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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-18 17:18
Hello everyone,
I just finished reading the homepage of John J. Moses. IMO, a very impressive profile!
I began clicking on the names of other posters and what I normally found was: 1) User Name; 2) # of posts; 3) Real name; 4) E-mail URL; 5) Homepage; 6) MSN URL; and 7) AOL URL. Some were quite filled out and there were others that simply had "User name" and "# of posts".
So much advice is freely give out on this BB and I find that to be a wonderful thing. However, I began to wonder about the qualification of those giving advice or opinions?
Wouldn't it be nice to know as much as possible about the person posting advice?
May I propose the following? Would you please answer the following questions in the order given so that there is uniformity in the responses.
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
I am not aware of any such background posting such as this. I have done a short search but was unable to find anything.
I would like this posting to become a "keeper" that any and all can refer to so as to gauge the quality of the advice or opinions given.
(To Mark C., if this is a redundant posting, please delete)
My thanks to all of you for your participation.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-11-18 17:28
If you're interested I always post my website at the end of my posts, it has all kinds of information about me, recordings and articles, not to mention family and garden pictures just for fun.
I think it's a good idea for people to post something similar. ESP
http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2009-11-18 18:12
I see you are setting a good example, Dan.
--
Ben
Post Edited (2009-11-18 18:13)
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-18 18:35
Hi Ben,
Thanks for your input. As for me, I'm a total neophyte who has unfortunately developed embouchure dystonia.
Hence, my necessity of knowing who the other contributors are.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2009-11-18 19:20
Think there was yet another in the more recent past. In any case, whatever I'd write would become outdated enough to not warrant a Keepers thread. Like Ed, my shenanigans are outlined on my website.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-18 19:28
GBK,
Would it be possible to expand the profile info page to include more musical background data on any individual whenever their name is clicked? This would allow pertinent background information to be updated continually by each individual. Then there would be no need for threads to find out who's who on the BB.
Just a thought...
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2009-11-18 20:19
Dan Shusta wrote:
> GBK,
>
> Would it be possible to expand the profile info page to include
> more musical background data on any individual whenever their
> name is clicked?
I could ... let me think about it ...
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-11-18 20:53
While Mark considers the options I'll try and answer your questions.
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
Yes, I have two. The first is BMus (Hons) Birmingham Conservatoire and PGDip RCM in orchestral performance Royal College of Music. Both performance degrees.
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend? I studied for 5 years with the principal clarinets of LPO, CBSO, BBCSO, LSO, Philharmonia and occasional lessons with various amazing players.
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet? Playing since roughly 1991
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime? I'm always learning. You will always learn something new from whomever you meet along the musical journey.
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels? I've arranged some things for wind harmonie that will be published in France in the near future. I also have a CD project which (I hope) will be coming out on a label in the near future.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in? I freelance in London and the rest of the UK. I've played with the CBSO, WNO, OOTS (Orchestra of the Swan) and various other orchestras on both modern and period clarinet. I've also done some session orchestra work recording for films etc. And have also done some TV work.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets? Don't represent anyone but would consider if asked.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble? Not to blow my own trumpet but yes lots. I regularly perform chamber music and have performed concertos my Mozart, Nielsen, Weber, Arnold, Finzi and hae also premièred a couple. I once did a clarinet recital in the presence of her majesty the Queen of Denmark.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2009-11-18 21:24
I'm a clarinet player. If I say anything that helps.... fine, if not.... disregard.
...............Paul Aviles
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Author: FDF
Date: 2009-11-18 22:11
Over Fifty years ago I majored in music at Indiana University, only to drop out after being diagnosed with crippling arthritis. Eventually, I became a Professor Emeritus in Theatre and Drama.
After my retirement, I returned to playing the clarinet. My early diagnosis was wrong and I had suffered from clarinetist thumb. Now I play in four community bands and practice everyday. My community band experience has allowed me to play with some excellent instrumentalists. I’ve also been directed by skilled musicians. I’ve learned from all. Nonetheless, I am an amateur musician.
I believe that the advice and opinions expressed on this board can not be measured by resume alone. Instead, you should judge on the merits of the expressed opinion. There are a few people on this board with excellent resumes who are not clear or objective in their advise, while other less experienced clarinetists have wonderful suggestions. Much of what is expressed here is subjective, and you must, therefore, make of advise what you will, regardless of the responses to your absurd questionnaire.
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Author: OldClarinetGuy
Date: 2009-11-18 23:00
I have been a private instructor for 30 years. What I post here is practical information and advice that I have learned from teaching many, many students over that time. That is good enough for me and my students, and many of them have gone on to music, music education, and music performance degrees.
If that resume does not meet your standards of one who can give advice, so be it.
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Author: blazian
Date: 2009-11-18 23:05
Both 1 and 2 don't apply to me. I'm a senior in high school. I've been playing for 6½ years now. I've had two lesson teachers so far. One is much better than the other. I do my own repads and standard repairs. Otherwise, I'm pretty average. As for mouthpiece refacing, I have filed a mouthpiece down before. ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif) I currently play in the Naaman Forest High School Honors Band. I would say it's a top ranking band in the area because we've made nothing but 1st division ratings at UIL. I represent my custom refaced mouthpieces. For the past two years I've been a soloist once or twice. Not the stand up front kind, but I do get a few solo parts thrown at me on bass clarinet.
