nat mcintosh??

TonyZ · Post by **TonyZ** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:21 pm

Nat is a stellar player with Youngbloods Brass Band, and Sotto Voce. Both groups are recorded. Everyone should be hearing him!

TZ

Shockwave · Post by **Shockwave** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:48 pm

Is that him on the right in this picture? I was looking at civil war band websites yesterday. This is from the 1st brigade band in Wisconsin.

http://www.1stbrigadeband.org/Pictures. ... Circle.php

-Eric

Bove · Post by **Bove** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:16 am

KJ wrote:Nat can do some pretty amazing things with a sousaphone. Check out some of his stuff here:

www.youngbloodbrassband.com

Wow, that band sounds pretty good. They have some mp3s on the site, if you want to hear something interesting.

ai698 · Post by **ai698** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:41 am

Heard the Dallas Brass here last Sat. Nat played an Accent BBb, and have no fear, his sousaphone. Great sound from both horns. We were lucky to get them in our small town! They're on their way to Amarillo, Schlepporello, on Nov. 9th!

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:32 am

so what exactly is an accent tuba? stencil or something totally new?

ufoneum · Post by **ufoneum** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:05 am

I thought SottoVoce and Nat were Besson Artists. Hmm... oh well...

- Pat Stuckemeyer

ai698 · Post by **ai698** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:25 am

I thought SottoVoce and Nat were Besson Artists

I could be wrong. I was sitting near the back and it looked like a 4 valver, a la VMI 3301ish. Checkng the archives, someone said the Accent pro tubas are made by B&S.

ufoneum · Post by **ufoneum** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:34 pm

oh. cool.

- Pat Stuckemeyer

Gorilla Tuba · Post by **Gorilla Tuba** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:30 pm

Accent brass is indeed a stencil name by a group of large music retailers. One of the retailers is Saied Music in Oklahoma and Arkansas. I know there are others.

Generally, they are a good value on a very good instrument. One of my students has a BBb tuba which is really a VMI/ Schneider/ whatever. I have Accent marching baritones which are "allegedly" made by Kanstul. Really good instruments at a good pricepoint.

I was really leary when Accent instruments started appearing on our school bids as alternative to brands that I specified. In the few cases where I was willing to "gamble" (marching band instruments), I have not been disappointed. For high end items, such as Selmer Paris Saxophones, I am not yet willing to accept substitutions.

Gorilla Tuba · Post by **Gorilla Tuba** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:33 am

bloke wrote:
bloke "who doesn't think that any schools need to buy saxophones any better than these...Saxophone players usually have their own instruments, and saxophones cause cancer anyway"

Although I generally agree, I want my best 4 sax players in my top ensembles. They almost always have made their investments in a good alto. It is rare to find an undergrad willing to shell out $5-6000 on a good bari or tenor that is their "doubling instrument." At least not at my small school. Similarly, I have seen very few "Bass Clarinet" specialists, so we should have a few good quality instruments for them to check-out.