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MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Fri May 24, 2013 2:27 pm

Observation:
When Steve Jobs was alive, the iTunes download webpage featured The Beatles.
Now, Taylor Swift is the featured artist when you go to download iTunes.

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:21 pm

You gotta admit, she is a lot better looking!

bububassboner · Post by **bububassboner** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:27 pm

The clockwork spring on my f tuba broke at band practice tonight. Lucky for me my stand mate is the master tuba builder at Alexander. It'll be done in time for lunch tomorrow.

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Sat May 25, 2013 11:55 am

Good news I have just been handed a marital get of jail free card the bad news is the wife had to reverse into my car in the yard first

Chadtuba · Post by **Chadtuba** » Sat May 25, 2013 12:29 pm

sousaphone68 wrote:Good news I have just been handed a marital get of jail free card the bad news is the wife had to reverse into my car in the yard first

So when are you ordering your new tuba

sousaphone68 · Post by **sousaphone68** » Sat May 25, 2013 2:55 pm

As it happens I am currently waiting to close a deal with another member for a recording bell tuba so I will be using the card soon

davidgilbreath · Post by **davidgilbreath** » Wed May 29, 2013 3:12 pm

1 0 0 % R E T I R E D as of 14:32 today; 37 years of teaching and I had a blast. I knew when I was nine that I was going to be a teacher. Glad the Almighty agreed with me

David Gilbreath

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed May 29, 2013 6:27 pm

davidgilbreath wrote:1 0 0 % R E T I R E D as of 14:32 today; 37 years of teaching and I had a blast. I knew when I was nine that I was going to be a teacher. Glad the Almighty agreed with me
David Gilbreath

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your retirement.

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed May 29, 2013 6:42 pm

bloke wrote:I'm sure it was a great ride !

Ride? Please I got enough of that at the last tuba conference.

davidgilbreath · Post by **davidgilbreath** » Wed May 29, 2013 8:57 pm

bloke wrote:I'm sure it was a great ride !

Yes indeed, Joe, it truly was (except when I was an assistant principal). There were many, many good times and good schools during my run.

Thanks for the congrats, brother Grim.

David

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:57 pm

Played "Yakety Sax" on the Conn 2J at a work function today, where all the kids ran around and tried to find where the executive director was hiding.

I listened to numerous recordings beforehand and found two different transcriptions. Not a one was the same. Between the bended notes, ghosted notes, and flat out different notes, everyone seems to have their own take on this. The versions that were too fast (including a later one by BC himself) just lost the whole jovial character of the piece. Today, I made it my own

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:32 am

bloke wrote:' can't decide which is the most controversial...

- Chinese tubas
- giant sousaphones
- Rudy Meinl brittle bells

' time to dredge up cimbassos again...

As long as you can play Yakety Sax on any of them, you are good to go.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:45 pm

bloke wrote:I don't like Yakety Sax.

I like this OK, though...

+1! "Jump, Jive 'n Wail" has been a staple in our concert band folders for thirteen years now! I don't think we've EVER played "Yakety Sax".

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:34 am

Red Skelton Weekend in Vincennes, Indiana. The 'Parade of 1,000 Clowns' is at 11am Saturday beginning at 1st and Hart Streets. Any musician Shriners in the area... bring your horn and we'll try to find you a seat on our parade trailer. Line-up is at 10am.

Dan Schultz, tuba
Hadi Shrine Temple Brass Band

bort · Post by **bort** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:23 pm

When I listen to music with lyrics (pop, rock, etc.), I almost NEVER listen to the lyrics, and have a lot of trouble hearing/learning the words unless I really make an effort. It might as well be in another language, I just don't hear it.

This means there are songs I've listened to many times, for years and years and years that I have NO clue what the words are. I usually am just listening for the music, and hear the singing as a melodic line, but not really the actual text, and certainly not the underlying meaning.

Some people are "tone deaf," I guess I'm "lyrics deaf."

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:41 pm

I am constantly shocked when I go to a website and actually read the lyrics. Happened recently when my daughter scolded me for allowing her daughter to listen to a song that I thought was rather benign. After reading the lyrics, she was right. My granddaughter had no business hearing that.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:30 pm

There's a bathroom on the right.

alfredr · Post by **alfredr** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:51 pm

"There's a bathroom on the right."

Exactly what came to my mind.

alfredr (always good to know where it is)

bububassboner · Post by **bububassboner** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:04 pm

Did my first concert with my German band yesterday and am getting ready to do two more today. The first parade starts at 0600 today, which is also when they start pouring the beers. Could be a long day.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:15 pm

alfredr wrote:"There's a bathroom on the right."

Stairway to Heaven:
"And there's a wino down the road... "

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