{"id":437,"date":"2010-03-12T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T12:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=437"},"modified":"2010-03-12T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T12:50:38","slug":"break_it_down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/03\/break_it_down\/","title":{"rendered":"Break it down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think all marketing copy should read like the e mail my friend (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stringsmagazine.com\/article\/default.aspx?articleid=25447\"><i>Strings Magazine<\/i> coverboy<\/a>!) Rob Moose sent to his list this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>admit it- you like bach.&nbsp; i can feel it.&nbsp; and you also like drinking.&nbsp; that much is obvious.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>so<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m not a mathematician, but i&#8217;m willing to wager that if you like the two elements separately, an additive process will only heighten your overall appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>behold, then:<\/p>\n<p>Bach Reformed (folky, danceable duo arrangements of Bach&#8217;s unaccompanied string music) + Barbes (lovely room, nice beer, wine and spirits selection)<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, March 16, 7pm<br \/>Barbes, 6th Ave and 9th St, Brooklyn<\/p>\n<p>no money down<\/p>\n<p>hope to see you<\/p>\n<p>rob<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You like Bach, you like booze, so come and drink at the concert. This could be applied to anything: You like Shostakovich, you like shoes, so put some on and come to the concert. You like Mozart, you like mauve*, so come see some&#8230;.OK, well that one doesn&#8217;t work, but you get my point. If attending concerts is a no-brainer for all of us, why don&#8217;t we market them that way? And similarly, it&#8217;s been a long time since marketing materials told me WHY I should go to a concert. They spend a lot of time saying how great the performers are, and how great the critics have said the performers are, and they tell me everything is &#8220;not to be missed,&#8221; but I&#8217;m not entirely sure what will happen if I do miss them. <\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/bachreformed.com\/\">Bach Reformed<\/a>.<br \/>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbesbrooklyn.com\/\">Barbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*In honor of Sondheim&#8217;s beeday celebrations at the NY Philharmonic next week that I forgot to buy a ticket to (((((sob))))), name the musical that features mauve prominently. K, go. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think all marketing copy should read like the e mail my friend (and Strings Magazine coverboy!) Rob Moose sent to his list this morning: admit it- you like bach.&nbsp; i can feel it.&nbsp; and you also like drinking.&nbsp; that much is obvious.&nbsp; so i&#8217;m not a mathematician, but i&#8217;m willing to wager that if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}