Klarinet Archive - Posting 000855.txt from 1998/02

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Introduction
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:57:08 -0500

>>I'm going to be doing a lot of lurking here, but I thought I would put
>>a
>>foot forward and introduce myself.
>
>Better than putting a foot in your mouth...
>
>Congratulations on re-entering the world of clarinet playing. I, too,
>stopped playing for a time due to reasons that seem neurotic in
>hindsight. The chops *will* come back.

Coming they are. Half an hour each night, trying out different ligatures
and reeds...playing what I can feel inside me...relearning the notes and
how to support my breath...yeah, it's coming and it's great to be able to
MAKE music instead of just listen.

Ken

"The East River. But it was not a river at all. Merely a column of water
connecting the upper harbor to the Sound. Yet everyone called it a river.
They chose not to think about it. They clung to the surface of things."
--Peter Quinn, "Banished Children of Eve"
Ken Wolman kwolman@-----.com/SoHo/Gallery/1649