Posts made by Dr GO

@barliman2001 said in Seeking input on Rules:

@Dr-GO said in Seeking input on Rules:

@Dr-GO said in Seeking input on Rules:

With the above said, I might add, Barliman has been doing a fine job of policing as well.

Barliman and Kujo are very capable as is our administrator. I think we have a good team and am happy with this. Perhaps having Leadership meetings on a regular basis may help distribute the load and minimize the burden, which again argues to adding another mediator. Team work always wins.

Leadership meetings are a bit difficult if you are on different continents...

Not in the world of Zoom. It is interesting how this Covid crisis has opened up my reach to people. I am seeing patients mostly by Zoom in the last couple of months and I am getting appointments from all over this country.

@Tobylou8 said in Seeking input on Rules:

@Dr-GO I have TWO Getzen 900Hs and TWO Martin Committees. I don't know if that would be "fair" to you!

I will show you mercy, but you better duck! Oh, I see you are already practicing that maneuver. That fits the bill.... Get it, duck, bill...! Ahhsay boy, did ja get it!!!!

@Tobylou8 said in Seeking input on Rules:

...I do like the competition idea of Dr. Mark as long as we can all get along.

Tobylou, I challenge you to a duel! My Harrelson and your choice of horns at 50 paces. You in?

@Dr-GO said in Seeking input on Rules:

With the above said, I might add, Barliman has been doing a fine job of policing as well.

Barliman and Kujo are very capable as is our administrator. I think we have a good team and am happy with this. Perhaps having Leadership meetings on a regular basis may help distribute the load and minimize the burden, which again argues to adding another mediator. Team work always wins.

With the above said, I might add, Barliman has been doing a fine job of policing as well.

If the intent of the moderator is to mirror TMs policy use, perhaps recruiting a prior TM moderator may also assist. Rowuk has many times offered his experience wtih monitoring as suggestions. Perhaps recruiting Rowuk to assist would be helpful, and I apologize to Rowuk in advance for suggestion he be drafted.

@Kehaulani said in WHY IS THIS BALLAD ....:

@Dr-GO said in WHY IS THIS BALLAD ....:
@Kehaulani said in WHY IS THIS BALLAD ....:
...And that's not a matter of opinion.

Which is your opinion.

Which you missed, totally. That the Shaggs are bad is not a matter of opinion. One might like them but that still doesn't make them good.

Got the point that this is your opinion.

@Kehaulani said in Seeking input on Rules:

Letting water sink to it's own level seems to me the most reasonable.

From my experience, water sinking to its on level causes a lot of structural damage.

@Kehaulani said in WHY IS THIS BALLAD ....:
...And that's not a matter of opinion.

Which is your opinion.

Excellent tmd (the T in tmd obviously stands for Toots, yes?)

@Kehaulani said in Is It Jazz or Is It Classical?:

@Dr-GO said in Is It Jazz or Is It Classical?:
Not sure I would agree with this one. Modal use and forms have progressed significantly since Bach's time.

How does that account for how today's musicians would follow classical greats, like Bach?

Not sure this response is relevant as J Jericho was lamenting on whether Bach would have been great at improvisation. Today's musicians would have progressed very well if there was no prior history of Bach. Now, if there were no Charlie Parker, or Dizzy Gillespie, we may have had a problem with the more rapid evolution of improvisation.

So in answering your question as I understand it... There is no need to account for the followers of Bach.

@tmd said in WHY IS THIS BALLAD ....:

It's maybe not the best love song ever written. But it's one of the better "angry love songs".

It's one of my favorites, and a popular song in my jazz trio's regular lineup. Initially, we performed it as a ballad. It became a crowd-favorite after we switched over to a double-time feel, to give the song a bit more energy.

Mike

Mike, I would disagree. Nothing says love like "The Look of Love":

Of note, Li'l Darlin' was drafted initially by composer Neal Hefti as a driving up-beat tune. Everyone knows it as this and I must admit I have NEVER heard it as a bop tune:

It depends on how it is played. I have heard it as Latin, driving bop and ballad. It was written as a ballad but has taken many changes by many musicians.

@Kehaulani said in Is It Jazz or Is It Classical?:

Compared to today's midstream music, I think that can be attributed to three fundamental things.

The use of the same (basically) fundamental harmonic structure.

Not sure I would agree with this one. Modal use and forms have progressed significantly since Bach's time.