Steven, the 35 hours were just those hours working with my orchestra, but I did not tell the folks, how many hours we spent at the different studios. All in all, we worked about around the clock (we did that for some recordings !! really) & we prayed to get an extra 25th hour every day - for sleep.
####################################################################################################################### Am 11.07.2010 um 00:42 schrieb Steven Mumford: > 35 hours a week?!!!!! Oh well, you were lucky then! Why when I was your > age we had our first rehearsal of the day at 3 in the morning, 1 hour before > we went to bed the night before. Oh we'd have cried for joy to only have 35 > hours of playing in one day! We had to play continuously, all the rests > removed, only a sip of water and a crust of bread for lunch, and every > afternoon, the conductor would kill us and then dance on our graves singing > Alleluia! But you try to tell young horn players that, and they won't > believe you. > > - Steve Mumford > ################### > Hans wrote: <snip> > > or if one plays 35 > hours a week or more for > twenty, thirty or 40 > or 50 years. > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