I have GAS.
I'm a fan of Yamaha and Selmer Paris.
I take out the Buffet mafia in my spare time.
- Martin
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Author: butterflymusic
Date: 2009-11-19 00:31
For what it's worth, I like the idea of expanding the profile page, it seems it would be much more efficient than posting previous threads whenever the topic comes up....
Here's my answers to your questions:
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
Not specifically. I was a music ed major and clarinet was my major instrument.
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
I studied at Cal State Long Beach, where I got my bachelor's degree and teaching credential. I attended there 5 years.
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
40.
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
A half dozen or so.
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
No special expertise. I just love to play.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
I'm the principal clarinet in the Cerritos College Community Band, also a member of the Long Beach Shoreline Winds Community Band, and member of the Clarinet Institute of Los Angeles.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
No.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
Only that gained through normal band/orchestral repertoire during high school/college.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
None that comes to mind.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-19 00:59
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
No.
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
Although I did not study music in college, I took private lessons with a college instructor/pro. symphony player (alternate musician w/ the Houston Symphony) for 9 years, starting at the age of 9. When I graduated from high school, the last solo I had studied with my teacher was the Copland Concerto. Before that we had worked on Weber's 2nd Concerto and the Poulenc Sonata.
According to some college clarinet syllabi I found on the web, Copland is considered a senior undergraduate-level piece by some professors and a graduate-level piece by others (I had no idea of this in high school, which is probably a good thing--I had a big enough head at age 18). Since I think I've improved some since then (I certainly haven't gotten any worse), I guess that means that (on a good day) I play somewhere close to the level of the average B.M. performance graduate, although I certainly haven't had all the ear training and music history coursework they've had.
I had pretty good ensemble experience as a high schooler, though--including a stint with the Houston Youth Symphony and Texas All-State Band, as well as my own high school band, which was a lot like a college ensemble because we played mostly college-level repertoire. The one thing I really wish I could do that I would have learned in conservatory/music school is to take melodic dictation or transcribe music from your head without sitting down at a piano. I don't know how to teach yourself to do that, but I'd love to learn.
Also, for a short time, I also took private lessons in music composition, and because I have a personal interest in such things, I have done a lot of reading on my own in harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration. When I was in high school I wrote a suite of dances for orchestra that I entered in the BMI Student Composer's Competition--I didn't win anything, but it probably does mean I once had the honor of having one of my compositions rejected by Milton Babbitt. Ha ha.
To answer the original question, I went to high school at William P Clements HS in Sugar Land, Texas. We had a really good fine arts program, and I played in the band for 4 years and also sang in the school choir for 2. When I was a senior, we were the 5A (big school) Honor Band for the state of Texas, and we had a really strong clarinet section that year (3 all-staters and the 4th chair player made all-state the next year), so we were able to play music with challenging clarinet parts (Ingolf Dahl's Sinfonietta, among others). While I was a senior in high school I also took an honors-level class in music history.
When I was in college and grad. school, I didn't take any music classes, but I did play as a church musician and also led several church music groups. In law school I played in a community band and also led a church choir.
(Sorry for writing my whole life story here--I just couldn't figure out how else to answer this question in a meaningful way. The straightforward answer, I suppose, would have been "I played clarinet in my high school band," but given as many posts as I've made on here on various subjects, I figured you guys deserve at least some assurance that I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.)
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
24 (since 1985)
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
1 private teacher (but she was the best).
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
I'm an intellectual property lawyer, so I have professional expertise in copyright law.
I also have degrees in computer/electrical engineering and computer science, which, although not directly related to clarinets, per se, do provide me with sufficient technical background to understand certain aspects of the way clarinets work from an acoustics/physics standpoint. (Although I'm still not what you'd call an expert in acoustics.)
I also like to read about music history and theory quite a bit, so occasionally I can contribute something valuable there.
Probably the BBoard-related thing I have the most expertise in, though, is doing research--after graduate school, law school, and 8 years of practicing law, you get pretty good at finding answers to questions you can't answer yourself.
The one thing I'm not, though, is an equipment geek.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
Sherman Symphony Orchestra in Sherman, Texas
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
Nope. But I'll welcome any offers. I like getting free samples. Reeds are especially appreciated. And if anyone needs a spokesperson for their professional model C clarinet, please contact me via e-mail for a mailing address to send the clarinet to--I'm your man. Ha ha.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
Yes. I've played Weber's Concertino for an audience with band accompaniment. And I don't know if that cool solo from Blue Shades counts, but I've played that for an audience, too, and it was just as fun.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
I try to make sure everything I post I can back up with good evidence, personal experience, or some measure of objective authority--unless, of course, I'm simply throwing out an original idea or hypothesis, in which case I say that's what I'm doing. Because I value the BBoard as a resource, I expect others to do the same.
Also, although I do see some value to knowing who everyone is and what their clarinet background is, I am entirely in agreement with FDF when he says that reliability is about more than a resume. It's about making sure you've got your facts straight before you post, which anyone can and should do--it's also about admitting when you've been wrong about something, which seems to be harder to do the bigger one's image is. And there have been some famous people with impressive resumes that have promoted ideas that are either unreliable or just plain wrong--I've gotten in some battles with them!
