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Author: William
Date: 2010-12-16 18:48
Seeing a FB posting of Michelle Gingras's painting got me to thinking--and that can be dangerous......lol. I know that our own Clark Fobes is also an artist as well as Tony Bennett and a local Milwaukee entertainer, Skip Wagner. I wonder, what is the percentage of musicians that are also into the visual arts--painting, sculpting, etc. ??
BTW--I'm a fairly good clarinetist, but cannot even manage to draw credable stick figures, much less fine portraits. How about you???
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Author: PrincessJ
Date: 2010-12-16 23:01
I do love visual art (apart from modern abstract art, most of it, I do not enjoy, of course there are a few exceptions), and I can admit I'm not too bad at drawing and painting. I have a decent eye, it's just the inspiration that's harder to come by than with music. I feel more connected when I have the melodies and rhythms, and I know a few people who get that same feeling staring at a blank canvas imagining the infinite possibilities, for which I have great respect.
-Jenn
Circa 1940s Zebra Pan Am
1972 Noblet Paris 27
Leblanc Bliss 210
1928 Selmer Full Boehm in A
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2010-12-16 23:12
I'm not artistic at all. But then again I sure have a lot to learn about the clarinet.
But I do enjoy working with my hands. I like learning to do automotive maintenance, working on my motorcycle maintenance and any sorta handy-man stuff.
Not that I'm good at that stuff either! hehehe
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2010-12-17 00:09
Pee Wee Russell exhibited paintings at the end of his life, I believe. I'm not sure about other clarinettists but across the visual arts there are lots of doublers. Miles Davis painted, Ronnie Wood paints, Dizzy Gillespie had his camera everywhere he went it seems. I painted a fence last year.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-12-17 00:18
For me, it's photography. My daughter has an "eye" for almost all visual arts. She is awesome at drawing and painting. Her art teachers in school got mad that she couldn't devote time to art, because she was too busy with music.
Jeff
“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: ddavani
Date: 2010-12-17 01:04
I've always had a fascination for drawing with strictly graphite. From the outcomes of some of the work that I did when in Italy, I thought I did a pretty good job. However, clarinet is the top priority when it comes to art, drawing is merely a hobby. Clarinet is a lifestyle (I can't believe I just said that).
-Dave Davani
http://allclarinet.blogspot.com/
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Author: ned
Date: 2010-12-17 03:58
Rolf Harris paints and plays the wobble-board. He also sings.........of sorts.
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Author: Tony M
Date: 2010-12-17 11:05
He also made a few bob using paint tins as percussion instruments. Art cannot be suppressed, apparently.
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Author: PrincessJ
Date: 2010-12-17 11:33
ddavani wrote "Clarinet is a lifestyle (I can't believe I just said that)."
Amen. I knew I was a goner the moment I had my first 6-hour practice day.
-Jenn
Circa 1940s Zebra Pan Am
1972 Noblet Paris 27
Leblanc Bliss 210
1928 Selmer Full Boehm in A
Amateur tech, amateur clarinetist, looking to learn!
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2010-12-17 13:36
I'm an amateur musician, but a retired professional stained glass designer-builder. I also used to sell ink drawings at science fiction conventions. My first paying job, which began when I was in junior high school, was sign-lettering for local businesses. I hand-painted signs all the way through college.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: James Langdell
Date: 2010-12-17 15:28
Rosario Mazzeo was very dedicated and effective as a photographer. He was a friend of Ansel Adams. And Reginald Kell took up painting after retiring from playing clarinet.
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Author: whole note
Date: 2010-12-17 17:34
This is a topic I have given some thought since I'm primarily a visual artist with the clarinet as a hobby. I feel a lot of similarities between playing music and making visual art.
I think of the mouthpiece (and probably the whole clarinet) as the frame. The tongue and breath are like brushes. Articulation can be done in points, lines or planes as Kandinsky described in Point and Line to Plane: "…we look upon the geometric point as the ultimate and most singular union of silence and speech."
The pitches are the hues. It may be possible to think of chalumeau as dark version of the same pitch/color in clarion with altissimo being even lighter. These can be painted into the frame with varying degrees of saturation.
The colors accumulate over time in the frame.
Probably a complete over-simplification but wanted to give it a try.
Nancy Skolos
Professor Graphic Design
Rhode Island School of Design
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Author: Bubalooy
Date: 2010-12-17 18:24
Paul McCartney has had gallery showings of his paintings. I don't know if it is because the paintings are so good or if it is because he is Paul McCartney. But, obviously, he paints. I believe that Schönberg learned to paint from Kandinsky and Gabriella Mueller while they were all living at Mueller's house not far from Munich.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-12-17 18:25
>>>Does reed-adjusting count as an art form?
No, it's a form of Black Magic. ![[rotate]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley25.gif)
Jeff
“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: Ronish
Date: 2010-12-17 18:44
Painted in oils for 30yrs. Not very good but sold lots of them.
Have blown the clarinet for 20yrs. and been told I sound great. Hav`nt made a penny.
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Author: stevensfo
Date: 2010-12-18 10:14
I love playing music and visiting galleries, but I am and always have been @&#%!! at drawing and painting.
Re. modern art, I have never forgotten walking through a gallery in London many years ago. In one annex was a large stack of wooden chairs. People were walking past it, obviously confused. Was it an exhibit, or.... just some chairs?
Steve
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2010-12-18 16:34
Reed adjusting is the wind player's analog to the painter's brush cleaning.
Bob Phillips
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