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this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:05 pm
by djwesp

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:13 pm
by windshieldbug
Not only were his facts way off, but I thought he was going to have triplets playing a saxophone (a triple disappointment!) :shock:

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:45 pm
by bort
What....no good? :roll:

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:51 pm
by The Jackson
DARN! I need a video on how to play triplets on a TUBA... :x :x

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:17 pm
by scottw
We can only hope he is not an education major about to get his own band! Idiot. 8)

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:25 pm
by ArnoldGottlieb
Just like lot's of things on the internet. Worth what you paid for it.

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:12 pm
by TMurphy
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

I never realized how much quarter note triplets sound EXACTLY like straight eighth notes!!!

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:44 am
by Dean
Ha!

This is exactly the kid I was referring to in my thread about degree fraud:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=35247

This video is funny and sad at the same time. What's important, though, is THIS KID HAS NO MUSIC DEGREE. He lied. I forwarded this video along with a short explanation of how I found it to the Director of Jazz Studies at UNC Wilmington (where the kid claims the degree). I did so in the hope that someone at UNC could convince the kid to pull the video. The professor replied "He has a degree from UNC, but not in music." You can clearly see in the kid's bio that he claims a degree in jazz studies from UNC Wilmington!!

I hope this video gets pulled quickly. The humor is not worth all the damage to the reputation of UNC and the possibility of some kid seeing it and taking it for truth!

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:33 am
by tbn.al
I actually went to the band's website to see if someone this stupid could actually play. I didn't stay to listen to all of the samples because I was suddenly afraid I had punched the wrong button and had to get off before I passed my floor.

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:03 pm
by tubatom91
Glad I can quit college now, I could make these videos all day. Forget about a Music Ed degree!

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:07 pm
by TUBAD83
Watched about 30-45 seconds of it then had to turn it off cuz I couldn't stop laughing! Are yall sure this isn't some gag video???---its hard to believe someone would totally embarrass himself like this!

JJ

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:13 pm
by windshieldbug
Ah, it's "a type of saxophone rhythm used by advanced players". That must explain it... :shock:

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:05 pm
by ken k
there is another video on ehow where the guy is demonstrating trumpet stuff and he is way of. He plays a d minor sclae after calling it a d minor chord and then plays B natural and C# going up and down.

also he talkes about hitting high notes and it is all he can do to get a high D.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2378184_play- ... minor.html" target="_blank


k

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:43 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
ken k wrote:there is another video on ehow where the guy is demonstrating trumpet stuff and he is way of. He plays a d minor sclae after calling it a d minor chord and then plays B natural and C# going up and down.
Yippee! The "Hawaiian" scale...very sexy!

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:59 am
by MartyNeilan
I sometimes look to YouTube to expand my bass chops. There are videos of guys out there like Victor Wooten doing their thing, and it is just amazing. Sometimes you also come across that little known middle school music teacher who knows how to lay down a line or two, and is equally informative. Then there are some of the other videos. :roll:

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:10 am
by Arkietuba
You guys shouldn't get bent outta shape...it's a "fake" video. This is the same guy (I believe...at least he looks the same) that posted a "how to" snare drum video. It's meant to be bad...so laugh!

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:57 am
by SplatterTone
The problem with music education today is very simple:

NOT ENOUGH COW BELL!

Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:42 am
by windshieldbug
"Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription... is more cowbell!"

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Re: this is what is wrong with music education today...

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:40 pm
by Dean
Arkietuba wrote:You guys shouldn't get bent outta shape...it's a "fake" video. This is the same guy (I believe...at least he looks the same) that posted a "how to" snare drum video. It's meant to be bad...so laugh!
That's fine. He shouldn't associate himself with any school or program then. If he wants to make up a degree, he can use a fake school name as well.

Satire only works when it's obviously satire...