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Author: BrianChau
Date: 2009-11-19 04:20
I just might as well answer some questions too.. to burn off some time
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
No and no. I am a high school (Grade 11) student in Vancouver, Canada.
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
A bit over 6 years, since September of 2003.
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or
clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
None and none.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
I play in the Senior Concert Band and Symphonic Orchestra at Prince of Wales Secondary School in Vancouver... I currently hold the concertmaster position in the Band and the principal clarinet position in the Orchestra.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
Nope.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
I haven't played a concerto or anything with an ensemble, but I have solo parts for three pieces right now. I have recently played the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with a piano accompaniment for a benefit concert at school.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
Besides the clarinet, I have played (at my school) the alto clarinet, the bari sax, and in the near future, I will play the euphonium as well. Besides these, I can also play the piano (not very well, but whatever). I am also interested in composing, although I haven't completed anything as of now.
Brian Chau
University of British Columbia Concert Winds
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-19 07:01
FDF wrote: "I believe that the advice and opinions expressed on this board can not be measured by resume alone." (To a certain degree, I, respectfully disagree.)
"Instead, you should judge on the merits of the expressed opinion." (I agree. However, the merits of the expressed opinion, IMHO, will be greatly dependent on, or influenced by, the level of education and/or experience of the individual.)
"There are a few people on this board with excellent resumes who are not clear or objective in their advise" (Unfortunately, I would have to agree with you. It appears that some with excellent resumes need a little help with the English language or stubbornly support ideas or concepts that simply are not true.)
"while other less experienced clarinetists have wonderful suggestions". (I agree entirely.)
"Much of what is expressed here is subjective" (Actually, I regard everything expressed as being subjective),
"and you must, therefore, make of advise what you will (I agree), regardless of the responses to your absurd questionnaire. (Absurd? No, I totally disagree with you on it being "absurd". Why? Because, IMO, if you truly believed that, you wouldn't have filled it out!)
mrn wrote: "Also, although I do see some value to knowing who everyone is and what their clarinet background is, I am entirely in agreement with FDF when he says that reliability is about more than a resume. ( I don't recall saying that the reliability of an opinion depended entirely upon ones resume.)
"It's about making sure you've got your facts straight before you post (I agree, however, IMHO, getting ones facts straight does have a high correlation factor with education and/or actual playing experience.)
"which anyone can and should do" (I respectfully disagree here because, IMO, we're talking about an impossible situation.)
"--it's also about admitting when you've been wrong about something, which seems to be harder to do the bigger one's image is." (Oh boy!, IMO, you're right on the money with that statement!)
"And there have been some famous people with impressive resumes that have promoted ideas that are either unreliable or just plain wrong" (I have witnessed this myself and I find it very unfortunate.)
What I'm trying to say is, although not perfect, IMHO, education and/or experience produces a greater reliability factor of a subjective statement or opinion.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-19 07:34
BobD said: "Who is Dan Shusta?"
Good question! I should have been first to answer my own questions!
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance? (No)
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend? (N/A)
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet? (Intermittently for around 45 years.)
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime? (One)
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels? (No)
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in? (None)
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets? (No)
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble? (No)
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
I have successfully repadded 2 of my own clarinets with pads of my own design. I began the patenting process only to find out that my design was "too similar" to another already on the market. I have also successfully refaced several mouthpieces and found these experiences to be very frustrating, yet very rewarding. These two things alone have increased my admiration for those who do them for a living on a daily basis.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-19 07:35
Dan Shusta wrote:
> mrn wrote: "Also, although I do see some value to knowing who
> everyone is and what their clarinet background is, I am
> entirely in agreement with FDF when he says that reliability is
> about more than a resume. ( I don't recall saying that the
> reliability of an opinion depended entirely upon ones resume.)
You didn't, and I never said you did, either.
> "It's about making sure you've got your facts straight before
> you post (I agree, however, IMHO, getting ones facts straight
> does have a high correlation factor with education and/or
> actual playing experience.)
>
> "which anyone can and should do" (I respectfully disagree here
> because, IMO, we're talking about an impossible situation.)
It isn't impossible. In fact, it's very easy. If you aren't certain about the accuracy or reliability of what it is you're saying, just don't post. When you do post, try to tell where the information you are passing along came from, or at least be prepared to say where it came from. Anybody can do that--it has nothing to do with education or experience.
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2009-11-19 08:51
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
- No
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
- Learned at school but no structured courses since then
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
- Must be 25 by now
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
- Only a couple. Plus everyone I've ever bumped into who's given good advice, thanks!
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
- I can face a mouthpiece and maintain an instrument, but nothing I could make money at!
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
- Day-to-day I play with and help to conduct our local community band. This is supplemented with a few paying pit gigs (typically G&S) and local orchestra gigs in a year.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
- No
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
- Certainly the G&S always has exposed stuff. I also take solos with the local community band. I used to be in a clarinet quartet doing paying gigs, which I think ought to count.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
- (edit!) I make my living doing physics / materials science / engineering, so you could say I have an amateur interest in instrument acoustics...
