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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000009.txt from 2004/11

From: "David R. Mankin" <david.mankin@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Practice
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:10:42 -0500

I have spent over 2 yrs. of my life on concert tours - nowhere available
to practice or make reeds BUT a hotel room. While taking out-of-town
auditions, I am always tickled (and horrified) by the sounds of 40 - 200
English hornist frantically repeating Debussy Nuages over and over and
over and over and over... you get the picture. The halls of inner city
hotels sounded like a goose convention - what must the non-musician
business person staying in the hotel think? What does a reed crow
(squawked repeatedly for hours) sound like to the guy down the hall who
is in town to give a PowerPoint presentation on synthetic textiles?).

Sound advice from Mr. Jeter - keep the in-house playing hours
reasonable. I can't remember any complaints if you are courteous to
other guests. Now, if you played trombone.........

David
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

James Jeter wrote:

>In all my years of auditioning, I've never had a problem with practicing
>in a hotel room for an audition. I never practice before 10am or after
>10pm, and always request to be on a floor with NO other bassoonists -
>really don't care to hear 10 Boleros going at the same time I'm trying
>to either practice same, or rest!
>
>Cheers, Jim
>
>P.S. Be sure to vote for the candidate of your choice today - hopefully
>for the intelligent one?!!
>
>
>

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