The one I remember the most is: "My daddy's rich, my mama's good lookin', I've never had a bad day in my life, and I can still play the blues."
Best posts made by J. Jericho
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RE: The 15 Best Miles Davis Quotes
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RE: Acoustics... and a bit more
IMO acoustics at a venue requires a balance of science, art, and experience to be successful. It's impractical to test-fill the space with the anticipated number of warm bodies prior to the performance and to replicate in advance air density, temperature, and humidity.
Two events stick in my memory, with lessons to be learned from each.
The first time I played in front of a microphone was an ear-opener. I have a good sense of balance, as all good musicians have, so I can correctly judge how my volume and projection relates to the rest of the ensemble. On this occasion I was featured soloist in front of the band, and the sound crew insisted on turning up my mic, forcing me to play softer and softer, while they kept turning up my volume, making my sound drown out the band no matter what I did to compensate, including backing away from the mic. During rehearsal I mentioned this to the director, who assured me that everything would be OK when the audience was in the auditorium. Well, come concert time, a good friend of mine recorded the show from the audience, and in spite of me playing from pp to m, guess what?... I drowned out the band! Awkward. I learned to be more assertive about my perception, but the ultimate decision is made by the sound crew. Plus, no matter how much you'd like to dent the rim of the bell of your horn on the thick skulls of some inept AV people, you have to remain diplomatic and fatalistic about the situation, because if you're at odds with them, they can make you sound even worse out of spite.
The other event was a sold out Rodney Dangerfield performance at a vintage local theater, capacity 4500+. My wife and I were in the loge, and when Rodney came on, his words were garbled to the point that we couldn't understand what he was saying. It didn't get better, and when other patrons started complaining too, we went downstairs to the orchestra level, as the laughs were coming from there. Luckily we found standing room before there was no more. The patrons from the loge, mezzanine, box seats, and gallery flooded the lobby and stormed the theater manager's office, demanding refunds. Sooo... the outcome was that the theater refunded approximately half of the money of what could have been a lucrative event, but wasn't, because the sound crew got it really, really wrong. The lesson to be learned here is that even experienced, professional sound crews can be caught out in a venue that was built before acoustics were given the consideration that they receive today.
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RE: Some good...."non-trumpeting" music :)
@SSmith1226 Ummagumma's my favorite Pink Floyd album by far. Roger Waters, in spite of all his musical ability, is my least favorite Pink Floyd member by far.
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RE: Mouthpiece issue
@richard-iii It wouldn't bother me a bit if you posted more.
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RE: Acoustics... and a bit more
@barliman2001 said in Acoustics... and a bit more:
Well, in one orchestra we had a Red Cross worker, and at every dress rehearsal, the Red Cross provided up to seven hundred woollen blankets to simulate the audience... they usually declared this an "emergency exercise".
Now THAT is thinking ahead!
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RE: A little humour
When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
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RE: 1970s Bach Mercedes trumpet
Looks nice. Good luck with it. Some suitable replacement leadpipes are affordable, so if you need to go that route, you won't break the bank.
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RE: What are you listening to?
I've been playing Martin Denny videos, among many others, on YouTube.
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RE: Marching Season and Triple Super C
My wife's cousin was Salutatorian in her class, but she has the common sense of a chipmunk... and she graduated from college over 40 years ago.
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RE: Play It Sam, Play As Time Goes By
@ssmith1226 I see you've been busy. Superbly done!
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RE: Trumpet Board Remote Performance
@SSmith1226 I'd be interested in taking a look at your ensemble arrangements.
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RE: A little humour
"'Cause I'm a Blonde" is is one of my favorite songs, and Earth Girls Are Easy is one of my favorite movies. Julie Brown is just hilarious. She's come up with other creative songs, but I think "Cause I'm a Blonde" is still the best.
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RE: Vintage Bach Club
@flugelgirl said in Vintage Bach Club:
Funny how no one is shaming fat old men in speedos.......
Really, though - what’s the problem with old ladies with tattoos? I intend to be one eventually, and feel zero shame about it.How about any men in Speedos? If it ain't worth looking at, cover it up! Packaging can do wonders for visual appeal.
I'm not a fan of skin tattoos. To my eye they reduce whatever appeal there was to the human form. As for other tattoos...
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RE: Trumpet Board Remote Performance
@SSmith1226 said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:
@GeorgeB said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:
@BigDub
Oh, man, hard to beat that one...Try this!
Is this what is meant by "choking the chicken"?