[Trombone-l] Conch shell on Reveultas

[John Monroe]

Thanks for your comments, Alex!  I agree the review was favorable.

As a retired techie I am reminded of Bill Hewlett's observation that  
there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Raymond, you might be able to parlay this into a feature article on  
the unusual demands confronting a professional trombone player.  Have  
some fun with it!

John Monroe

On Sep 10, 2007, at 11:48 AM, ALEX ILES wrote:

> Gotta agree with DanP on this one. It WAS a favorable review of the
> piece [of the just about the whole concert, in fact!]. His tone was
> pretty harsh, but I gathered he actually LIKED hearing you play the
> conch shell!! At least for the novelty of it.
>
> He definitely could/should have chosen his words more carefully.
>
> My own most memorable bad review came when I was on tour with Maynard
> Ferguson back in the mid-eighties....
>
> This came from the Washington Post...
>
> "The Maynard Ferguson Orchestra displays all the subtlety of pile
> driver gone berserk in a wind tunnel."
>
> Even Maynard loved it!
>
> LX
> =================
> On Sep 10, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Daniel Pliskin wrote:
>
>>
>> Raymond,
>>
>>>
>>> “You don't often see a large man in white tie and tails blowing
>>> into a
>>> conch shell (do you think his mother beams, ‘My son, the conch
>>> player!?’).”
>>
>>
>>> I wrote a letter to the paper, but I don't know if I should send it.
>>> Does this just make me sound defensive and pathetic? Here it is:
>>
>>
>>
>> Considering the general tone of this writing, I believe that you
>> got a favorable review.  And he got to have a bit of fun with you.
>>
>> In general, what happens is not what pisses us off.  Instead, it’s
>> our interpretation of what happened, it’s what we make what
>> happened mean.  I believe that you’ve chosen to be offended by
>> this, when no offense was intended.  He’s having fun playing with
>> words and lots of people enjoy reading those words.  And I believe
>> that you’d come off as more professional, more powerful, more
>> magnanimous, if you chose to let it slide.
>>
>> Now, if I were the pianist, I’d let him know that he should stick
>> to listening to MIDI files, if all he cares about is getting the
>> notes right.
>>
>> DanP
>>
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