@J-Jericho said in 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!
I would call it overthinking.
@ barliman - I've read several of your posts where you write, "orchestra". In the U.S. that means a large ensemble with strings (ELO withstanding). When I worked in Germany, the term orchestra was used for any large instrumental group, with or without strings. Which do you mean? Thanks.
Please don't accept this as disingenuous, but since the original site is sparsely used, why divide it up? There's scant participation on the original site as it is.
Just as I was getting a little bored with the redundancy, the kicker came. Clever.
BTW, Terri Garr is to die for.
@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:
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Unfunny.
@Dr-GO said in Claudio Roditi-RIP:
They tell us in medical school, patients are not suppose to die from prostate cancer.
Bet me. My father died of prostate cancer.
It's a sad story of how a cancer can grow. Don't hope for the best and ignore the warning signs and follow up as effectively as you can.
@Rapier232 said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:
Well, for what it’s worth, I was a National Police Firearms Instructor for 20 years. I taught people with absolutely no experience whatsoever from basic level all the way to very advanced close protection and hostage rescue teams. I found some people, including me, were absolute naturals at all shooting disciplines. Others found the skills difficult and some found them impossible and failed to reach the necessary standards required. So I’d disagree, natural talent/ability does exist, and those with it will out perform those without.
That's funny. I recalled that, as an enlisted man who had never held a firearm in my life, I scored an A.F. Rifle Marksmanship Medal the first time out and, years later, after never having ever shot a handgun, I also earned a Side-Arm Marksmanship Medal. Likewise in your experience, while I was shooting there were others that just sucked at firearms no matter how hard and how often they tried.
Another after thought is that there can be of some valuable networking from whom you take lessons. I wouldn't let that be my main reason for choosing a teacher but it can be a spin off.
For example, through my H.S. and college trumpet teacher, I got recommended to play in the Royal Hawaiian Band. Through my first alto sax teacher, a reference to one of the best composers in Japan. Through another sax teacher, I got picked to play Lead Alto and then Solo Tenor in one of the workingist jazz bands in the region, and from my composition teacher a reference to one of the best composition jobs in the country.
In each case, it paid off financially and professionally. But that's not why I picked any of them.