… his policies alienated some people.

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PHEW it’s such a relief that there’s NO political agendas ever being expressed here! /sarcasm

A huge shout out to the moderators who take the time ...

Could have been a vote of the executive board.


No, there was a general membership vote.


A show vote. Simply put, the organization wanted to make the name change, but knew it would be an unpopular decision and could lose members. So, pretending a vote would happen is a great way to say ...

If reports are true, congrats to Andy on his accomplishment and best of luck to him and the Hawaii Symphony. Hopefully they won't let deranged and uninformed commentary distract them from making great music in a wonderful industry.

No, outdoor gigs would not be a no-go. Production teams have magically figured out how to operate all of their equipment wirelessly for years, so it is not a stretch of the imagination for an orchestra to figure it out. An orchestra could create a local network for their tablets through a data hub ...

It would work through a centralized digital music distribution system. Instead of emailing PDFs to musicians, the files would be stored on a server and accessed directly through specific softwares and likely an account. Rather than modifying a copy of a PDF locally, you would editing the original ...

If we had digital parts, that could be erased or wiped from an iPad after use, we wouldn’t have digital archives of notes by Bernstein and on the parts like below for Prokofiev 5. Very interesting pencil markings.

https://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/af05c3ee-5d86-4a66-afb3-3583253d6204 ...

...I just don't understand the purpose of it.


Just because you don't understand the purpose of it, doesn't mean there isn't one.


...in that the use of this iPad stuff has no advantage, and that it's only being done because it can be done, rather than because it should be done.


This is ...

There's a difference between being skeptical and choosing to be ignorant. Being skeptical leads to asking great questions like:

- how researched is the science behind this?
- how biased is the information I am receiving?
- how large is the data set?
- can I independently verify this work?
- how ...

@Colby Fahrenbacher I was curious if you ever do cross training between horns in the same session (i.e. audition prepping) and how you approach that. Before you hate me more, you have provided some great discussion and given me some ideas on this, and want to continue this chat regarding 2 horn ...

I remember Gene talking about his first rehearsal with the CSO backstage - with all the brass player's bells glowing at ffff+ and him believing they were screwing with the newbee...

...but no, that's what they did, and that's the amount of racket that Sir Georg expected...
I remember that ...

Well I'm glad Bloke didn't go into education because he clearly would have made a horrible teacher. His typical "it worked for me, so it must be the best way and work for everyone else" is a textbook example of bad pedagogy. Fortunately, there are very few teachers on this forum to misconstrue his ...

So this leads on another tangent Colby that relates to the post and has me intrigued (as many of your posts do, where we disagree and seem to argue and though you won't admit it, both come out as better people more enlightened). You state injury potential. Lips are a muscle, and from what I ...

This already exists, although it is not widespread. Obviously, music notation software already has this function, and Musescore is free. The major sheet music readers for tablet don't have this yet, although there are some niche publisher libraries that are implementing it.

The major hurdle is ...

Quoting myself, because I've already responded to this question.


You've asked an impossible question because "the effects of warming up" don't suddenly stop after a certain period of time. Their benefits fluctuate as a function time and will vary from person to person and depend entirely on the ...

My "Nonsense Bloke Says" Bingo Card is filling up quite quickly in this thread. We've got:

- hijacked the thread from its' original intent
- unrelated asides to bloat his own post length
- derogatory commentary about urban areas
- derogatory commentary about government organizations
- derogatory ...

Sigh, this is what I get for not being more specific. Let me clarify:

I do not believe that the mental aspect does not play an important role in music. I am saying that a mental approach is not a complete replacement for a good, healthy warm-up.

You and Bloke were both essentially suggesting ...

Not even in the slightest. I know this is difficult for you to understand, but there are many people who visit this forum and simply read but never post. Most of the time, that includes me. When I post, it's because I have read something that I feel strongly about. Most of the time, that's an ...

I tagged you because I was replying directly to a very specific comment you made and have made on multiple occasions.

I respond to you because I disagree with what you have to say and think it is important for people other than you and I see that dissenting opinion voiced. You post so frequently on ...

bloke , you've stated this multiple times, so I am going to push back against the notion of "warmup is a mental thing." Music making is an abnormal physical process where we demand that our bodies perform functions well outside their norm. Doing so can, and does, often lead to physical injury. In ...

Thanks for sharing these, Wade. I've enjoyed playing through the first two Sieber etudes over the past few days. I like that you've transposed them by ascending fifths, rather than descending fifths. I feel like most etude books would have you cycle through the flat keys first, but this forces the ...