Brass Band Logo

NJH Music Logo

Some of the contents of the pages on this site are Copyright © 2016 NJH Music
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: concert at nationals -Reply

Interesting observations, Edy. Since there have been a few comments
lately about various bands' sounds, I can't resist throwing in my $0.02
worth. 

I must agree with your assessment of the current Dyke. There is much to
commend, but I still prefer their 1985 Peter Parkes sound. Seems to me
there was a greater range of music that they made sound really musical.
(I'm thinking particularly of Contest Music and Cloudcatcher Fells as I
write this). (Another caveat: I'm on the left side of the big pond, so
every opinion I have comes from CDs). On the other hand, the sheer power
and quality of Dyke's current sound is thrilling to the point of
knocking your socks off - as in Moorside Suite and Planets - but somehow
the quieter and slower stuff doesn't have the soul it had under Parkes.

And someone recently mentioned
BBS/Fodens/whatever-they're-called-this-week changing their sound. I'd
say shame on that. To my ears, BBS under Snell had a really beautiful
sound: controlled, musical, and wide dynamic range.

-- 
Bill Buffam
West Chester, PA

Edy Van Asch wrote:
> 
> I have to disappoint the Dyke fans and players on the list. I have spoken
> different people in Belgium who joined the latest gala concert at the UK
> Nationals. Their comments were quite unanimous
> - The salvation army was brilliant (always in balance, great sound,...)
> - James Morrison was OK as an entertainer (some called him a great circus artist
> while not the greatest of players)
> - Dyke's opening with the Olympic theme was very impressive, the rest of the
> program was not: very loud and aggressive, accompaniment not together,...  .
> 
> I must say, it is a bit the same the last couple of years with Dyke. Dyke is
> almost always playing very loud and aggressive with Kevin Crockford as the
> exponent: he's a great player but why is he always playing above the band,
> always to long at the end note,.... ? Meanwhile James Watson seems to ask the
> players for more and more (louder and louder).
> 
> Dyke has been known for decades to have the biggest sound, the most musical
> playing,... Those were the times with e.g. Roy Newsome, Peter Parkes and David
> King. Since Watson arrived they turned on another way which many of us regret.
> Apart from that we must admit Dyke won several contests although the band lost
> its golden crown to Fairey who took over (not to surprise thanks to several
> former Dyke players and conductor and as a result also its sound and general
> style of play).
> 
> I wonder how the list thinks about the Dyke-metamorphose especially the Dyke
> players on the list like Les McCormack?
>


--
unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to
listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Services] [Contact Us] [Advertise with us] [About] [Tell a friend about us] [Copyright © 2016 NJH Music]