[LAD] Max V. Mathews (1926-2011)

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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:22:31 -0400
Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Geoff Beasley
> > <geoff at laughingboyrecords.com> wrote:
> >> On 04/22/2011 01:28 PM, gene heskett wrote:
> >>>
> >>> We all should all hold a moment of respectful silence, both
> >>> for the man, and the legacy of his work.
> >
> > and to add to some sense of his legacy:
> 
> on re-reading this i want to stress that it was absolutely not my
> intention to somehow try to tangle up ardour in mathew's legacy, or
> enjoy the side-effects of his well deserved fame. i just wanted to
> point out that without the groundbreak work that mathew's did, i would
> never have ended up doing what i do now. i owe him that, at the very
> least.

We got that - don't worry :)

I think it a great shame that none of today's kids seem to be taught about
these people. or given any clue about how ideas from different people build on
each other.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.