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2009-11-19 09:50
I think an expanded profile page wouldn't be a bad ia. Still optional fields, but it allows a little more depth for those who can't/don't want to set up a personal homepage. I'm glad you brought that up Dan. We'll see how Mark works with it (if he decides it worth the effort)
(1, 2, 3, 4) As for me, I'm about 98% self-taught. Parents never paid for lessons, and I never truly had the passion until I was old enough to not afford lessons on my own. lol. I've practiced seriously and strived to become better for about 5 years now. I have however learned a GREAT deal from this board (thanks Mark for hosting and keeping it up!) and it has helped me become an accomplished enough clarinetist to join the US Army as a musician. There are all levels and sorts of musicians in the Army, and I'm doing my best, and I hope succeeding, in making myself one of the better ones.
(5) None.
(6) US Army. Currently in the 1st Cavalry Division Band.
(7) No.
(8) I've played lead on some great clarinet quartet music (and some, unfortunately, not so great music), some WWQ experience, feel comfortable playing first in pieces handed to me so far, and this year was the clarinet and "group leader" for the Dixieland Band. That was fun . . . gave me a group of people who didn't like dixieland and weren't comfortable soloing and said, "Make it work." And I think we did a pretty fair job of doing so. I certainly improved in my jazz chops and feel MUCH more comfortable trying to improv.
As for solo work, well, I worked on and played the third movement to the Poulenc Sonatas for my outgoing audition at the Army School of Music and worked it up very well. Almost perfect (but not quite). For my next audition, I'm SLOWLY working up the first movement of the Bozza Clarinet Concerto but my fallback pieces in case I don't get it worked up well enough in time are going to be either the fourth movement of Time Pieces (Muczynski) or the Sutermeister Capriccio. Those I can work up quicker and I'll just choose the one that I've done better on.
(9) I'm not great. I've virtually no professional training (I think a little less than ten lessons total spread throughout my life), but I've worked hard to make myself sound much better, and gotten a lot better by following advice on this board - which method books to use, how to use proper breath control, exercises to help control my notes, etc. I hope to be the guy that bands can depend on to play whatever part I'm given, and so far I'm doing a good job on that. Just gotta keep up the practice (sometimes hard to do in the Army....like this week...)
Alexi
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Author: Eddydavik
Date: 2009-11-19 09:58
I'll try and answer, but be warned the impression level is at a critical low here...
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
Nope, but not to say I didn't try. Just wasn't for me at the time and moved to foreign language instead.
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
I studied in community college for three years (not a bad program mind you... but not a university program either). I did study privately in high school, and was being "encouraged" to move into professional playing... but never budged. Again, just didn't seem the thing I wanted to do at the time.
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
Since I was 10... so 18 years and counting.
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
4... two in high school and two in college.
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
none of the above. I just play for playing and try to help a few younger folks in school programs play better.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
Currently the concert master for the Suita City Wind Ensemble in Osaka, Japan... an amateur community ensemble full of wonderful people playing just for the sake of playing.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
I represent what I play, I guess.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
I have been invited by the schools I work at to play solos with their school's band from time to time.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
A lot of people I guess saw me as the next greatest thing, but I was too lazy (and a bit chicken) to do anything with it. I will say that I have been a part of some great performances as a clarinetist and I have also been a part of some flops, one which almost resulted in my clarinet finding a new home in the dumpster (which never happened... THANKFULLY).
I'm just an amateur player looking to make a few people smile.
I am also my own biggest (and dirtiest) critic.
Edward Escobar
Suita City Wind Ensemble
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-19 15:29
mrn wrote: "It isn't impossible. In fact, it's very easy. If you aren't certain about the accuracy or reliability of what it is you're saying, just don't post. When you do post, try to tell where the information you are passing along came from, or at least be prepared to say where it came from. Anybody can do that--it has nothing to do with education or experience."
I think we're talking about two different things here. One is factual information and the second is opinions which (IMHO) are always subjective in nature.
IMO, almost all of the musical verbage on this BB are opinions. Personally, I find very little factual information because of the necessity of backing up what is said by reference to information sources. This is why, IMO, new people to this BB can get themselves into trouble by making statements which are really opinions and forgetting to use the terms, IMO (in my opinion), IMHO (in my honest opinion), etc. etc. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinions which do not require factual backup. However, IMO, one person's opinion can carry more "weight" or "value" due to their ability to form a more accurate opinion which, IMO, is directly connected to their higher level of education and/or playing experience.
From my point of view, opinions are very important. I interpret them as a person's own interpretation of the reality of what they hear, feel, etc., etc. However, a "weighted" opinion is simply more important to me.
IMO, I see "weighted" opinions all the time. When I see the words: "I tell my students", to me, that's a weighted statement. (IMO, that person is really saying: "I am a teacher and therefore, due to my education and experience, what I say is more correct or accurate or has more validity.) A weighted opinion is simply one which is stated in such a way that one's level of education, experience, position of educational prominence (i.e., title) is brought into play in such a way as to add credibility or believableness to what is being said. To me, credibility and believableness are inherently connected to one's level or education and/or playing experience.
I, too, believe that an expanded bio page, alterable only by the BB member and then approved by either Mark C. or GBK, would be a very valuable tool to many new BB members. The information would be instantly available by simply clicking upon a person's user name. I think this would be a great addition to this wonderful site which has helped so many aspiring clarinetists and teachers as well.
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Author: GeorgeL ★2017
Date: 2009-11-19 15:35
1. degree? No - 2 years lessons in the late 1950's. I had 6 yrs of sax lessons through HS; mostly exercises, no theory I remember.
