Posted by bloke on February 19, 2004 at 23:26:57:
In Reply to: Tuba Consumerism & Emails posted by Joe Baker on February 19, 2004 at 18:10:31:
It just occurred to me that there could be some emails that really cannot be properly answered.
A nationally prominent trombone player had a copy of a received email sitting on his music stand - apparently to entertain any of us who might have been nosy enough to peer at it.
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"Hey Mr. ********,
I was listening to your c.d. "*** ************ *********" and I can't quite get the same type of sound that you got on your recording. I was wondering what type of mics you were using, how they were placed, and what type of room you were recording in.
[explanation to tubenet: This trombone player is also on the faculty of a very prominent school of music in a very large city.]
What do you think my chances are [perfect stranger] of getting into ********** ?
Cheers,
- ***** **********
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My point is:
If received (transferring the situation to a customer/vendor situation), how does one properly (or politely, for that matter) answer an email like that?