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@Kehaulani said in Phony players:

I would think that, according to screen Guild policies, she is in an acting role in which she sings. I'm sure that she was being represented as an actress.

Douglas was, obviously, being represented by the Screen Actors Guild which, as has been shown, couldn't care less that a musician was being accurately portrayed.

I get it, sure, but do I like it, no. No one asked me, that is for sure.
One interesting thing about how far Hollywood will go to use their chosen actor no matter how qualified or not was for the movie about Lou Gehrig, The Pride Of The Yankees, where they had Gary Cooper picked for the role of Lou Gehrig. He could convincingly swing the bat, but the only problem was his swing was from the right side of the plate, and not left handed. I understand they went to all the trouble to film him swinging right handed and reversing everything in the entire stadium, bases were backwards, signs and advertisements were backwards- everything. Mirror image. Just so they could have their star Gary Cooper play Lou Gehrig!
Here’s another interesting part: Babe Ruth played himself.
They were smart enough to know no one would believe it if someone else played him?

@ssmith1226 said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:

The following are two multitrack recordings that I put together encompassing about 10 trumpet parts and four MIDI Parts (Strings, Harp, Piano, and Bass Guitar). I played the Tuba part on trumpet and lowered it one octave on Garage Band and then lowered that track another octave. All three tracks can be heard.
The first piece is Pachelbel’s Canon. The second piece I call “Memories of Palchelbel”. It consists of Palchelbel’s Canon incorporating Maroon 5’s “Memories”. I previously posted a version of “Memories” performed by a children’s choir.
On January 20, I completed Pachelbel’s Canon and coincidently celebrated five year anniversary of my comeback.

Pachelbel’s Canon
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/dPuv7ATTYZhihydb6

Memories of Pachelbel
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/L5reyPNJWaLSHjQD7

Way to go! Fantastic, Steve. That was a lot of work, but fun, wasn’t it?
Very nice! Loved it.

@tjcombo said in A little humour:

@moshe I took a moment to get it too - a few seconds, but then again, I'm only 62
Well, I’m 67 and I don’t know what anyone is talking about....just kidding. I got it as soon as I saw it. Maybe it’s better to be a little older. I remember when the song was playing on the radio!

@Trumpetsplus said in Bore Size:

Haha, good one, Ivan! I am a proud owner of one of these books. Thanks! I also STILL love your mouthpiece. It’s not going anywhere.

@J-Jericho said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:

@BigDub said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:

Isn’t it great that we have 50 entirely different states, none of which represents the country in and of themselves?

Wasn't it 57 states in the previous administration?

I don’t know about that, but I forgot that 49 States are in agreement on one thing: all 49 hate New Jersey.

@Dr-GO said in Phony players:

Just to be clear BigDub, I am giving you approval to play me in the next full length feature about me.

But that would be the exceptional situation where the actor would be able to surpass the playing skill of the person he was portraying........that would be like Wayne Bergeron playing me. just kidding. Calm yourself

@Kehaulani said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

(Sung) "Strangler in the Night."

I used to end a lot of dance jobs with this. Audience loved it . . I hated it. Musical whoredom. I'll do almost anything if it keeps the wolf from the door.

Though all of your opinions matter, sometimes, I didn’t ask if anyone liked it or what your opinion of the song was in this case. In fact, my classmates and I didn’t much care for it either. That wasn’t my point.
My point was.......I had things happen in HS and they went right over my head.
Similar to now, I guess.

@trickg
Never. Watched. One. Episode. Or clip. Or preview.
And yet, I feel fulfilled in life.

@ssmith1226
Or a Sears, Roebuck Catalog trumpet, as did I.

@Kehaulani said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:

BigDub said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
I forgot that 49 States are in agreement on one thing: all 49 hate New Jersey.

Did I miss something in the text? There are 50 States.

49 + New Jersey = 50!

On the show, Hogan’s Heroes, Colonel Klink Would occasionally play the violin, much to the discomfort of those who happened to be in the same room.
He looked rather convincing, but if you looked closely, there weren’t even any strings on the instrument!

