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The View from the Back Row: October 2009
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Bill Watrous on Samantha. I know Jon usually posts the YouTube of the Week, but he's informed me that his posting might be sporadic for a while, so I've decided to step in where I can to keep things regular around here. I was inspired to look up Bill Watrous on YouTube by my friend Joe, who recently saw him play live in Houston. I came across this recording of Watrous playing "Samantha", a beautiful ballad, and the video (while grainy) gives some amazing shots of his use of slide vibrato. Enjoy! It's dif...
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The View from the Back Row: May 2010
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On recordings. again. I'm sitting here waiting for my car to be repaired, managed to steal a WiFi signal, and so I thought - what better time to update the blog? I mentioned last time. I was personally disappointed in my own performance in our recording of this piece, and I think most of the band wishes we could have a collective mulligan. Links to this post. On Chair assignments- part two. It’s coming up on summer again, which means it’s time for the annual reordering of the chairs. For ...But for now, ...
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Book Giveaway: Romantic Times | Aine's Realm
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Thursday, April 22, 2010. Book Giveaway: Romantic Times. Contest Closed. Winners Announced Soon! Next weekend I'll be attending the Romantic Times Book Lover's Convention in Ohio to meet Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong again. I'll also be meeting Rachel Vincent, Ally Carter, Richelle Mead, MaryJanice Davidson, Jeaniene Frost, Jocelyn Drake, Vicki Pettersson, and Charlaine Harris. And the following weekend I'll be traveling up to Philly to meet Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. VALIANT by Holly Black.
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The View from the Back Row: on recordings
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Personally, I have been part of a number of scheduled recordings like this. The Symphonic Band at the RLMU was part of a number of recordings of new band music for sampler CDs for band directors. Most notably, however, I was in the band that recorded Jim Bonney's. Which appears on BCM's Men of Industry. CD It's a great piece of music, truly, and the recording experience was intense (and Jim Bonney is an amazingly inspirational person). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sounds like a bad shoujo-ai.".
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The View from the Back Row: Glossary
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So because we don't always take time to explain ourselves, here's a little glossary of some terms used in this blog that might not be intuitive. We will be updating this as necessary. Japanese animated television shows or films, usually created for an adult audience rather than American-style "cartoons". The "Award-Winning Community Band" that Jon and Lauren share a stand in. This is a code name. The actual band is the East Winds Symphonic Band. Hamsters in the mugs. A concert or a performance of any type.
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The View from the Back Row: March 2010
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I found this interesting video from composer Steven Bryant on YouTube. It's the first of a series about his compositional methods in creating his latest work, Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Do they have a melody in mind and try to build it in to these time signatures? It looks like Steven Bryant, at least, approaches it much differently. There's so much in this video - what did you find interesting? Links to this post. Allow me to rant for just a moment about clarity. A hyponym would be poodle. All Pepsis a...
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The View from the Back Row: May 2014
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Playing straight horns versus attachment horns. Bye bye Scott and Sarah McElfresh, how will we replace you? History of fries and pie. Purpose of fries and pie? Best concert you've ever played. What's in your case? What are the things you carry around all the time? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). One trombonist looks to another and says, "You know, Wicked. Sounds like a bad shoujo-ai.". The other raises her eyebrow and replies, "Did you just say shoujo-ai? And thus this blog was born.
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Episode 17 of the Final Season of LOST | The Final Season of LOST as Seen by Someone Who Has Never Seen LOST
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The Final Season of LOST as Seen by Someone Who Has Never Seen LOST. Laquo; Episode 16 of the Final Season of LOST. Episode 17 of the Final Season of LOST. Posted May 25, 2010 by papadurbin in Uncategorized. Do I really need to say that? That was fun, huh? We got all of our questions answered all in this one episode. Well, almost all of them. Ok, the majority of them. Some of them? Filing this away with the other 30 billion pages about LOST. I’ll be back the next time a series is going into the fin...
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The View from the Back Row: Speaking of John Adams
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Speaking of John Adams. I was in a very good mood yesterday. Along with the usual trappings of a good mood, like an inspired reading of the Wicked Witch of the West in the latest nightly bedtime chapter of the Wizard of Oz, I found an immediate karmic balance in an unaccountable compulsion to listen to Rutter's Gloria. To excise this piece of musical pablum from my mental ipod. I decided today to listen to a cd. I bought a little while ago: John Adams's Doctor Atomic Symphony,. With a number of expectati...
