[TPIN] Wynton tells the truth

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

Overlooking players that produce really crass sounds - strings and woodwinds who complain about good brass players volume often have a mindset like they're part of a quartet or a trio - performaing for an audience sitting 5 feet away.  Conductors who do the same are often inexperienced and/or naive.  Unfortunately for brass players (especially trumpet players) in back of a large symphoney orchestra, it'll never sound "right" 20 or 30 feet away, off the stage, if you're sucking on the horn during the big brass blows in Tchaikosvky, Strauss, Mahler....  Plus, it'll screw up your chops.   To heck with 'em... let it "flow"  ;-)

- da

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:01:30 -0400, Stan Modjesky wrote
> I would never have suspected him of having such a sly sense of humor. 
> 
> When I am playing in orchestras and wind ensembles, I carry a few pairs of disposable earplugs. When the wire-choir or reed squawkers complain, I offer them a pair. Seldom do any actually accept, but it certainly shuts them up. 
> 
> Ever play an amateur musical production? The arranger will have the trumpet playing well above the staff, marked triple f, against a chorus of 18 or 20 "singers." On lead trumpet, you'll be busting a gut to play the part as quietly as you can, deploying the Crown Royal bag, and the director will still be shrieking that you're too loud... 
> 
> Stan M 
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