Klarinet Archive - Posting 000146.txt from 2001/06

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] pop a pill
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:49:06 -0400

I assure you, David, it was posted entirely in gest. I don't
recommend that anybody "in gest" anything (there, see? ha ha)
in order to play well. There were discussions on this list at
some point in the past about taking certain drugs for stage
fright, and much caution was recommended to those people advo-
cating the drugs. I believe one of them was called Inderol (or
something close to that). Needless to say, as with all drugs,
consult your physician before taking something you "heard" was
going to alleviate your problem/improve your performance/have
some unsubstantiated positive effect.

Neil

--- David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de> wrote:
> Neil Leupold wrote:
>
> > --- "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > The story goes that the composer Charles Ives once played the tune
> > > "America" (or "God Save the Queen") in a church service, altering the
> > > harmonies so completely that no one recognized the melody.
> >
> > Oh, his arrangement of "America" is now a very well-known band piece
> > and is just terrific, both to play and to hear. There are times when
> > you can't help wondering which drug he was on for a particular section,
> > and then which drug he switched to for the next one. Really great
> > twisting of harmonies and sonority! It might be helpful to pop a
> > pill or smoke a handrolled drum just before going on stage to play
> > it!
> >
> > Neil
> >
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Up until now, these arguments have been quite amusing.
>
> But I must strongly object to the suggestion to "pop a pill" etc. in order to
> play a piece well.
>
> Probably, this suggestion was made as a "joke" but instead, it appears
> serious and is therefor dangerous.
>
> David
>
>
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