@dr-go said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

@georgeb said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

@kehaulani

I actually like playing Strangers In The Night, but I skip the Dooby dooby dooo at the end.

I sing Strangers In The Night if I first partake of some Dobby dooby dooos just prior to said song breakout...

This is of course legal in Colorado... and of more recent, New Jersey, as BigDub probably knows.... and perhaps, we may see more abstract art offerings from BigDub as a result, yes?

Well, if I was so inclined, there would probably be a lot less productivity.
As far as playing Strangers in The Night, I seem to end up playing more TO strangers in the night. They haven’t heard me play yet, so I can surprise them at least until they can escape for the exit

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@BigDub
So much for autocorrect.

Often auto, not so often, correct.

@Trumpetsplus said in Buy your horns here, not there!:

People buy Jaeger trumpets from me.

And mouthpieces too

@ssmith1226
Actually it was made by Blessing, in Elkhart, Indiana, and people who are in the know have told me that it was equivalent to the Super Artist model. I just donated it last June to a school district in Western Idaho for some youngster to learn on as well.

Administrator: I couldn’t do a message to you in the normal way, so this is why I tell you here.

I just got an email from GeorgeB. He says he is locked out and cannot log in or anything. I had a similar problem but it worked itself out somehow. Could you please see if you can help him with that

@tjcombo said in Weirdest thing happened:

HNY Wayne, wonder if this is an electronic or ear issue? Thought I’d share my “one weird trick” story in case it helps.
A few years back, I acquired my first C trumpet and couldn’t believe how bad its intonation. Swapped back and forth between C and regular Bb horn in practice and the new horn didn’t seem to improve.
I can’t remember why, but I played few tunes on the Bb, reading from a Bb Real Book, then played the same tunes on the C horn, reading from the C Real Book and for some strange reason the intonation issues stopped. It was like something in my tiny mind switched - either that or some musical elves tweaked the C trumpet.

Cheers
tj

Interesting, but definitely not what happened to me. As soon as I switched to a YouTube recording it was spot on.
Also, in answer to Steve, I haven’t been using the AirPods when using the silent brass device.
It was so strange because I have been playing with this setup for close to 20 years and nothing with the pitch changing has ever happened.
Once I quit Apple Music and restarted the computer it corrected itself.

@moshe said in pet peeves:

@mafields627 said in pet peeves:

People that say "on today" instead of just saying "today."

That's like everyone on TV who says "tuna-fish sandwich".

What other kind of animal would "tuna" be other than "fish".

No other kind of fish is called "xxxx-fish".

New Yorkers who say "standing on line" instead of "standing in line".

People on TV who keep saying "I was laying down" when they mean "I was lying down".

People on TV who say "I'll drive further" when they mean "I'll drive farther."

People on TV who say "mis-CHEE-vee-us" when ther is no extra "i" in the word to
justify that pronunciation.

People on TV who say "conversate" instead of "converse".

Wow.
Only 9,980 pet peeves to go...

moshe

I get what you mean about Tuna, but there are other "fish" you may not have thought of.........Swordfish, sailfish, codfish, cuddlefish, jellyfish, goldfish, redfish, bluefish. Like when people say, Pizza Pie. Certainly. It’s not pizza cake, and Pizza means pie in Italian.
Also, I always hear people say, "Chinese Take-out" as if it’s one word. Maybe it’s just that on the east coast, people sometimes have Chinese food named eat it in the restaurant.
People say, Real-i-tor, rather than Real-tor.
That’s enough for now....

@georgeb
Happy for you, George! Keep it up, now!

@tptguy said in Special music reading glasses:

When I started my comeback, I had prescription glasses made just for music. The big drawback, is that i couldn't see the conductor very well, looking away from the stand gave me a headache. Stricly reading music ( practice at home) was great.
In the end, my regular precripton byfocals ended up working out best.

G.
Thanks. I think I will check into that. Lucky for me, I don’t really pay that much attention to the conductor....just kidding