2. study clarinet? None - like MRN, studied EE and law and became a patent attorney (now retired).
3. Years playing the clarinet? 2 yrs HS, 3 yr break, 2 yrs in college band as an extracurricular activity, 15 yr break, since 1980 playing either sax or clarinet (including bass) in community bands.
4. How many teachers in your lifetime? One
5. What special expertise do you possess as to clarinet structure? None. Why should I do badly what experts can do well?
6. What band do you play in? Since retiring, three community bands and a clarinet choir.
7. Are you a clarinet artist ? If so, I am at the finger-paint level.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble? Not stand-in-front-of-the-group experience. As a bass clarinetist, I play solos in ensemble music.
9. Any additional information?
My knowledge of music theory is next to none.
Like MRN, I know how to research things I do not understand, and this board is one of the places I do that research.
Unlike most of the people who post here (and who play the clarinet better than me), I do not like to practice by myself. I happily play 2nd or 3d clarinet parts as I do not read notes higher that F (top note of the saxophone). I also did not practice much when I took lessons. But I sight read well because of that experience.
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Author: William
Date: 2009-11-19 16:02
Retired public school band & orchestra teacher of 34 yrs experiance who has played clarinet, sax & flute in just about every musical venue available in the capitol city area of Wisconsin. I continue to volunteer at my old Madison school once a week giving free lessons to beginning band students in need and play music whenever I can. My current main gigs are the Beloit/Janesville Symphony Orchestra (paid per service), the Madison Municipal Band, the Retro Swing Band, the Madison Wind Ensemble and the Capitol City (summer) Band which plays every Thursday evening from June through August (for pay). And for you Canadians, now that curling season has begun at our Madison Curling Facility (home of Debbie McCormick, Olympic Gold Medalist), I am envolved with my club teams on Monday and Wednesday evenings as their skip. When I am not playing, practicing or curling, I am walking the dogs and completing the daily "Honey Dew" list on the fridge. Life is good with my wife, home, new grandson, dogs, curling club and clarinets--not necessarily in that "exact" order all the time........lol.
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Author: Lee
Date: 2009-11-19 18:02
I'm 67 years old. Started clarinet in 1952 and played through HS and college [MS State Univ.] then quit for over 15 years. In HS played a little bari sax in a dance band and at MSU played contra-alto clarinet in the concert band. When our church started an orchestra [we've always been short of strings] I pulled out my clarinet and started to get back up to speed. This year for the first time I'm taking private lessons - and unlearning a lifetime of bad habets and poor fingerings. Arthritis does not help! -- Kids get private lessons as early as you can. --
Following college I worked as an electrical engineer for 20 years, a Red Cross disaster worker/EMT for 10 years, then doing computer support for BellSouth for over 5 years till I took early retirement. Looking forward to moving to another town where our daughter and two grand sons live [with our son-in-law].
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-19 18:20
Dan Shusta wrote:
<<Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinions which do not require factual backup.>>
That's basically true, but I think there is a kind of "backup" that posters ought to provide when they post their opinions. A bare statement of opinion by itself is not really very useful or interesting.
What is more valuable is to provide some kind of rationale or argument behind your opinion and perhaps provide some factual evidence or examples to support your conclusion, as well. (It also doesn't hurt to be as specific as possible when you state your opinions.) For instance, if someone says, "I like Gervase de Peyer," that doesn't really tell us much, and it will no doubt start some flame war about who's the greatest clarinetist in the land and about de Peyer's vibrato and tone quality (just like what happened in the Stanley Drucker thread).
On the other hand, if someone says, "I just listened to an old recording of Gervase de Peyer playing Mozart the other day, and I really liked it. It's the first Mozart recording I've heard that can be truly characterized as exciting. The tempos are brisk and de Peyer delivers an energetic and dramatic performance," then we have something worth talking about--about ways of approaching Mozart and what to listen for in this recording.
(Incidentally, I'm not entirely making this example up out of thin air. I did hear a clip of de Peyer from the record company re-releasing his 1955 Mozart recording, and I really liked it because in some ways it resonated with my own mental image of this work. I think even people who don't care for de Peyer's later recordings will find much to enjoy in this recording--at least based off this clip.)
<<However, IMO, one person's opinion can carry more "weight" or "value" due to their ability to form a more accurate opinion which, IMO, is directly connected to their higher level of education and/or playing experience. >>
I think a better way of saying this is to say that someone with more education and experience will generally (but not necessarily) have a more *informed* opinion about something, because their level of knowledge and/or skill will permit them to make a stronger argument for their opinions or for the plausibility of any hypotheses they present. Of course, if they cannot provide any argument or reasoning to support their position or their argument is weak, it really doesn't matter how much education and experience they have--what they say won't be that credible.
We expect people with more education and experience to formulate more informed opinions, and they often do, but if I've learned anything from participating on the BBoard and Klarinet list, it's that the reliability of what you read has as much or more to do with the *methods* of reasoning and argument employed by the people writing than it does with their credentials.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-19 19:06
To mrn: Well said! Clear, concise, meaningful, and, IMO, a very useful guideline for posting.
p.s. On your last sentence, I had to insert the word "by" after the words "argument employed" before it made sense to me.
Thank you for your well thought out response.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-19 19:35
Dan Shusta wrote:
> To mrn: Well said! Clear, concise, meaningful, and, IMO, a
> very useful guideline for posting.
