Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

Soprano sax played well is worse than alto sax played badly. Ever hear a bad alto sax player?...
...of course, that's not a nice thing to say, and maybe it's just my natural recoil to anything even distantly associated with Kenny G.

*shrug*

I never got Kenny G. I didn’t bother to analyze why, But nothing I heard of his ever excited me. Neither his playing nor his tone offered anything I cared to hear.
He’s hardly the only popular musician I feel that way about.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

We do what we can

My random factiod........I've never worn pants to a Nasty Habits show.

Given your legs, why would you?

 

[JIO]

I never got Kenny G. I didn’t bother to analyze why, But nothing I heard of his ever excited me. Neither his playing nor his tone offered anything I cared to hear.
He’s hardly the only popular musician I feel that way about.

That's exactly why he's so popular - his audience doesn't want to be excited by music.

 

[GonePlaid]

Hmm. Just realized, I gots more woodwinds(9)than basses(5). What to do, what to do?........AH! Buy more basses.

 

[Nocturnal]

We do what we can

My random factiod........I've never worn pants to a Nasty Habits show.

Neither has @JJR58

 

[TBird1958]

Neither has @JJR58

 

[dagrev]

And mess up the paint on the AMC.

Oh the humanity! Not the AMC! Maybe he can just use one of those things with no top. Much safer when it's time to exit in a hurry.

 

[Engle]

Incredibly funny, but try to describe why it is funny and people will think you have gone a bit peculiar.

That happens about 50% of the time when I describe things I find funny.

 

[Engle]

That's exactly why he's so popular - his audience doesn't want to be excited by music.

We are musicians, so we listen closely and think about music. We get excited about new approaches and sounds.

Most non musicians hear it differently. They often can’t/don’t even hear the separate instruments.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That happens about 50% of the time when I describe things I find funny.

I worked hard to get the number that low.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That's exactly why he's so popular - his audience doesn't want to be excited by music.

But they are. It’s so weird. Then again, many people think I’m weird. I’m good with that

 

[fasterpussycat]

I like alto sax in the right hands. It's a really sensitive instrument, requires a lot of skill I think. Subtlety and nimbleness with breath and melody make it work. Intonation has to be sweet.
Played by a more brutal hand, can't hang at all... gets too "honky", not so elastic. Like getting a spike driven into my ears.

Looking at you David Robert Jones....

 

[Inky13]

time to go to Baja....driving down through the Salton Sea and into the Sea of Cortez on Monday....a whole week of.......

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Don’t leave us hanging! A whole week of what?

 

[fasterpussycat]

We are musicians, so we listen closely and think about music. We get excited about new approaches and sounds.

Most non musicians hear it differently. They often can’t/don’t even hear the separate instruments.

I was asked by an elderly gentleman why I listen to such tiring music, when I could listen to [bland] music and 'relax'. Funnily enough and iirc his complaint was about the Brubeck Quartet -- 'you think this is busy?'

 

[Inky13]

Yeah, but he sold people on the idea of the soprano sax. Before him-and a coupla others-you couldn't give those things away. I have 4 saxes[which I no longer play]. None is a soprano.(Alto, C melody, Tenor, and Baritone)

No sax before a fight.

 

[fasterpussycat]

[Classical] woodwind instruments in general tend to be a bit irritating (to me). They're okay ensemble in an orchestra, but I'd rather clean out [insert something unpleasant] than listen to a flute concerto or wind quintet. Cello, viola, violin, piano, brass, a bit of singing ... bring it here. Woodwinds? Umm, the fire's looking a bit low, chuck that bassoon on it can you?* **

* that remark was not remotely influenced by any personal animosity I may harbour towards bassoon or clarinet players of my acquaintance.

** or my sister being an oboe player.

 

[JIO]

But they are. It’s so weird. Then again, many people think I’m weird. I’m good with that

I guess what I meant was he isn't challenging and his audience doesn't want to be challenged and challenging music is exciting.

 

[PillO]

No sax before a fight.

After the fight, there is make up sax.

 

[JIO]

I was asked by an elderly gentleman why I listen to such tiring music, when I could listen to [bland] music and 'relax'. Funnily enough and iirc his complaint was about the Brubeck Quartet -- 'you think this is busy?'

I presume you meant to type "trying" music, not "tiring" music.

 

[PillO]

[Classical] woodwind instruments in general tend to be a bit irritating (to me). They're okay ensemble in an orchestra, but I'd rather clean out [insert something unpleasant] than listen to a flute concerto or wind quintet. Cello, viola, violin, piano, brass, a bit of singing ... bring it here. Woodwinds? Umm, the fire's looking a bit low, chuck that bassoon on it can you?* **

* that remark was not remotely influenced by any personal animosity I may harbour towards bassoon or clarinet players of my acquaintance.

** or my sister being an oboe player.

My wind quintet is beans, beer, bratwurst, and sauerkraut.