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Re: Geographic Breakdown

Ian W. Wright wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A friend from another list has just commented to me that he can't
> find any Brass Band CDs in the US - is he talking rot or do we really
> starve them of culture?? ;-)
>
> Looking down the recent postings I notice that this topic has brought
> replies from some US members but only a very few.
>
> So, what is the brass band situation in the US?
>
> Is there a list of  bands somewhere (perhaps covering all known bands
> around the world) if not should we try and compile one?
>
> Do US bands make CDs?
>
> Is the music played by US bands of a similar type and standard to
> that in the UK? A player with and Australian band commented to me
> recently that brass music over there all tended to be loud and raucus
> and quiet melodic playing was almost unknown.
>
> Fortunately, my friend did manage to see the 'Brassed Off' film and
> purchase the soundtrack CD and so he has got something to remind him
> of real culture but surely he could do better?
>
> Ian,
>
> p.s  he lives in Vermont.
>
> Ian W. Wright
> Bandmaster and Euphonium player of the Hathersage Silver Band, Derbyshire, England
> see our web page at:- www.geocities.com/hollywood/6067/home.html
>
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  Interesting to read your note re the Geo Breakdown. I live on the West Coast of
Canada, Vancouver British Columbia, and other than a few Chandos 'old' releases at the
Virgin record shop, there is really sweet tweet for brass band selections.
I have had to resort to going to my friends at Egon, Midland, Doyen, Chandos, Poly,
etc. to get my 'fix'. Needless to say it ends up being costly. I do believe that a
couple of the bands in the U S have recorded some. Triangle is one band that comes to
my mind.
In the Vancouver area, other than a couple of Salvation Army bands, there is a local
band called Little Mountain Brass. Gene Chan who watches this list probably can fill
you in more as to the instrumentation. I was to get out to hear them last month, but
got called away to work.( I do understand they use those dreaded 'F' horns however!)
There are of course recording of various Salvo Bands across North America as well as
Hannaford, which I still think sound very sterile. I was interested in reading Dave
Buckley's previous remarks when he wrote of Bob Child, Matt Baker, & Jim Watson being
with them earlier this year. I hope they have a recording in the works.
Now I shall hope this stirs some company to think of us in the hinterland. It is
extremely expensive to purchase C D' s outside of the country. My latest calculation
for something like Egon's Deep Harmony, in Canadian $ is now $31.00.  (You then can
think of getting nabbed by the Customs and Excise if the inspector does not think you
should be having free import and it is automatically another $5.00 Cdn plus 7% on top
of the $31.00.   $40.00 adds up quite quickly and when you are on a low fixed / more
like unfixed these days, income, you start to question your sanity.

Sorry for the long reply, but I have been getting a bit frustrated whah the
falling dollar, and the lack of commitment of companies etc to we diehards!

Larry White


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