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| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - your post today about subjectivity and objectivity was interesting. Most of it is fine as far as it goes. However, as Frogman has pointed out several times, there is much more about music that is indeed objective than you think. It re... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wow, Rok, you have asked quite a deep question there. I would say the impetus comes from the human spirit - mankind's constant need to explore/experiment. Obviously this is somewhat related to the advance of technology, too, though that is only ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, is the reason you do not want to name your friend because he was a substance abuser, and this shortened his life/career? If so, why? I don't think any serious listener's opinion of his playing is going to change because of that knowledge (c... | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? Ghosthouse, thanks so much for the response! You answered pretty much all of the questions I have been wondering about. If I have any trouble, I will let you know. It may be several days before I actually attempt this, though. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Acman - I just saw your post about your guess on O-10's friend, don't know why I missed it last night. An organist is a fascinating guess, as it would immediately provide a very good reason why O-10 would have never heard him practice in his a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Rok - actually, the horn is quite a bit more "nimble" than the trombone. The trombone's slide makes it awkward to play things that are very fast, for instance. The horn has the advantage of the valves, like the trumpet. Even the tuba is tech... | |
| Going to rip 2000 cds. Which software? I have ripped almost 1000 CDs using iTunes on my MacBook Pro. It has worked great, however, now I need to transfer the files to an external hard drive. Does anyone have any advice about doing this? I think I need to reformat the drive so that i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As far as the answers to your questions - you both know very well that both Frogman and I have multiple times on this thread over the years offered very good suggestions about where and how to learn more about music. Anyone can easily go back th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados OK, I found that discography of Julius Watkins, for those interested. The Blue Note recordings I mentioned are simply titled The Julius Watkins Sextet, Vols. 1 and 2. Other albums he was the leader on:French Horns For My Lady/PhilipsThe Jazz Mode... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Wow. First, to Newbee - I'm sure that you probably perceive me as being more condescending than Frogman, and I would totally understand that. His justification that we are teachers by nature and therefore cannot stand by in the face of misinform... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 and Rok - in the sentences I quoted, it seemed obvious that O-10 was speaking of sound, not thoughts. Any good musician can re-create the sound that is in his/her head. We all do it all the time, with every note that we play, whether it ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10: what is "wack," to use your phrase, is this comment of yours: "The only thing you can practice is a written piece of music, or you can practice familiarity with your musical instrument." This is so wrong I am not even sure where to sta... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi all - just caught up on the last few days of this thread. O-10, I would like to attempt to help explain one thing you are puzzled by - yes, one MUST practice improvising. As Frogman said, all of these great improvisers practice all the tim... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Acman, just saw your post. It really should be no surprise to anyone that Jaap is going to New York (there are many New York critics with short memories acting surprised/disappointed). They wanted him very badly eight or ten years ago, when ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - I am pretty sure I have read a transcript of that discussion before, but when I get a chance (I see the whole thing is an hour long) I will definitely check that out - thanks for posting it! |