>
> p.s. On your last sentence, I had to insert the word "by" after
> the words "argument employed" before it made sense to me.
Thank you. Sorry about the last sentence--I do that a lot, unfortunately--my brain is ready for the next word before the last one gets typed. That's what happens when you don't practice slowly with a metronome, I guess.
(And what's worse is the "c" key on my keyboard has decided to become selective about which c's it wants to accept. I guess that's better than when my "j" key became hypersensitive and started spewing j's spontaneously, though. That was really bad!)
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2009-11-19 20:11
I do think all this is going very much "over the top".
If the opinions being expressed in the responses to postings on this board sometimes appear to be "dodgy" how do we know that the CVs being posted by the said respondants are not equally suspect?
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-19 21:17
Norman Smale wrote:
> I do think all this is going very much "over the top".
> If the opinions being expressed in the responses to postings on
> this board sometimes appear to be "dodgy" how do we know that
> the CVs being posted by the said respondants are not equally
> suspect?
Because while someone with little training and experience may think they know or understand something about the clarinet that they really don't and pass on unreliable information, it can be presumed that they at least know enough about themselves to be able to say what kind of musical training and experience they've had.
The purpose of this thread--as I understand it, anyway--was to figure out what sort of expertise various BBoard users have, as an aid to determining the reliability of advice given on here. I suppose it's also helpful in determining the points of view from which various pieces of advice are given (from students, professors, pros, amateurs, etc.).
I don't think it was Dan's intent to root out dishonesty--that's an entirely different problem, and one that has nothing to do with one's level of musical training.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-11-19 21:17
Hi Dan, my "person info" is in one of those above-referenced , will add if desired. I have many times wished that I could have been more encouraging in our patent discussions, but my OPINION as to your ever recovering patenting costs , sorry NO, was a case in point much like those being discussed here. Estimates like this where no FACTS are available have led in the past to the mathematics of Probability. Authors like Brymer, Stubbins [have some ?'s], and many others, and patents themselves are not immune from expressing some poorly-considered Opinions, without adequate documentation as being suggested above. Just P M thots, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Merlin_Williams
Date: 2009-11-20 00:57
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
No. Anyone having a problem with that can ignore whatever I say. As a matter of fact, I don't have a degree in anything.
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
I studied music at Humber College in Toronto.
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
30+
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
None
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
I used to reface mouthpieces. Now I just play.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
I'm a professional woodwind doubler with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Orchestra.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
I endorse Jupiter clarinets and saxes, deMedici flutes and Veraquin barrels.
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
Yes.
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
I know the Kings of England and I quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical.
Jupiter Canada Artist/Clinician
Stratford Shakespeare Festival musician
Woodwind Doubling Channel Creator on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/WoodwindDoubling
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Author: ned
Date: 2009-11-20 01:44
Dan Shusta writes: ''Would you please answer the following questions in the order given so that there is uniformity in the responses.''
It's fine in theory.....all this divulging of personal particulars.....some of us may not want to though. This BB is not a sort of ''Dr Phil'' or ''Oprah'', or one other of the numerous ''confessional'' type television programmes which abound.
Your list of questions is fairly arbitrary and whilst logical to a point, seem to geared towards the ''legit'' player solely. I'm a self taught player and would probably fail to be able to answer any of the proposed questions.
I do not denigrate myself though, I have my own story and experiences, sans a formal musical education.
Feel free to email me if you wish.
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2009-11-20 06:09
-- "I know the Kings of England and I quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical." --
But are you well acquainted too with matters mathematical,
and understand equations, both the simple and quadratical?
You have played in all the keys and even Pay and Meyer you have have met,
In short you are the model of a master of the clarinet!
http://www.zeitcom.com/majgen/021msong.html
With apologies to G&S ;-)
Steve
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2009-11-20 13:52
I think the advice "Never look a gift horse in the mouth" is rather appropriate here.
I have nothing but respect for the very knowledgeable posters here on this BB. However, I don't know that we really have a need for people to establish their credentials here. There are many people who have gained a wealth of experience and knowledge about the clarinet without going through the formal process of getting a music degree (performance, education, acoustics, whatever). To get to the point of absurdity, we could list our CVs as part of our signature lines, but that would get ridiculous.
Additionally, there are plenty of overeducated idiots in the world. One need look no further than the federal government to verify this statement.
If you want my advice, I offer it freeely. If you are going to demand my CV before accepting the advice I offer to share with you, it's your loss, not mine, when I (and others) decide to withold such advice.
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2009-11-20 14:09
Further apologies to G&S:
'If were not a little mad and generally silly
I should give you my advice upon the subject, willy-nilly;
I should show you in a moment how to grapple with the question,
And you'd really be astonished at the force of my suggestion.
On the subject I shall write you a most valuable letter,
Full of excellent suggestions when I feel a little better,
But at present I'm afraid I am as mad as any hatter,
So I'll keep 'em to myself, for my opinion doesn't matter!'
:)
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Author: Nessie1
Date: 2009-11-20 15:27
I think that this board is meant for anyone who enjoys and loves the clarinet and there is much to be gained from a great many of the postings. It is, of course, useful and fascinating to be able to interact with people like Tony Pay with his extensive career in all kinds of music and especially his particular knowledge of the more historical/authentic music side of things or Chris P with his doubtless enormous technical knowledge. This brings me to another point which is that many contributors have particular interests and knowledge - playing technique/repertoire/construction/maintenance and so on.
