Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2009-08-11 18:50
Walter,
Yes, I've liked the Woodwindiana catalog pieces very much. But still, everything I've bought from Woodwindiana that I haven't already heard somewhere else is a blind purchase! I, and I think most of us, unfortunately can't go to Oklahoma or wherever the C'fests are held when we want to choose material.
Even with so relatively few publications, Woodwindiana follows the big publishers' and big retailer practice of "don't ask, just buy." Very terse descriptions (when there are descriptions at all), and no preview of the music, either graphically or with a sound clip (which shouldn't be any problem considering that much of their stuff Howard has already recorded or had a hand in recording).
As much as I like most of the music I've purchased from them (some I would not have purchased, had it not been guesswork), and as much as Howard has been very helpful in customer service, the problem that I was ranting about applies to Woodwindiana as well as publishers that I have less respect for.
Yes, very good stuff! But if I didn't see or hear the pieces before hand, how would I know?
B.
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