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Thunderbird Club

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JIO said:
What intrigues me is each musicians life-long dedication to their discipline balanced with their day to day lives. My friends Lou and Nancy were a life-long couple, 1st & 2nd bass chair in the KC symphony - 'were' because Lou passed away early this year. I've known them since the mid '70s and it's hard to believe Lou is gone. There's a Fellini film about a symphonic orchestra. I'll have to watch it again - it's been years.
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That's a really nice story about the two of them. Sorry to hear about your friend Lou's passing.
 
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Does anyone have a black powder coated/spray painted tail piece/claw?

I need to finish my geetar correctly…



one of these… but not shiny…

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JIO said:
For me - the best part of attending a masterful performance is visually studying the participants and wondering about their individual lives. Maybe you don't feel that way, but ever since I first attended a classical symphonic performance - I can't stop but think about each player and what their life could be like. I am/was very close to two classical symphonic performers so I know both sides. It's what draws me to the arts/music - it's what's going on inside ones essence/spirit to do something creative - something above and beyond the ordinary.

The lead violinist is amazing! Damn I wish I could play with such accuracy, authority and deftness of expression!

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The boy and the girl are both pros. He is a jazz player deep down, although he plays everything. She is a completely classical player. He wings everything but practices all the time. She plans everything and only practices a bit. If you didn't know they were musicians, you would think they were a slightly dorky young married couple. Funny thing is that she is the hellion between them, in spite of being the hard core planner.
 
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WillyW said:
Does anyone have a black powder coated/spray painted tail piece/claw?

I need to finish my geetar correctly…



one of these… but not shiny…

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I couldnt find a black one so I took one I had to a powder coater near me. Only cost me $20 because they waited to do mine when they had a larger order for the same color and didnt charge me a setup fee. I thought it turned out pretty good.
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JIO said:
What intrigues me is each musicians life-long dedication to their discipline balanced with their day to day lives. My friends Lou and Nancy were a life-long couple, 1st & 2nd bass chair in the KC symphony - 'were' because Lou passed away early this year. I've known them since the mid '70s and it's hard to believe Lou is gone. There's a Fellini film about a symphonic orchestra. I'll have to watch it again - it's been years.
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Bravissimo!….. love that film…love Fellini…
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MCF said:
I’m at twelve Tbirds. There will be more.
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You definitely need at least one more - 12 is a bad number.
Need at least 13! ;)
(I say this while having 12 basses myself....but the new-to-me treble guitar makes 13 :cautious: )

BklynKen said:
I'm waiting for 668: Neighbor of the Beast.
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The TV version comes out this month, yes?
 
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dagrev said:
I enjoy going to the symphony. Not true of everyone I'm sure, but there was a book out several years ago by a lady who played in symphonies professionally for years. I also read an interview of her. The short of it was that behind the scenes there was a lot shenanigans going on more akin to rock musicians than most would ever imagine. Like in Hollywood, one way to get (better) work was often a horizontal affair and just a lot of free love going on with all the corresponding drama. Maybe that was just the good looking ones! I don't recall seeing what she looked like. It was a somewhat interesting look behind the curtain from her experience of doing it for a living for a really long time. Again, likely not true of all, just her experience.
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Mozart in the Jungle. There was a a tv series based on it on 1 of the streaming platforms. The author had a rather disastrous marriage to Bill Nye the Science Guy.
We, the spousal unit and I, used to attend the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, but we stopped during the pandemic and haven’t gone back because we don’t want to sit really close to other people or wear masks while we’re supposed to be enjoying ourselves. We may go back next season.
 
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dagrev said:
I enjoy going to the symphony. Not true of everyone I'm sure, but there was a book out several years ago by a lady who played in symphonies professionally for years. I also read an interview of her. The short of it was that behind the scenes there was a lot shenanigans going on more akin to rock musicians than most would ever imagine. Like in Hollywood, one way to get (better) work was often a horizontal affair and just a lot of free love going on with all the corresponding drama. Maybe that was just the good looking ones! I don't recall seeing what she looked like. It was a somewhat interesting look behind the curtain from her experience of doing it for a living for a really long time. Again, likely not true of all, just her experience.
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Hopefully those days are gone. (Speaking as the father of a university level symphony bassist)
 
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GBassNorth said:
Thunderbird Thursday family photo (a bakers dozen)…
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I need to update this photo. The Black NR on the right was adopted by Marshall, and 6 others didn’t make it in the picture, ran out of stands. Not shown - Spector RexBird, FrankenGoth, Acacia Pink NR, Dingwall DBird, NR VP, NR ThunderCaster.
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Knock me out!!
Love it!!!
 
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GBassNorth said:
Thunderbird Thursday family photo (a bakers dozen)…
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I need to update this photo. The Black NR on the right was adopted by Marshall, and 6 others didn’t make it in the picture, ran out of stands. Not shown - Spector RexBird, FrankenGoth, Acacia Pink NR, Dingwall DBird, NR VP, NR ThunderCaster.
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Bakers dozen seems to have died out here, locally anyway. :(
 
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