However there are those posting who are near beginners or "rusty returners" (for example) who may find what suits their needs more from a response from an slightly more experienced community band player or middling amateur who has recently coped with the same issue which may never have happened to come up for an emminent professional. Equally, the more experienced players, perhaps especially those who teach, may learn from the very fact that a certain question has been asked (and the ensuing responses).
Vanessa.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2009-11-20 16:57
I'm with Vanessa - we all profit from each others' experience as well as from each others' failings and struggles.
It's the raw mixture of everything that makes this Bboard such a valuable treasure chest.
I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't found my way into here.
--
Ben
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Author: Noqu
Date: 2009-11-20 17:32
Hmmm - when I feel that I want to know more about a poster's credentials, I use the search function to view some of his/her other posts. Wouldn't dream of asking people for a CV on a public board.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-11-20 18:30
Noqu wrote:
<<Hmmm - when I feel that I want to know more about a poster's credentials, I use the search function to view some of his/her other posts. Wouldn't dream of asking people for a CV on a public board.>>
I do that, too. It's nice to have a thread where people introduce themselves and provide a little background, though, because it makes the information a little easier to find.
I think Dan's choice of questions could have been better. They seemed to imply that there is some ideal BBoard participant, namely an experienced professional clarinet player with prestigious degrees in clarinet performance who plays with a prestigious ensemble, refaces mouthpieces, and has no conflicts of interest resulting from endorsements--and that everybody else somehow doesn't measure up.
I have to admit that although I answered Dan's questionnaire, I was a little taken back by it at first, myself. I thought it was valuable for others to know a bit about who I was, what I know, how it is I've come to know what I know, and what kinds of experiences I've had, though, so I answered it--but in doing so, I did feel the need to go beyond what the questions were specifically asking for, because although I feel can provide (and have provided in the past) useful information on a number of topics, I most definitely do not fit Dan's apparent conception of what a reliable source should look like.
The truth of the matter is that there are people on this BBoard with all different kinds of education and experience who provide valuable and trustworthy information on a regular basis. In fact, the fact that BBoard participants don't all fit a single mold is a great strength of the BBoard, because it means the breadth of knowledge and experience here is quite large--you will see topics dealt with from many different points of view, and that's a good thing.
At the same time, it's helpful to know who it is you're talking to, so you get a sense of where they are coming from when they write what they write. If I know someone is a student or a teacher or a professional performer or an adult amateur, it helps me to understand where they are coming from when they say something. It also helps when answering a question, so you don't give an answer that won't be useful to them. So I think threads like this serve a useful purpose, at least in principle.
On the other hand, I don't think anyone should feel compelled to answer this thread or post an elaborate profile resembling a CV if they don't want to. The BBoard is an online reference source for many, but it's also an online community that exists for the benefit of the people who post here, many of whom value their privacy and anonymity. So BBoard users should not feel compelled to provide information they don't want to about themselves as a precondition for participation (aside from the reasonably expected information Mark already requires us to provide in order to post, of course).
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-20 18:35
Many thanks to all for your responses. So far, I've counted 37 and ALL of them matter to me.
First of all, I'm a peacemaker by nature and so I apologize to any that this thread may have offended. This was never my intent. I simply wanted to know more about responders that I had never heard of before and thought that a basic musical background questionnaire would be a useful tool for me and possibly for others as well. It's beginning to appear that this may have been a bad idea on my part.
Over 50 years ago, I was taught an embouchure method by a "teacher" that resulted in my bottom side teeth being "pushed in" at a rather alarming angle. Was he a really "good" teacher? Not in my book!
Around 30 years later, after feeling that I finally developed what I thought was a proper embouchure formation, I went to see another "teacher" to have my embouchure "analyzed". He pronounced it as "good" and I happily went on my way not realizing that I was on the path to developing embouchure dystonia.
So, here were two "educated" professionals who, IMO, really didn't know what they were doing.
Perhaps having been physically hurt so badly has propelled me in my quest to find people who really do know what they are doing and have the ability to adequately communicate information in a way that is understandable and, therefore, useful to me.
Several of the above responses have been very useful to me. I'm particularly thankful to mrn as well as a few others who took the time to correct my erroneous method of determinating the value or correctness of advice given on this BB.
This thread has, so far, been very useful to me and I hope it has had some value to each of you also.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-20 18:43
Please pardon my ignorance, but, would somebody please inform me what a "CV" is? I've seen these letters in several responses and haven't the foggiest idea as to what they refer to.
Thanks.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2009-11-20 18:50
Hey, you "quoters", please give us the opereta info so I [we?] dont have to try putting a tune to them to "do" it ?properly? TKS, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2009-11-20 19:04
Dan, a CV is a Curriculum Vitae aka résumé.
Interestingly, googling against "CV" revealed it in the topmost hit...
--
Ben
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2009-11-20 19:14
Dan Shusta says he is, or was afflicted with "embouchure dystonia."
