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Re: Geographic Breakdown

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Subject: Re: Geographic Breakdown
From: dan_masi@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dan Masi) id RAA03188; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:46:32 -0400
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:46:32 -0400
In-reply-to: "brassman" <brassman@webspan.net> "Re: Geographic Breakdown" (Jun 23, 2:49pm)
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On Jun 23,  2:49pm, brassman wrote:
> Subject: Re: Geographic Breakdown
> No Dan.... The comment was made about Australian bands.

The original question was phrased ambiguously, and apparently
I guessed wrong.  Mea culpa.

> I was also present at that Melbourne Staff Band concert. The thing
> that stands out in my mind from that concert, was the singing and
> clowning around which took away from the brass band music.

That's really a shame, Mark. You missed some great music.

> Their soloists were not very impressive to say the
> least.  Much of the music was trite and corny. 

What, because it wasn't 2 hours of test pieces?
Sure, there was some music that some might consider "fluff", though
to say "much of the music..." is misleading.  Besides, they weren't there
to contest, and I think they served their intended audience well.

> I have also attended the last 3 New York Staff Band concerts and
> was actually very impressed. I don't know what was so "hard" to listen
> to.  Maybe you were seated in the wrong place in the hall.
>
> Dan, I think you should go listen again.  They rehearse on
> Wednesday afternoons.  I'm sure they would welcome you.

OK, perhaps I left the wrong impression.  I was sort of hyperbolizing
to make my point in defense of Australian bands.  I wasn't saying
that the NYSB is, in general, hard to listen to.  They're obviously 
a great band, and it's nice to have them in our back yard.  What I was
trying to do was point out my surprise in finding that between these
two performances, I found Melbourne to be the more sensitive and
musical performance.  I wouldn't have missed either, though.

> Often times I read misleading reports and opinions on this list.
> This surely was one.  Sorry Dan.

Nice to hear from you, too, Mark.

Dan Masi

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