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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2008/02

From: Mike Benthin -MUTS oboe support <benthin@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Super Bowl Ad...Our moment in NFL locker room
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:44:45 -0500

I saw the ad creation also- at thre end after he fingers it and "wanks"
a note or 2, he says "...this thing is out of tune!" The music actually
heard was dubbed over.

a415@-----.com wrote:

> On the other hand, there is an extended film of the commercial's
> creation on the Texans' website. At the end, Pitts "plays" the oboe. He
> sounds terrible, just like someone who's never played the thing. In this
> "behind the scenes" film they never address Pitts's actual oboe playing
> nor do they include any footage of anyone--Mr. Crosby?--showing him "how
> to play it." So either your friend is correct or Pitts has been away
> from the instrument for so long he cannot muster a single tone anymore.

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