Can someone tell us what that is. A good teacher is of course nice...but a careful study and practical utilization of Larry Guy's book "Embouchure Building for Clarinetists" will set anyone right. QED
Clarinet Redux
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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2009-11-20 19:38
Dan,
You've mentioned at least twice now that I can remember in this thread that you've developed "embouchure dystonia." I've heard of dystonia, of course, and know players who have developed it in their hands and fingers, but I'm curious to know something about how it manifests itself in the embouchure. It's just something I've never heard of before.
Karl
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2009-11-20 19:57
I just finished a large project, so might as well take the time to do this.
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance? --Bachelor of Music Education and Masters of Performance on Clarinet - University of Colorado
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend? NA
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?-- over 50 years
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime? --6 and then 100's since you learn from every person you hear and/or perform with
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels? --I do lots of arrangements for clarinet and other woodwinds those my sheet music publishing business. Also am author of Advanced Clarinet Technique, and Advanced Intonation Technique for Clarinets.
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in? --I play in the Vancouver (Washington) Symphony, Oregon Chamber Players, Bridge City Clarinet Choir, Vancouver Flute Club, and other gigs here and there.
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets? --no
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble? -yes
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you? -(a) I have made a nice "career" of playing 2nd clarinet in orchestras. Although c. 99% (IMO) of all people dismiss you as having no talent, I know it takes special and different skills than does being a principal. It is an art to itself (IMHO). (b) Although I sell lots of music, I also love to give a bunch away for free, too. (see www.free-scores.com) (c) I enjoy the sometimes unknowing comic relief people on this board provide. I include myself here, too.
John Gibson, JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-20 20:41
tictactux: Thanks for the tip. The moment you mentioned "google", I remembered GBK's statement: "Google is your best friend."
I "googled" CV and found out that a "CV" is far more comprehensive than a resume. Very interesting reading...
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2009-11-20 22:20
-- "I "googled" CV and found out that a "CV" is far more comprehensive than a resume. Very interesting reading..." --
But you'll find that CVs vary considerably, depending on the country, job being applied for and what the person wants to say. Some employers won't want the guy's life history whereas some do.
If it's your first real job, you may include all sorts of info about yourself that makes you sound interesting. If it's just another rung up the ladder, then you'll probably miss out the 'Hobbies and interests' part and the exciting things you did at camp as a boy scout. ;-)
Steve
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2009-11-20 22:56
Read the article on embouchure dystonia. Bah humbug!
Though it's dressed differently these days, quackery is still quackery!
Though he's almost complely discredited now, in the day I'm sure Freud (Dr. Quack) could have written a whoe book about embouchure dystonia.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-20 23:45
Old Geezer wrote: "Read the article on embouchure dystonia. Bah humbug!
Though it's dressed differently these days, quackery is still quackery!
Though he's almost complely discredited now, in the day I'm sure Freud (Dr. Quack) could have written a whoe book about embouchure dystonia.
My dear sir: If you saw how my face looks the next day after playing, you would see for yourself that embouchure dystonia is definitely not quackery!
It's no fun being stared at. It takes a few days for my facial muscles to "get back to normal". Involuntary muscle contractions in the face can most certainly distort how a person looks!
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2009-11-21 15:38
If everyone who actively contributes to this BB turns in a CV will you rank them in order of preference...such as;
No.1 Expert.
No.2 Sharpshooter.
No.3 Barely OK and so forth.
Will there be occasional surprize quizs and a final exam?
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Author: contragirl
Date: 2009-11-21 18:37
I am Contragirl, EVERYONE knows me cuz I am that awesome.
Actually, I have been MIA for a while, some ppl remember me since I was a snotnosed High Schooler in what... '97?
I am too ADD to answer questions, but I updated my personal website:
www.bonnie-sue.net
and my nerdy clarinet site is:
clarinet.bonnie-sue.net
I went to college, but I got my degree in sarcasm.
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Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2009-11-21 18:49
To Old Geezer: Please read all of my responses.
From a previous response listed above, I stated: "Several of the above responses have been very useful to me. I'm particularly thankful to mrn as well as a few others who took the time to correct my erroneous method of determining the value or correctness of advice given on this BB."
So, to answer your question honestly, my response now would be: "None of the above."
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2009-11-21 18:50
-- "I am too ADD to answer questions, but I updated my personal website:
www.bonnie-sue.net" --
I think you'll find that most of us are too ADD to look at personal websites.
Steve
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Author: kathryn777
Date: 2009-11-21 19:29
1. Do you have a degree in teaching the clarinet or in clarinet performance?
-No
2. If no degree, what school, college, or university did you study the clarinet and how many years did you attend?
-8 Years of public schools
3. How many years have you been playing the clarinet?
-About 14, but not so much the last 4
4. How many teachers or instructors of the clarinet have you had in your lifetime?
-3 PL teachers and 3 band directors
5. What special expertise do you possess as to the clarinet? i.e., are you involved with clarinet design, the manufacturing of mouthpieces or clarinets, refacing mouthpieces or handcrafting clarinet barrels?
-Nothing special... just a player
6. What band, symphony or orchestra do you play in?
-For myself
7. Are you an artist representing a certain brand of reeds, mouthpieces, or clarinets?
-No, but I do work @ H&H music where we sell all of the above
8. Do you have any soloist experience in an ensemble?
-Just band solos and competitions
9. Any additional information not covered by the above questions that you would like for everyone to know about you?
-I love my super-old Selmer
-Haven't played that often lately, but I want to get back into it... used to be pretty damn good
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