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I had some bad gas for the second half of a performance this evening, but I struggled to hold it in the entire time. I had no idea of how pungent it might have been, and did not want to take out half the brass section if it turned out to be deadly.

MartyNeilan wrote:I had some bad gas for the second half of a performance this evening, but I struggled to hold it in the entire time. I had no idea of how pungent it might have been, and did not want to take out half the brass section if it turned out to be deadly.

That was very civilized of you. What did you eat beforehand that generated the gas? I don't know where you were performing, but hope it wasn't in a crowded orchestra pit with bad air circulation. Had you let loose there, the whole orchestra would have been wiped out.

Ace

I had a particularly obnoxious trombone player wait until 2-4 measures before
the solo in Mahler 1 before he let out a terrible cloud of noxious fumes.

This was not a pleasant playing experience.

I have lactose tolerance issues and was given a couple free pieces of pizza at work for staying late right before heading off to a gig. My only chance at supper, so I didn't want to turn it down with an upcoming overture and symphony on the first half, and an 18 movement premier (with lots of very very low register playing) the second half.

I did manage to make it out to the parking lot until I was able to "decompress"

P.S. Sorry for posting in the wrong forum, feel free to move.

the elephant wrote:So what exactly is for sale, here?

Compressed Natural Gas of course!

Boy! You never know what you're going to read on TubeNet. Anything is possible.

Blame the bass trombone....

I know I don't post much here but I had to..... My Mom always told me I would outgrow "bathroom humor" but it never happened and at 55 this still is the funniest post I have seen in a long while We all have situations where we have to be civilized (planes, supermarket, etc.) but as a dentist can you imagine what would happen if all hell broke loose!

After you pass a certain age, it doesn't surprise anyone.

MartyNeilan wrote:an 18 movement premier (with lots of very very low register playing)

Without referencing how your condition might have enhanced the "brown notes," what piece was that? Can you show an example of the tuba part?

Steve Marcus wrote: Can you show an example of the tuba part?

Had to hand the parts back in, should have copied.
Picture your typical moving line tuba part written around the bottom of the staff to a couple ledger lines below.
Now drop it an octave.

That, and the continuing mods to BART are what made me bring the Warburton-Neilan mouthpiece out of retirement. I was looking for something that would play those notes in the pedal register with more fullness and less growl.

I spoke to the composer about it and he told me that was exactly the range he wanted the tuba in.
If nothing else, it gave me an excuse to spend two weeks working on my low register, pedal register, and false tones (although I ultimately chose to use valved notes for most of them)

A couple of notes "for effect" would sound good down there, but not entire movements IMHO. Some of the movements were in a more traditional register, and they were all very different. One of my favorite movements sounded exactly like a Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble style arrangement, and another sounded like the scoring for a hard boiled noir detective show from 50 years ago, including the melancholy muted trumpet part. Very eclectic. I think with some tweaking the piece definitely has potential, or with certain movements standing on their own.

That reminds me of one time when I talked to Dr. David Holsinger about an awkward tuba part in something he was working on. His response was along the lines of "it's my job to write it, it's your job to figure out how to play it," unfortunately I don't remember the exact wording. Although I was initially taken aback, I realized something very quickly - HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. If we stayed in our comfort zone, we would still be playing 1 - 5 - 1 quarter-note rest quarter-note rest bass lines instead of continually pushing the instrument to explore new potential (Encounters II and Fnugg come to mind as two very different examples of this.)

Note: Who thought a fart post would devolve into a serious musical discussion?

MartyNeilan wrote:Note: Who thought a fart post would devolve into a serious musical discussion?

Marty, can you fart in Ab?

When my car had engine problems after a tank of bad gas, I traded it in.

As for the other kind of bad gas, half a tablet of generic lactase keeps me fresh and sweet.