Klarinet Archive - Posting 000616.txt from 1998/10

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The rich get richer
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:23:42 -0400

Dave Spiegelthal wrote:
>Here in the Washington, D.C. area where I've lived most of my life, there
>are numerous military bands and orchestras. I've noticed that, since the
>ban on military musicians playing outside jobs was lifted some years ago
>(ten or fifteen, maybe?), the military folks have taken a whole lot of gigs
>that civilians used to be able to get. ........
>... . Not to say that they're bad players, in fact many of
>them are quite competent ....

Quite competent? To judge by the retired service band musicians here in
southern Maryland, they're top players, at least in the concert band, jazz
and swing idioms. There aren't a lot of club dates herabouts, and they get
most of them, because they're good. Better than I am.

Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>

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