Editorial

Certain people think that a musical magazine addressed to musicians lacks one fundamental thing: it is not music. It is made up of words and images. Well, is it just blather with nothing to do with the subject? No, because every musician thinks, analyses, acts and plays due, in a great measure, to the quality of his imagination and his sensibility.

These elements are only acquired and developed if his brain receives ceaselessly impulses and impressions, either new or renewed. For this, a source is necessary. BRASS BULLETIN tries to be one of these sources of ideas, of knowledge, equally stimulating the curiosity and the thirst for learning of its readers, and binding tighter the bonds of friendship which unite musicians of all countries.

It is in this spirit that, since 1971 — the date of the appearance of our first number — we have tried constantly to improve the quality and the presentation of our periodical. Today BRASS BULLETIN might give the impression that success is guaranteed, that the subscribers are numerous and that the future is radiant. But one shouldn't be mistaken: BRASS BULLETIN remains a fragile enterprise, an idealistic one, which needs the support of all those who feel the need for its existence.

Not being subsidized, we live entirely from the money we receive from subscribers and advertisers. In order to remain independent and objective, we are confronted all the time by delicate financial realities. If publicity represents a serious and appreciable financial contribution, the basic element remains (and must remain) the payment which the subscriber — i.e. every one of you — makes to us.