What I Learned Today - Page 13

lookout123 · 02-26-2006, 06:29 PM

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You're probably all wondering,"Who the hell is this"?

wow, a little self impressed aren't we. show up in this esteemed meeting place for some of the greatest minds to ever... oh wait this is the cellar - what was i thinking. we don't give a damn who you are, as long as you want to be one of us. welcome to the cellar.

capnhowdy · 02-26-2006, 06:59 AM

Everyone has 'off'days.... I have my share. It's prolly not your first and prolly not your last. I usually have most of mine when I'm anebriated.
Today is another day.

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 07:25 AM

It wasn't one off day, it was the culmination of a series of declining efforts, climaxing in the sloppiest performance I've given in about 15 years. When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.

capnhowdy · 02-26-2006, 07:28 AM

DON'T GET RID OF YOUR RIG

If you do you'll just wind up replacing it. That has happened to me umpteen times.

wolf · 02-26-2006, 01:06 PM

There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ...

limey · 02-26-2006, 02:43 PM

Oooohhhh! Classical! Time for a change, perhaps ... romantic, baroque, avant garde, classical, early music to name but a few ....

richlevy · 02-26-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ...

He didn't say what instrument. If it's clarinet or violin I vote for Klezmer.

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 03:45 PM

Well I have a couple more concerts I'm committed to play this spring and also an opera in the fall (for Mrs. Dallas, so I can't back out of it and still remain amongst the living!) so this won't happen overnight. But unless something drastic happens I'm not likely to change my mind. It's completely irrational to expect that I play at the same level as in the late 1980s (when I was a full-time music student) but I've now fallen so short of that peak that I can't deal with it.

Undertoad · 02-26-2006, 03:52 PM

Is it a physical limitation?

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Is it a physical limitation?

Ultimately yes I suppose since playing an instrument is a physical activity--but it's not tendonitis or anything like that.

Undertoad · 02-26-2006, 08:46 PM

Is it a lack of motivation?

SteveDallas · 02-26-2006, 10:35 PM

Clarinet. It might partially be motivation. It's likely a combination of a lot of things. It's like this: 3 years ago the orchestra I play in did a piece where I had a brutally difficult solo. I practiced it to death and then I played the hell out of it. This semester I had an equally difficult solo and I practiced it to death and I never did get it right. If it was an isolated incident I could (maybe) shrug it off but it's just another example of how I'm past my peak. I'd rather go out when I can still play.

Also, you're all very nice and encouraging, which I appreciate, don't get me wrong. But none of you have actually ever heard me play. For all you know I suck ass and I'd be doing the world a great favor if I set my horns on fire.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-27-2006, 03:54 AM

Spend a weekend with a young shiney clarinet to regain your confidence.

capnhowdy · 02-27-2006, 05:52 PM

BRUCE.... YOU BEAT ALL, YOU KNOW THAT?

Musicians never quit, SD. They just take self collective breaks. Bear down. If the music wasn't in you you'd have never come this far. If the the music IS in you it WILL come out. It's just a matter of time. There are several other Cellar Dwellars who will agree......er....I think. Take a break. You'll be back.

That's what I learned. Not today, but a great while back.

Trilby · 02-27-2006, 06:21 PM

Today, I learned where the countries of Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are. I don't know why I had to learn this. In ten years, they'll all be re-named.

I was also informed that the ethnic group known as the Berber's have blue tongues*. I haven't Googled this to verify, but, that is what the teacher man said.

(*yeah, I'm kiddin' ya!) :p

02-26-2006, 06:59 AM	#2
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Everyone has 'off'days.... I have my share. It's prolly not your first and prolly not your last. I usually have most of mine when I'm anebriated. Today is another day. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-26-2006, 07:28 AM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	DON'T GET RID OF YOUR RIG If you do you'll just wind up replacing it. That has happened to me umpteen times. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-26-2006, 01:06 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There's not a lot of room for improv in classical. Hey, maybe that's it ... time for a genre change. Plenty of swing bands out there ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-26-2006, 02:43 PM	#6
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Oooohhhh! Classical! Time for a change, perhaps ... romantic, baroque, avant garde, classical, early music to name but a few .... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

02-27-2006, 03:54 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Spend a weekend with a young shiney clarinet to regain your confidence. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-26-2006, 07:25 AM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	It wasn't one off day, it was the culmination of a series of declining efforts, climaxing in the sloppiest performance I've given in about 15 years. When I keep practicing and it doesn't sound better, it's time to quit.

02-26-2006, 03:45 PM	#8
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well I have a couple more concerts I'm committed to play this spring and also an opera in the fall (for Mrs. Dallas, so I can't back out of it and still remain amongst the living!) so this won't happen overnight. But unless something drastic happens I'm not likely to change my mind. It's completely irrational to expect that I play at the same level as in the late 1980s (when I was a full-time music student) but I've now fallen so short of that peak that I can't deal with it.

02-26-2006, 03:52 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Is it a physical limitation?

02-26-2006, 08:46 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Is it a lack of motivation?

02-26-2006, 10:35 PM	#12
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Clarinet. It might partially be motivation. It's likely a combination of a lot of things. It's like this: 3 years ago the orchestra I play in did a piece where I had a brutally difficult solo. I practiced it to death and then I played the hell out of it. This semester I had an equally difficult solo and I practiced it to death and I never did get it right. If it was an isolated incident I could (maybe) shrug it off but it's just another example of how I'm past my peak. I'd rather go out when I can still play. Also, you're all very nice and encouraging, which I appreciate, don't get me wrong. But none of you have actually ever heard me play. For all you know I suck ass and I'd be doing the world a great favor if I set my horns on fire.

02-27-2006, 05:52 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	BRUCE.... YOU BEAT ALL, YOU KNOW THAT? Musicians never quit, SD. They just take self collective breaks. Bear down. If the music wasn't in you you'd have never come this far. If the the music IS in you it WILL come out. It's just a matter of time. There are several other Cellar Dwellars who will agree......er....I think. Take a break. You'll be back. That's what I learned. Not today, but a great while back. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-27-2006, 06:21 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Today, I learned where the countries of Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are. I don't know why I had to learn this. In ten years, they'll all be re-named. I was also informed that the ethnic group known as the Berber's have blue tongues. I haven't Googled this to verify, but, that is what the teacher man said. (yeah, I'm kiddin' ya!) :p __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum Last edited by Trilby; 02-27-2006 at 06:28 PM.

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