As far as I'm concerned, >you can play horn and soudn like an oboe, but if you do it >well, no one is going to argue with you. > >Aleks Ozolins >NYC
No one? I don't think so. How will you ever know if you couldn't have gone farther, gotten more jobs (if that is your bottom line), if you had a better sound. Sound is part of the totality of our playing. How expressive can you be if people don't enjoy listening to you. Sadly, there is less concern for good sound these days than ever before- especially in this country. Technique is king right now. Hey, the whole reason for the horn's existence is its sound. You can play the same range on a trombone. Cheers, Wendell Rider For info about my book, "Real World Horn Playing", and the summer seminar, please visit my website at www.wendellworld.com Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. -Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
