Great post, and given the amount of times a low brass player actually plays what they auditioned on, this makes him that much more a very special muscian. The man who can make whole notes musical is the one who will always work. If more people would approach the daily, mundane music with the same level of thought and intensity that they play their concertos and excerpts most groups would be 100% better than they are. There is no music which is beneath us.
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Thanks for pointing that out bloke. My teacher (a New York Bell student) taught me more than I can ever say, but he hadn't actually played in years. The bass trombone player that I was privilidged to play with when I got a gig (Jay Hildebrandt, Friday @ 11:00 at the Army Band 23rd Annual Tuba-Euphonium Conference) tought me how to be a pro by example, and I can never say enough about how much I learned from him, either.
It's not about drawing attention to yourself. It's about making music! But other PROS do notice!
It's not about drawing attention to yourself. It's about making music! But other PROS do notice!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?