Talk:David Eaton (composer)

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Talk:David Eaton Dmichaele (talk) 16:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Puff piece
This article is WAAAAAY too long for someone of marginal notability. It needs to be seriously pruned of fluff and unimportant and unencyclopedic content. -Exucmember (talk) 20:59, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Member of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church
David Eaton is a member of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and almost his entire musical career is set in that context. Someone who added a lot of useful references deleted this important fact with no explanation, perhaps in an attempt to hide it from the public. He said himself that he "has worked in the performing arts in the Unification Church for 32 years". Reference: Witnessing Summit, New York-New Jersey, David Eaton, January 14, 2008.

Funding for NYCS
I put the UC ties to NYCS in a footnote.

I believe funding sources for artistic bodies are not ordinarily mentioned with mention of the orchestra, museum, or whatever (unless they are sponsors trying to get attention, like the Staples Center or something like that.)

As such though the UC is an unusually interesting group, there should be consistency with convention. The UC should neither be hidden nor excessively paraded.

The NYCS is a small group of serious and conscientious artists trying to pursue careers as symphony musicians. As a difficult career, they have to take work where they can get it. Some might be grateful for Moon's patronage that gives them a place to play, some may resent it. But the NYCS is not part of the UC, not an orchestra made up of or for UC members. It's ties to the UC should be treated in ways similar to funding ties for the thousands of other art vehicles that rely on patronage to survive. Mybesteffort (talk) 16:51, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Footnote 1 needs more information
Someone knowledgeable should put in the year Moon bought/rescued the NYCS, and should put up the percentage-funding breakdown for the orchestra. Mybesteffort (talk) 16:51, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

References missing especially for the intro paragraph
Almost the entire introductory paragraph needs references. The absence of verification is especially glaring in the opening section of this article. Mybesteffort (talk) 16:54, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

parenthetic information about funding
I removed this:

" (which has received funding from several of Rev. Moon's organizations, primarily from the International Cultural Foundation.)"

from the biographical section, because it should already have been put in the footnotes when the organization is first mentioned. Mybesteffort (talk) 17:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

more parenthetical info
Removed this:

"(a professional ensemble founded in 1926)."

Put this in the original info and explanation about the NYCS when NYCS is first introduced in the article Mybesteffort (talk) 17:29, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Photos
Someone deleted his headshot, apparently because of incorrect licensing or tagging. These should be uploaded again, with "free" licensing. --Uncle Ed (talk) 22:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)