learsfool
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| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - first of all, "mellophonium" is actually a strange name. Perhaps Conn called their instrument by that name as a marketing thing. Usually, the instrument is referred to as a "mellophone." They are still very much in use in marching band... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - I have a couple of questions, and a comment. First, I for one am very puzzled by your use of the term "wire-worshipers." If this is a reference to something on this thread, I must have missed it. What do you mean by it? I am assum... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Orpheus - I am not "cleverly evading" anything. You are either willfully misunderstanding, or refusing to understand, however you like, what Frogman and I have said. As for me, I did not say that "I" or "you" have to practice improvisation. ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I actually consider Charles Ives to be the quintessential American composer. He wrote quite a lot of music - hundreds of songs, a very famous piano sonata called the Concord Sonata, and many pieces for orchestra. A very short and popular piece f... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi guys - Rok has provided over the last day or so a perfect example of what I was talking about with O-10....sigh, indeed. Frogman, this is reminding me of a certain John Cleese video from about a year ago. O-10, I generally visit this site ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - thanks for the response, which again is quite good, as far as it goes. The problem is, as Alex tried to point out, it doesn't really go far enough. As he says, you have dismissed many things without explanation that others have written... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - your post today about subjectivity and objectivity was interesting. Most of it is fine as far as it goes. However, as Frogman has pointed out several times, there is much more about music that is indeed objective than you think. It re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wow, Rok, you have asked quite a deep question there. I would say the impetus comes from the human spirit - mankind's constant need to explore/experiment. Obviously this is somewhat related to the advance of technology, too, though that is only ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, is the reason you do not want to name your friend because he was a substance abuser, and this shortened his life/career? If so, why? I don't think any serious listener's opinion of his playing is going to change because of that knowledge (c... | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? Ghosthouse, thanks so much for the response! You answered pretty much all of the questions I have been wondering about. If I have any trouble, I will let you know. It may be several days before I actually attempt this, though. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Acman - I just saw your post about your guess on O-10's friend, don't know why I missed it last night. An organist is a fascinating guess, as it would immediately provide a very good reason why O-10 would have never heard him practice in his a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - actually, the horn is quite a bit more "nimble" than the trombone. The trombone's slide makes it awkward to play things that are very fast, for instance. The horn has the advantage of the valves, like the trumpet. Even the tuba is tech... | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? I have ripped almost 1000 CDs using iTunes on my MacBook Pro. It has worked great, however, now I need to transfer the files to an external hard drive. Does anyone have any advice about doing this? I think I need to reformat the drive so that i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As far as the answers to your questions - you both know very well that both Frogman and I have multiple times on this thread over the years offered very good suggestions about where and how to learn more about music. Anyone can easily go back th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados OK, I found that discography of Julius Watkins, for those interested. The Blue Note recordings I mentioned are simply titled The Julius Watkins Sextet, Vols. 1 and 2. Other albums he was the leader on:French Horns For My Lady/PhilipsThe Jazz Mode... |