Klarinet Archive - Posting 000494.txt from 2002/11

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dark Sound
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:55:22 -0500

Tony says:
>But my assessment -- I hope I'm wrong -- is that he didn't want
> to know. (I could see his eyes glaze over. He was an American, of
> course.)
>
> Someone who doesn't understand that, doesn't understand that. And
> generalisations about 'the sound of clarinettist X' as compared to 'the
> sound of clarinettist Y' aren't going to help, are they? We'll have
> even more people --there are actually enough of them around already --
> who think that 'looking like Humphrey Bogart' is the way to go.
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"He was an American, of course".....hahahaha
Nice touch on Veteran's Day and provocative in these "Bush" years.

I'm not sure that "looking" like Humphrey Bogart is what American's have
ever tried to accomplish. Perhaps thinking and acting like Bogart is closer
to the truth. Freedom to act with independence of thought and action is for
what we Americans have always been famous. I think what may have been
described....were sheep. :-) This way, (at least with a) please.

Forest

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