Jin Bao

[PMeuph]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=JinBao+site%3Aforums.chisham.com" target="_blank


What else do you really need to know that hasn't been posted already?

[ginnboonmiller]

Dude, you're totally phoning it in. It's weak and old. I've regularly run threads here up to 5, 6, even ten or more pages with just the tiniest amount of effort. Some hints:

1. This forum has almost no sense of humor. Funny here means mentioning beer usually. You need to take advantage of no one getting your jokes.

2. The crazy assholes that overpost here really are crazy assholes, so that's nice, and furthermore, see my first point. You call one of these people crazy assholes and they'll try to ream you a new one for days.

3. Curse. Man, I get SO much mileage out of the word "bullshit" in this forum.

4. Wait for the right thread up top and make that one grow. People are all argued out about Chinese built tubas right now. They're still crazy assholes, but they don't feel like fighting about it. Something on the first page will almost guarantee you a well trolled thread if you know the right buttons to push.

You're welcome.

[ginnboonmiller]

See? It's easy, but you have to work a little harder than saying "China."

[jamsav]

Sorry guys...after sitting on a conference call at work for way too long discussing how to more proactively think outside the box...I got bored. I needed to put a smile on my face and what quicker way than to post the name Jin Bao. My only goal in the process was to get Bloke to post (success!!!!!). That guy is absolute gold. Agree or disagree with what he says...he cracks me up. I would love to bullshit with that crazy asshole over beers anytime.

+1 ...not sure he'd necessarily appreciate " crazy a-hole " as a descriptive, but the beer part sounds good !
He also has managed to design and have built one very fine line of MPs !
Lets all salute Bloke ...my suggestion , a Bloke- A - Thon , where we all search for and then repost our favorite Bloke threads ....Bloke , any truth to the rumour that you'll soon be outsourcing manufacture to Taiwan ? just somethin' I heard...say it aint so....

[bisontuba]

I resemble that remark. :

If you'll notice, I haven't trolled the Gemeinhardt-Chinese Eb/F threads that much (as those are original designs). I only questioned the dependent 5th valve - until I played one (away from an elephant room) and determined that the 2-4 combo on those particular tubas is close enough to be useable for both pitches. (Having owned a dependent 5th valve Eb tuba in the past, it was definitely a short-coming on that particular instrument.) The only other thing that I might like (re: the Gem Eb/F) would be some sort of bracing of the #1 slide assembly (which is hanging out in the breeze, possibly subjecting the #1 valve casing to some level of peril).

Hi-
Having been using the Gemeinhardt F on many, many ( way too many commencements..) free lance gigs in the last few weeks ( and currently as I write this using it on a gig), I've had no problems at all using the horn-- horn is fantastic, and well built. My 2 cents, and back to work.....

Mark

[TubaRay]

2. The crazy assholes that overpost here really are crazy assholes, so that's nice, and furthermore, see my first point. You call one of these people crazy assholes and they'll try to ream you a new one for days.

I'm guessing that somehow you are somebody special, therefore when you call people names, you aren't anything like those you are calling names.

As for reaming "you a new one for days," I don't really think it's worth the effort, here. If you find TubeNet so uninviting, why not simply uninvite yourself to it.

Now, in the same spirit that you have posted: Have a nice day!

[MikeW]

If you find TubeNet so uninviting, why not simply uninvite yourself to it.

Finally something useful from a Jin Bao thread: I'm stealing this for my sig.

[Waltski]

I only wish Bloke was on the West Coast, so I could meet this master of wit and expertise...

[fairweathertuba]

I only wish Bloke was on the West Coast, so I could meet this master of wit and expertise...

You need to prioritize your life, certainly you should be making a road trip to somewhere in western Tennessee. I'm sure Bloke would let you put yourself up in a hotel there while you try to arrange a meeting.

[The Big Ben]

I only wish Bloke was on the West Coast, so I could meet this master of wit and expertise...

I wonder if the concept of "Blokestock" discussed here a couple of years ago could be resurrected...

It was to have BBQ, BBb vs. CC horn testing by how far each could be thrown, a beer tent with beer girls and other delights...

I'm still in favor of it but, like many good ideas, nothing ever came of it. It is easier to talk about things than to do them...

Jeff "Stopping talking to go play the horn" Benedict

[imperialbari]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=JinBao+site%3Aforums.chisham.com" target="_blank


What else do you really need to know that hasn't been posted already?

The true needs of the OP may be a softened mental crust.

[ztuba]

Chuck Norris walks into a bar... The bar died.

[sloan]

I only wish Bloke was on the West Coast, so I could meet this master of wit and expertise...

I wonder if the concept of "Blokestock" discussed here a couple of years ago could be resurrected...

It was to have BBQ, BBb vs. CC horn testing by how far each could be thrown, a beer tent with beer girls and other delights...

I'm still in favor of it but, like many good ideas, nothing ever came of it. It is easier to talk about things than to do them...

Jeff "Stopping talking to go play the horn" Benedict

Occupy Bloke's Place!

BYO tent.

[The Big Ben]

' might as well invite manufacturers...as long as each of them donates one of their most expensive instruments to the "tuba toss" event.

Went back and discovered that the purpose of the tuba toss event was to determine horn size- 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and all sizes in between. The horn thrown the farthest would be the smallest, etc. Seems to be as accurate a measure as anything used now. The manufacturers could claim the costs as 'research and development'.

Jeff "Figuring the cost of a plane ticket to the South even as we speak" Benedict

[oldbandnerd]

bloke wrote :
1. This forum has almost no sense of humor. Funny here means mentioning beer usually. You need to take advantage of no one getting your jokes.

Here's a good example of that - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46405" target="_blank
I got a lot of mileage out of that one. I thought it would go on forever.

[oldbandnerd]

It was such a outrageous statement to make that I thought for sure no one take it serious.

[PMeuph]

It was such a outrageous statement to make that I thought for sure no one take it serious.

Was it really that outrageous of a statement? More than this one:

http://www.trell.org/wagner/starwars.html" target="_blank

And haven't quite a few other people said something along the sames line has what you said:

The scores utilize an eclectic variety of musical styles, many culled from the Late Romantic idiom of Richard Strauss and his contemporaries that itself was incorporated into the Golden Age Hollywood scores of Erich Korngold and Max Steiner. While several obvious nods to Gustav Holst, William Walton and Igor Stravinsky exist in the score to Episode IV, Williams relied less and less on classical references in the latter five scores, incorporating more strains of modernist orchestral writing with each progressive score. The reasons for Williams' tapping of a familiar Romantic idiom are known to involve Lucas' desire to ground the otherwise strange and fantastic setting in well-known, audience-accessible music. Indeed, Lucas maintains much of the trilogy's success relies not on advanced visual effects, but on the simple, direct emotional appeal of its plot, characters and, importantly,

From:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_music" target="_blank


I'm not going to revive the other thread more than this, but to me musical humour whether it be jokes about music or jokes in the music, have to be really subtle and really well executed to catch on or totally over the top (i.e slapstick).

My try:
This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ZMpv9CnZk&feature=fvst" target="_blank

Is stolen from this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhnT4n18Kms" target="_blank