Yeah, but Chicago doesn't have the brunette.
BTW, mellow? Diane Kral is mellow. Mel Torme is mellow. Mellow, Leonid is not. And as far as predictable, how can you not be predictable if you're covering the original. That's your gig.
Yeah, but Chicago doesn't have the brunette.
BTW, mellow? Diane Kral is mellow. Mel Torme is mellow. Mellow, Leonid is not. And as far as predictable, how can you not be predictable if you're covering the original. That's your gig.
@Dr-GO said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:
Kehaulani, Were you able to get the G2 from Kanstul? The rim on that mouthpiece is so comfortable for a small cupped mouthpiece. Makes it easy to fully use the increased depth of this cup.
I got my G2 from James New. Great mpc. It was based on the G2 that New made for some kind of Miles Davis commemoration.
I didn't get along with a Bach 7C because of it's rim. However, Schilke 11 is roughly the same size but with a more comfortable rim and I played that in H.S. and college. You might want to try that, just cost a couple of bucks, and f you get it from WWBW, I think they have a liberal return policy.
Schilke 11 used to be called the Model H, which stood for Herseth, Schilke's take on Bud's Bach 7C . . . FWIW.
@barliman2001 said in Martin Committee Club:
. . . we inherited lots of fruit trees - cherries, apples, pears, plums (two kinds) and quince, and a vine.
Sounds like a receipe for Obstler. Yum.
Doesn't confuse me. I never pay attention to that stuff, LOL.
I went to NAMM years ago and it was a blast. I would encourage anyone who can, to go. Walked down on a peer and heard a Euphonium player playing his butt off. Turned out to be Rich Matteson. Man did he cook.
I also had a fun coincidence. I was working in Dallas at the time and in this huge hall at NAMM, with probably thousands of people milling through, the guy I sat next to in band in Hawai'i walked right in front of me. What are the chances? So we went to Disneyland with his wife and had dinner together.
You just don't know what will happen there.
Well, the original for originality but apples and oranges. I love Leonid.
@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:
Did these two for our NJ grandkids for Christmas. They both loved their paintings!
Sky surfing?
Jazz saxophonist Zoot Simms was overheard, as he gave some money to a beggar, "Now don't do something stupid like spending this on food".
@Dr-GO said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:
I have some cherries soaking in Smoky Mountain Moonshine that could give serious competition!
Maybe we could mix the rum balls and Everclear cherries together and make one hell of a fruit cake!
When I first got to Germany, I was doing some Christmas shopping and a department store had some rum balls sitting out as samples. I took one. It almost knocked the top of my head off. This can be some serious stuff.
p.s. . . . could you pass a few over here?
@SSmith1226 said in Happy Festivus:
This recording was a number one hit in Germany, where he lived in the 1990s.
Yeah, my (German) kids and I used to mimic this song.
@adc said in Christmas Services:
Is that a Connstellation? Love 'em.
@Dr-GO said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:
To All: It's 9:44 and . . . that gets basted every half hour.
I'm already half baked, myself.
Back in the '60s, Getzen put out a newsletter and a regular contributor was an American (I think North Texas ex) who was working in the Eastern European countries and he used the Getzen high-pitched horns, professionally. What happened?
p.s. ring a bell? Does anybody remember who this was?)
Whether or not one can make a living on one's instrument deals a lot to do with a lot of factors.
The mountain does not come to Mohammed. It depends on how flexible you are musically, how creative (and by that I mean adjusting to circumstances) you are, how wide a range of travel you want to put up with, what your income level vs. amount of work you want to commit to is.
I made a full-time living for a good half a century, but I have to acknowledge that towards the end, I had to play a greater variety if music, travel got further and further away, musical techniques modernized (and by that I mean more incorporation of electronics, less reliance on groups of musicians). Income remained the same but it required a more resourceful approach. I call this last phase my "mosaic" period, where I had to do it all, simultaneously.
Not judging, but for some the trade-off just isn't worth it.
Another Christmas stocking stuffer?
Let us know how it goes.