recording the tracks for the upcoming solo violin “meditation” recording. I say “recording” and not CD because I’m not sure whether or not I’ll distribute it as a CD at all, or just put it out for digital distribution on the internet.  I’ll be recording Tuesday and Thursday night.

I’m not religious, really, and I don’t believe in a “supernatural” authority. But I know a little about what is referred to as the emotional and spiritual experience of “Grace”. I also have learned how to make any violin come alive with song. In that spirit, I’d like to share a poem that I’ve always loved:

These days, you almost can’t get away from hearing music without charge. It is playing in every restaurant, bar, coffee shop, grocery store, and retail shop you go into. Technology has made it possible to hear music of every style everywhere. With all this music literally floating in the air, it is easy to get conditioned to the idea that music is omnipresent, like air, or tap water. No one pays for air (they do pay for bottled water).

Think of a beautiful painting that captivated you enough to want it to hang on the wall of your home so that you could be inspired and enriched by it every day. Would you think it would be okay to steal it? Or a poster in a poster shop that sold for $20. Would you roll it up and stuff it under your shirt and sneak out the door when the cashier wasn’t looking? Well, a CD recording costs much more to produce and distribute than a painting.