The Fredösphere

While sorting through old email I came across a number of people I've contacted in the last couple of years regarding music recommendations, requests for scores of new compositions, etc.  I was surprised by how many times someone promised to get back to me and never did.  People, listen to me:  if it's you doing me a favor and you don't do it, it's rude.  If it's you doing yourself a favor because you are a composer and I'm giving you a chance to promote yourself and you don't do it, it's rude and it is also suicidal stupidity.  It's Suicide Grasshoppers Brainwashed by Parasite Worms levels of stupidity.  (Hat tip to Volokh.)

This is an illustration of the old saying that hard working people are lucky.  Among all these promises unkept is scattered a few cases of somebody missing a chance for me to program their work or at least mention it on my blog.