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[singdaw]

~ ~ ~ FEEL BETTER SOON AND BUG BEGONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Matthew

[singdaw]

Get us off page fo--


Oh.


Never mind.

[Matthew]

~ ~ ~ FEEL BETTER SOON AND BUG BEGONE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR Matthew

Thanks, Daw.  Feeling better.

[TCB]

And I am home! Because my morning was preoccupied with LITTLE ME, i missed wishing DR singsong the best for his audition and sending him and our DR TCB vibes for good health, wealth, and happiness. I'm sending them belatedly to all the Drs; I'm very self-centered, but you are all a greatly valued part of my life, and I am most likely remiss in telling you all that often enough.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for Health, Wealth, and Happiness to all the Drs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So, the orchestra reading went well, but the piano-conductor book is a mess. Ralph Burns' work is often brilliant, especially in the big band and jazz sections; the "Rich Kids Rag," the title song, and "I've Got Your Number" just click, but at times I kept thinking, why did he make that choice? Trumpet 4 was a huge success, especially with the player who let me know he was happy for the job!

I'm not finding Mr Viertel's disdain so amusing any more, but at least I know exactly where I stand with him; the ones I worry about are those i can't figure out.

Who is Mr Viertel?

[elmore3003]

And I am home! Because my morning was preoccupied with LITTLE ME, i missed wishing DR singsong the best for his audition and sending him and our DR TCB vibes for good health, wealth, and happiness. I'm sending them belatedly to all the Drs; I'm very self-centered, but you are all a greatly valued part of my life, and I am most likely remiss in telling you all that often enough.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for Health, Wealth, and Happiness to all the Drs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So, the orchestra reading went well, but the piano-conductor book is a mess. Ralph Burns' work is often brilliant, especially in the big band and jazz sections; the "Rich Kids Rag," the title song, and "I've Got Your Number" just click, but at times I kept thinking, why did he make that choice? Trumpet 4 was a huge success, especially with the player who let me know he was happy for the job!

I'm not finding Mr Viertel's disdain so amusing any more, but at least I know exactly where I stand with him; the ones I worry about are those i can't figure out.

Who is Mr Viertel?

The Encores! producer. I used to find his snubs amusing.

[singdaw]

See P.L. Travers (Mary Poppins) for yourself, here:
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2014/01/a-spoonful-of-serendipity/

[TCB]

I made it out to the cemetery this afternoon.  I didn't attempt to get over to my mother's grave because the ground looked pretty soggy.  I was happy to see that they hadn't resold the plot that I bought for myself next to her.  It is kind of a commingled family grouping.  My sister's mother-in-law and father-in-law are buried on the other side of her.  Strangely, the common denominator (my sister and brother-in-law) have opted out of burial in the ground altogether.  They plan to be buried one of top of the other (Don't go there!) in the mausoleum.

[Ron Pulliam]

I think we can all agree that DR TCB puts the "bomp" in the "bomp-di-bomp-bomp".

However, I cannot decide whether DR singdaw puts the "bing" or the "bang" in the "walla-walla-bing-bang".

Then who puts the ram in the ram-alam-a-ding-dong?

I believe that might be DR Elmo!

[TCB]

~ ~ ~ ACCOMPLISH-THE-IMPOSSIBLE VIBES ~ ~ ~ for DR John G.


And...  give that man some more coffee!

Can't do coffee. Caffeine doesn't like me. Bummer.

John, is this task even possible?

[ChasSmith]

Yay for Trumpet 4!!!

DR Elmore:

(I'm looking at my copy of the PC score as we speak, for the first time since I "did" the show ten years ago.  Don't even ask.  The ground should be sowed with salt.)

I remembered it being really difficult to read and learn.  Is that what you meant by it being a mess?  If I'm remembering the right one, little niceties like key signatures were apparently considered an unaffordable luxury by whoever penned it.  Yes, just found some!  Oh, I see -- you get one at the top of every page.  That's the deal.  Okay.  But as I page through this I can't believe I actually "knew" it at one time, because it sure does look unrecognizable now.  Well, good thing I pulled it out.  I can't go to Encores! without reacquainting myself with this.

If you feel like going into any detail, what would be examples of something you'd question about Ralph Burns' choices?

Those big band sections, yes, wonderful.

[TCB]

The San Antonio Cocktail Conference starts tonight.

I used to go to that.  I called it "after work."

