learsfool
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| Jazz for aficionados Wow. First, to Newbee - I'm sure that you probably perceive me as being more condescending than Frogman, and I would totally understand that. His justification that we are teachers by nature and therefore cannot stand by in the face of misinform... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 and Rok - in the sentences I quoted, it seemed obvious that O-10 was speaking of sound, not thoughts. Any good musician can re-create the sound that is in his/her head. We all do it all the time, with every note that we play, whether it ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10: what is "wack," to use your phrase, is this comment of yours: "The only thing you can practice is a written piece of music, or you can practice familiarity with your musical instrument." This is so wrong I am not even sure where to sta... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi all - just caught up on the last few days of this thread. O-10, I would like to attempt to help explain one thing you are puzzled by - yes, one MUST practice improvising. As Frogman said, all of these great improvisers practice all the tim... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Acman, just saw your post. It really should be no surprise to anyone that Jaap is going to New York (there are many New York critics with short memories acting surprised/disappointed). They wanted him very badly eight or ten years ago, when ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - I am pretty sure I have read a transcript of that discussion before, but when I get a chance (I see the whole thing is an hour long) I will definitely check that out - thanks for posting it! | |
| Jazz for aficionados I would like to add one thing about musicians and money - the vast majority of musicians do not make very much at all from album sales. Only the very top artists who sell millions of albums make good money from sales - the record labels kept just... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows Hi brownsfan, schubert and al - I must agree with al here. I would say mid-hall is the closest one should ever consider sitting to the stage, for almost any type of concert. The only reason a student sits up close sometimes would be to watch the... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows Schubert, I have to ask - why on earth do you sit in the first row?? This is about the worst place in the hall to sit to take in the overall sound of the ensemble!! Are you a fan of watching the soloists up very close, or something that? You a... | |
| In a lot of these threads people say without the room being treated I would agree with Alan here. I suppose if you had a dedicated listening room that was never used for anything else, then it might be worth exploring some treatment. But for most of us, our systems are in our living rooms. Usually, just playing... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, I really don't see anything negative in my comments, other than the fact that they are responding to the negativity from Rok and yourself. I certainly did not intend for them to be negative - I was merely trying to say what frogman was sayi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Just finally caught up on reading the last week and a half of this thread. Wow. Most of what I would add has already been said by Frogman, Schubert, and Alexatpos. To Rok - the differences here are NOT "irreconcilable." The reason you think t... | |
| Problem with my computer audio Nope, still no sound. Hew, what buffer settings are you speaking of? I am on a Macbook Pro using iTunes. Ghost house, I do not see a keyboard icon at all?? I did go into the settings of both iTunes and of my audio utilities to make sure that t... | |
| Problem with my computer audio Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I just de-installed Audirvana and Pure Music, so I will see now if that did the trick. | |
| Problem with my computer audio Sorry - I should also have added that the files DO play properly on the internal computer speakers, but I would much rather listen to them through my Cornwalls, of course. |