Our marching band never took music outside. Had to learn it before marching.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Our marching band never took music outside. Had to learn it before marching.
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Once everyone who wanted it had access to a music education.
Which included quite a few of us who really should have been excluded. I was playing bass drum because all it required was rhythm, tempo, and a strong back. Could have just as well have been banging rocks together.
I occasionally get to fill in for the regular bass man with a local big band(5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, drums, and bass-and girl singer. I usually do 1 or 2 vocals also). All charts, since you can't have 13 horns playing whatever they feel like. It's a blast. I always look forward to it. I also get a call to fill in for another bassist with another big band, same instrumentation. It's challenging 'cos it's all written notes[sometimes w/ chord symbols], but dayum, what a sound.
BTW, I usually use my THUNDERBIRD . Contrary to rumors, it ain't a one trick pony. Works fine for big band.
Some saxists feel that the tarnish, crud, whatever, adds to the tone so they don't clean/polish. I say b.s....er, tend to disagree. All 4 of my saxes-which I no longer play(dental issues)-are clean and shiny.
ETA: I prolly shoulda said "horn players"
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It's the tone, man!!! - they say.
Uh, whatever, just play the right notes in the right order and all will be good!Here is Phil, a guy who would show up at Rare Blend shows so he could blow over our "changes"!
He "plays" in the song starting at 1:47
Normally, during that part we'd be playing in 6/8, but made it easy for Phil by doing it in 4/4.
- Oct 22, 2015
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It's the tone, man!!! - they say.
Here is Phil, a guy who would show up at Rare Blend shows so he could blow over our "changes"!
He "plays" in the song starting at 1:47
Normally, during that part we'd be playing in 6/8, but made it easy for Phil by doing it in 4/4.
Nice bass playing Jeff, good tone. Always a pleasure.
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Some drummers...I’ve known a couple...insist the same re: their cymbals...
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Digging Sunday
and looking at some tops that appeared on my radar here in today's mashup of 21st Century Schizoid Man and Keystone Cops on an ether binge. It's time for everyone's fun game
Some horn players are saxists.
I’ll never get that not cleaning bit. It goes beyond patina, spit and bacteria need to be cleaned. Pads and mechanisms need service from time to time and that isn’t a problem.
I see a lot of horn players that get their front teeth pushed inward. I’ve wondered if a sports mouthguard or an Invisalign type of brace would pad the mouthpiece enough to prevent misalignment the front teeth.
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Trumpet players pushing the mouthpiece too hard against their mouth is very much like bass players who like to “dig in” and use too much force while playing. It is bad technique.
It’s funny how old blues songs evolve. They were made for loud. There’s a story that Clapton saw Hendrix perform I’m A King Bee and was floored by it.
Frank does a good impression.
The sign on the shirt could say, If you can read this, you’re too close.
I don't like Mondays was a Lionheart tune. It always went over well LOL
None of my seven have flats let alone nylon wrapped flats. Because of fret wear I switched the Precision to GHS Brire Flats - wire wounds strings ground flat.
Wildly tangential here, but...playing as I do, totally acoustic on fretted necks, any untaped string just has too many downsides. Clack, squeal, etc. Plus, I have to dig pretty hard to get volume, and bare strings would tear up the frets and fretboard, not to mention my fingers.
Haha, that makes me the queen of bad technique, then.
I used to marvel at the way the old trumpet players looked; it's clear that playing for hours on end over many years can change your face. It's dedication to play to that level, for sure.
And let's not forget Dizzy Gillespie's cheeks:
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