[elmore3003]

I made it out to the cemetery this afternoon.  I didn't attempt to get over to my mother's grave because the ground looked pretty soggy.  I was happy to see that they hadn't resold the plot that I bought for myself next to her.  It is kind of a commingled family grouping.  My sister's mother-in-law and father-in-law are buried on the other side of her.  Strangely, the common denominator (my sister and brother-in-law) have opted out of burial in the ground altogether.  They plan to be buried one of top of the other (Don't go there!) in the mausoleum.

When my mother died in 1994, my dad went crazy and bought plots for himself, me, the Macbeths, Randy and Jo, and my cousin Sue Ellen. Whenever he and I would visit Mom, he'd show me where we were all going to be buried.

[Cillaliz]

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the day my mom was killed.  It seems impossible that it has been that long.  Probably why I can't sleep.

Hugs to you TCB

[singdaw]

[elmore3003]

Yay for Trumpet 4!!!

DR Elmore:

(I'm looking at my copy of the PC score as we speak, for the first time since I "did" the show ten years ago.  Don't even ask.  The ground should be sowed with salt.)

I remembered it being really difficult to read and learn.  Is that what you meant by it being a mess?  If I'm remembering the right one, little niceties like key signatures were apparently considered an unaffordable luxury by whoever penned it.  Yes, just found some!  Oh, I see -- you get one at the top of every page.  That's the deal.  Okay.  But as I page through this I can't believe I actually "knew" it at one time, because it sure does look unrecognizable now.  Well, good thing I pulled it out.  I can't go to Encores! without reacquainting myself with this.

If you feel like going into any detail, what would be examples of something you'd question about Ralph Burns' choices?

Those big band sections, yes, wonderful.

I question a lot of the orchestration for "Real Live Girl," which often seems harmonically murky with all of his additional notes he throws in, like the spot where the thumb line is a B-flat in an F chord pom-pah-pah, those busy spots in "Goodbye" where the strings and high winds are continually clashing against the chromatic melody in the brass, things like that.  Also, the Sinking number has a lot of cues in the P/C that were clearly cut in the orchestra parts but remain in the piano-conductor. A lot of his underscoring is just too complicated at times. My score went back to the Encores! office, so I can't pull out more examples.

I'm a big Ralph Burns fan, but I think his heart's in the big band stuff and the pastiche music, like all the 1916 jazz things, but not necessarily in writing for strings.

[ChasSmith]

Wow, thanks for that.  I'll check all of those things out.  I love this sh stuff.

[elmore3003]

Wow, thanks for that.  I'll check all of those things out.  I love this sh stuff.

There are a lot of badly copied notes in the score, and that doesn't help either, but there are far too many chords packed with extra notes (13ths, 11ths) that just sound murky in the underscorings.

[Ron Pulliam]

"Badly Copied Notes in the Score" -- a revealing autobiography by the man who goes by the alias "singdaw".

[Ron Pulliam]

"Damn Them All to Hell" -- the upcoming professional tell-all by Bruce Kimmel.

[TCB]

Recovery vibes for DR Matthew!


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[TCB]

And I am home! Because my morning was preoccupied with LITTLE ME, i missed wishing DR singsong the best for his audition and sending him and our DR TCB vibes for good health, wealth, and happiness. I'm sending them belatedly to all the Drs; I'm very self-centered, but you are all a greatly valued part of my life, and I am most likely remiss in telling you all that often enough.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for Health, Wealth, and Happiness to all the Drs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So, the orchestra reading went well, but the piano-conductor book is a mess. Ralph Burns' work is often brilliant, especially in the big band and jazz sections; the "Rich Kids Rag," the title song, and "I've Got Your Number" just click, but at times I kept thinking, why did he make that choice? Trumpet 4 was a huge success, especially with the player who let me know he was happy for the job!

I'm not finding Mr Viertel's disdain so amusing any more, but at least I know exactly where I stand with him; the ones I worry about are those i can't figure out.

Who is Mr Viertel?

The Encores! producer. I used to find his snubs amusing.

What gives him the right to snub you?

[TCB]

Yay for Trumpet 4!!!

DR Elmore:

(I'm looking at my copy of the PC score as we speak, for the first time since I "did" the show ten years ago.  Don't even ask.  The ground should be sowed with salt.)

I remembered it being really difficult to read and learn.  Is that what you meant by it being a mess?  If I'm remembering the right one, little niceties like key signatures were apparently considered an unaffordable luxury by whoever penned it.  Yes, just found some!  Oh, I see -- you get one at the top of every page.  That's the deal.  Okay.  But as I page through this I can't believe I actually "knew" it at one time, because it sure does look unrecognizable now.  Well, good thing I pulled it out.  I can't go to Encores! without reacquainting myself with this.

