I'm not familiar with this piece; but I liked the excerpt and I may order it. Might be the recording, but the grace notes (They were grace notes, weren't they?) seemd a little muddy. But, again good tone.
+ : I liked that you maintained a musical line to communicate to the audience. Even though I have never heard the "Hijazker Longa" before, it sounds 'right' in terms of musical ideas. The "Effie" ascending accents were nice. There were instances (one example- 1:02 of "Effie") that sounded really smooth and well articulated that made me go "whoa".
- : Note flubs. If you could completely eliminate these you would be undisputedly great (obviously much easier said than done). Aiming for more of your already good tone on all the notes would be a plus.
Overall: B
(Out of curiousity, what kind equipment (both instrument and recording) did you use?)
Nice Jared,I give you an "A".A stirring performance,sir.
Some of the posts critisize this and that but you were recording live.I heard nothing major that you couldn't fix in a studio environment.
Good job,son! Horn sounds fat down low.
tubatooter1940
I've thought a little more about this idea of TubeNet lessons; and I like it a lot. Maybe there should be a requirement that if you decide to respond you must also post some excerpts.
I have only listened to Hijazker piece so far(really slow connection) but I just wanted to say that I like your low range a lot, it sounds so big and broad and I also thought that you had good contrasts and I just really liked the piece and the way you played it. There are places where you make it sound like the recording is really far away and then like your right on top of the mike, it seemed like more than just the dynamics, maybe how the room responded. I'd give you an A- because a few things up high didn't seem quite as clear as some of your amazing low stuff, I didn't think it was bad, just different tone and it doesn't sound as resonate (sp?). I thought all of your other stuff was wonderful, tone, interpretation, musical effect, intonation, and technique all came through. I'm sure it was very impressive live.
I agree with Mark, TubeNet lessons would be a good idea, any way we could start a new section just for that purpose. I would not mind at all getting to listen to different levels of players and hearing all the stuff us tuba players play. I think it could be a great tool to help polish auditions and recitals and everything else. I'm sure I would put a few things up to get some suggestions.
Got some good music going on. Don't loose that. Keep it supreme. You make statements in a clear manner.
From a fundemental standpoint you have what my wife calls "crap in your sound". She did not call you crap, I am just using a statement she used to get on me about. I would not necessarily call it articulation, but the sound itself especially near the beginning 1/3-1/2 of each pitch. The note starts off unfocussed at times and uncertain. It usually seems to settle it though towards the end. Perhaps your chops were tired? Not sure.
What to do about it? Long tones. Low register studies with judicious use of a recording device. Your most basic general purpose tuba tone should have a clarity to it from the very instant the note begins. This is a mental concept of the sound itself which can be reinforced with a recorder. Without the recorder you will default back to what you are accustomed to.
I say the above because that is main point which sticks out. The music is good. The message is there and that is the MOST difficult thing for most to get a hold of. Intonation is basically good. Time is basically sound. Interpretation is pretty good and interesting.
Jared--wonderful tone. You're doing everything that my teacher is trying to get me to do right now. Thanks for an excellent example of superb playing. I just sure hope you're a Junior in College, otherwise I'd better not even try making it to state next year.
I looked on your website, and the "organic mutes" caught my eye.......please man, tell me that's some serious photoshop skills you've got goin' on there, and that it's not really a kid in that bell. Poor thing.
Josh "never stick anything sharper than a beachball in your tuba" Stanley
I think i know what you mean. Lately i've been doing long tones while watching a tuner, and most of the time the begining of every note starts of very flat. So, now i'm on the "firing range for target practice" if you will, aiming for the center of the tuner.
Make sure you instrument isn't tuned flat. Sometimes we fight battles we don't need to.
