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I know I erred when I didn't buy a Manhasset.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Actually, it's pretty much the standard height for 'fronts'. Also they don't tip over as easily in a wind.
They're kinda heavy and awkward. And they work great. Haven't changed in 75 years.
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That's the one. Same ones we had in band room. I went for a sturdy(ish) classic folding type. Same one I used at home when I wasn't in the band room. (of course as a kid I had a lot of things on my mind that have nothing to do with sheet music)
Those marching band music holders stink. But so does marching band.
Boy do I feel old time.
"That's All Right Mama"- Elvis 1954
"That's All Right" (same song) Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 1946.
I remember both versions.
Ooohh, gawd!
;[)
Bob
"That's All Right Mama"- Elvis 1954
"That's All Right" (same song) Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 1946.
I remember both versions.
Ooohh, gawd!
;[)
Bob
Good stuff. I love big bands.
Good stuff and the tone and style you're playing fits perfectly, are you using a mute under the strings or does that have one? I throw a roll up piece of cloth under mine sometimes to get that staccato upright sound.
when I was a kid I played trumpet in the grade and junior high schools bands and guess what I forgot at least one time when we marched? My music. Luckily the songs were simple enough I could play them by ear.
(No not trump, trumpet
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Eh, we used to get kinda rowdy in marching band. Lots of us played related, but different instruments for marching, like I played tenor sax instead of my usual bass clarinet, because marching with a bass clarinet...no. It's almost like you had a different persona. Uh, stuff went on.
Me too, and you can't really just go ahead and get one, because then what do you do with the other one? You can't stick it in the corner to mock you when you look up from your chart on the Manhasset. It's hopeless.
No, nothing under the strings. Just the way I play charts.
Yeah, I played BC in orchestra and concert band. In marching band you wouldn't hear it 5' away. Tenor sax(or Bari)in marching band.Eh, we used to get kinda rowdy in marching band. Lots of us played related, but different instruments for marching, like I played tenor sax instead of my usual bass clarinet, because marching with a bass clarinet...no. It's almost like you had a different persona. Uh, stuff went on.
I played tuba in marching band but my school was too cheap to buy sousaphones, so I had to march with a full size concert tuba on a strap about an inch wide AND no music holder...uphill...BOTH WAYS...IN THE SNOW!!!...and I was THANKFUL!!!!!
We went to FL state contest one year in the 60's. I played bass clarinet in the concert band, but for the marching part of contest, I 'carried' a sousaphone as one of our formations had a 'face' and we only had 3 tuba players. During inspection, one of the judges noticed I didn't have a mouthpiece. He was about to give us/me a hit 'til it was explained to him why. He shrugged and said "OK".
The problem is, big bands don’t pay well with so many players. You have to do it for the love of the music.
Going to be over a hundred degrees today with the humidex. Humidity at 5AM was 70%, no wind. Time to de-winterize the air conditioner and fire it up.
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Kids who were in band also know there are certain personalities associated with different instruments. And feeling pretty safe to say I know who these people are as a survivor of band. The default for people like me starts with piano [did not excel] -> clarinet -> tenor saxophone.
The bass was my idea. One of those moments, you know.
Here in the future, I use my computer to watch other people who used their computer to show me how to use a computer program to do something I feel I need to do. Like record myself. And I know while it is perfectly possible for me to muddle through, it's about navigating an interface programmed by, well, programmers. And we also know (as kids raised to be musicians) who among our classmates who is likely to be a programmer. The same way we know which of our classmates are just straight-up felons from the get-go.
When you've got programmer and felon qualities .... but of course in real life nobody would promote people like that to positions of responsibility.
Looks now I need another adapter so I can plug backing tracks into the DAW as I monitor on headphones. Used to be recording was as simple as rolling the tape to the record so I can carry my music with me. What a concept.
The bass was my idea. One of those moments, you know.
Here in the future, I use my computer to watch other people who used their computer to show me how to use a computer program to do something I feel I need to do. Like record myself. And I know while it is perfectly possible for me to muddle through, it's about navigating an interface programmed by, well, programmers. And we also know (as kids raised to be musicians) who among our classmates who is likely to be a programmer. The same way we know which of our classmates are just straight-up felons from the get-go.
When you've got programmer and felon qualities .... but of course in real life nobody would promote people like that to positions of responsibility.
Looks now I need another adapter so I can plug backing tracks into the DAW as I monitor on headphones. Used to be recording was as simple as rolling the tape to the record so I can carry my music with me. What a concept.
I have a Hercules music stand. Use their products for instruments as well. They have stood up well for years.
HERCULES MUSIC STANDS
for years.HERCULES MUSIC STANDS
I use a Focusrite box and outboard rack gear plugged into it. A lot of people fear upgrading anything, especially MIDI. Once it works leave it alone is a common theme.
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Mine's your basic portable music stand (for some reason)
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