[TPIN] Oklahoma

[William Graham]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Arndt" <darndt at oriongate.net>
To: "'Ben and Karen'" <kbrblinder at comcast.net>; <RRW1951 at aol.com>; 
<tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: [TPIN] Oklahoma


> For whatever it's worth, "marking parts" with pencil is unavoidable, at
> least it was back in my day.  Even if postit notes were available (I think
> they might have just come out around that time) - but can't imagine 
> getting
> along that way.  You have to mark the parts.
>
> As a matter of nostalgia, when you were playing a headliner, like Johnny
> Matthis, Sammy Davis, Steve Lawrence, etc., it was typical to see notes in
> the parts from players all over the country.  It was actually kind of cool
> to see who else had been playing the book (sometimes players would initial
> the bottom of a page - or even send a "hello" to someone in another part 
> of
> the country using this mechanism).
>
> One funny incident: I was playing for "Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes"
> once back in 1977 or 78 (just a "young buck" at the time).  As was typical
> with the Motown-type acts, it was always "road map city"...
>
> "...ok, we're gonna repeat letter C three times.  Trumpets: Play the first
> four bars the first time, lay out the 2nd four bars, then, on the repeat,
> layout out every two bars, then play everthing the last time.  After 
> letter
> C, cut to letter H, play it once, repeat only the 1st four bars, then go
> back to B, then... when you get to C, just play it once and then go to the
> coda..."
>
> You get the picture.  In the midst of this, when I leaned forward to pick 
> up
> a pencil the conductor glared at me and snarled:  "No boy... Don't make no
> marks... CONCENTRATE!".
>
> This became a standing joke with the house band.  From that point forward,
> whenever someone marked a part (regardless of the act) someone would say
> under their breath: "No boy... CONCENTRATE", drawing laughs from around 
> the
> band.
>
> - da
>
This is why I want to record all our practice sessions......I am looking for 
a good digital machine that will be able to record 2 hours of monaural 
program material, but an old fashioned tape machine would work.....Then I 
will not only be able to go back over things like the above, but be able to 
practice by playing along with the band as well.........