If you feel like going into any detail, what would be examples of something you'd question about Ralph Burns' choices?

Those big band sections, yes, wonderful.

I question a lot of the orchestration for "Real Live Girl," which often seems harmonically murky with all of his additional notes he throws in, like the spot where the thumb line is a B-flat in an F chord pom-pah-pah, those busy spots in "Goodbye" where the strings and high winds are continually clashing against the chromatic melody in the brass, things like that.  Also, the Sinking number has a lot of cues in the P/C that were clearly cut in the orchestra parts but remain in the piano-conductor. A lot of his underscoring is just too complicated at times. My score went back to the Encores! office, so I can't pull out more examples.

I'm a big Ralph Burns fan, but I think his heart's in the big band stuff and the pastiche music, like all the 1916 jazz things, but not necessarily in writing for strings.

Might as well be in Latin!!

[elmore3003]

And I am home! Because my morning was preoccupied with LITTLE ME, i missed wishing DR singsong the best for his audition and sending him and our DR TCB vibes for good health, wealth, and happiness. I'm sending them belatedly to all the Drs; I'm very self-centered, but you are all a greatly valued part of my life, and I am most likely remiss in telling you all that often enough.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for Health, Wealth, and Happiness to all the Drs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So, the orchestra reading went well, but the piano-conductor book is a mess. Ralph Burns' work is often brilliant, especially in the big band and jazz sections; the "Rich Kids Rag," the title song, and "I've Got Your Number" just click, but at times I kept thinking, why did he make that choice? Trumpet 4 was a huge success, especially with the player who let me know he was happy for the job!

I'm not finding Mr Viertel's disdain so amusing any more, but at least I know exactly where I stand with him; the ones I worry about are those i can't figure out.

Who is Mr Viertel?

The Encores! producer. I used to find his snubs amusing.

What gives him the right to snub you?

He clearly doesn't like me, and that's his loss.

[TCB]

DR Slap Shot, when do you expect to hear about the job? 

[elmore3003]

Yay for Trumpet 4!!!

DR Elmore:

(I'm looking at my copy of the PC score as we speak, for the first time since I "did" the show ten years ago.  Don't even ask.  The ground should be sowed with salt.)

I remembered it being really difficult to read and learn.  Is that what you meant by it being a mess?  If I'm remembering the right one, little niceties like key signatures were apparently considered an unaffordable luxury by whoever penned it.  Yes, just found some!  Oh, I see -- you get one at the top of every page.  That's the deal.  Okay.  But as I page through this I can't believe I actually "knew" it at one time, because it sure does look unrecognizable now.  Well, good thing I pulled it out.  I can't go to Encores! without reacquainting myself with this.

If you feel like going into any detail, what would be examples of something you'd question about Ralph Burns' choices?

Those big band sections, yes, wonderful.

I question a lot of the orchestration for "Real Live Girl," which often seems harmonically murky with all of his additional notes he throws in, like the spot where the thumb line is a B-flat in an F chord pom-pah-pah, those busy spots in "Goodbye" where the strings and high winds are continually clashing against the chromatic melody in the brass, things like that.  Also, the Sinking number has a lot of cues in the P/C that were clearly cut in the orchestra parts but remain in the piano-conductor. A lot of his underscoring is just too complicated at times. My score went back to the Encores! office, so I can't pull out more examples.

I'm a big Ralph Burns fan, but I think his heart's in the big band stuff and the pastiche music, like all the 1916 jazz things, but not necessarily in writing for strings.

Might as well be in Latin!!

Or Greek!

[elmore3003]

DR Slap Shot, when do you expect to hear about the job? 

If it were of a church job, i hope he didn't begin with his standard "Roll Me over in The Clover."  I keep telling him to stick with "Abide with Me."

[TCB]

It must be Christmas Eve.  I made tuna pasta salad.

[TCB]

Speaking of the Oscars, I just can't get any desire up to see HER. I know it has gotten some very good reviews, but I have no interest.  Mostly, I think, because of Joaquin Phoenix.  That dude fell off the nutty buddy truck a long time ago.

[TCB]

Boy, George, (hahaha, Boy George) we really know how to clear a chat room!

[ChasSmith]

It must be Christmas Eve.  I made tuna pasta salad.

I need to make me some of that sometime soon. 

Actually, wait a moment.  Just a moment here.  Have I made it before?  EVER?  I don't think so!