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Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:12 am
by MileMarkerZero
Rich Matteson recalling his recording session with Louis Armstrong in 1960. Some really great wisdom in there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKlmRPPGNs" target="_blank
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:50 am
by Tubadork
Fantastic, tomorrow that will be my goal for every note.
Bill
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:32 am
by tbn.al
This is going to church with me tonight as the devotional for orchestra rehearsal. I've been on the same page with Rich for along time but didn't know it. His monologue hits the nail square on the head. Profound!
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:40 am
by windshieldbug
Rich Matteson wrote:Play for someone you love... one of the most important music lessons you're ever going to get
word.
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:40 am
by Bill Troiano
My youngest son, Chris (HS senior), the euphonium player, recently made All-State again. It figures that I can't think of the composer of the piece he played, but it was an unaccompanied 3 mvt. sonata for euph. The middle mvt. was entitled, Song. I loved it and the way he played it. So, without telling him, I went into his stack of music, pulled the piece and copied the 2nd mvt., so I could play it too. It wasn't until I actually sat down to play it, that I noticed the word, "Dad" written in the left corner. When I got around to asking him why he wrote that there, I could see he was a little embarrassed, and he said he would send me a link on my computer. He sent me the Rich Matteson/Louis Armstrong link. Wudda kid!
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:29 pm
by Tundratubast
Hey Congrats Bill, That's when you know, you did things right. Great job
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:55 pm
by Art Hovey
I heard Matteson tell this story many years ago at the NY Brass Conference.
Several years later at a tuba conference in Boston I asked him to repeat it, and he did.
Thank you for posting the YouTube link; it's worth hearing again and again.
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:58 am
by Kevin Hendrick
Art Hovey wrote:I heard Matteson tell this story many years ago at the NY Brass Conference.
Several years later at a tuba conference in Boston I asked him to repeat it, and he did.
Thank you for posting the YouTube link; it's worth hearing again and again.
Indeed it is -- thanks from me as well. Having the link makes it easy to share with others.
Re: Play for someone you love
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:38 pm
by eupher61
the Louis and the Dukes album is available from Dave Gannett,
http://www.tubagear.com" target="_blank" target="_blank
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that is an AMAZING lesson. Thanks for finding it and posting it here.
Wow...