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EliteSyncopations · Elite Syncopations

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  • Category: History
  • Founded: Oct 10, 2005
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313 Fred M. Cain
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
1:51 pm
... at a ... Eytan, Sorry if I sounded snobbish. I had indended my remarks to be more of a feeble attempt at humor on my part than a put-down. I think it is...
314 Rachel Newstead
aimeetoon Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
2:11 pm
... Hi, Didn't Irving Berlin himself say it was a song about ragtime, and not a ragtime song? If he did, that would apparently settle the issue. To me, it does...
315 Tom Bingham
tomandceil Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
2:33 pm
I live in the Buffalo area, and I assure you that most of what are passed off as Buffalo-style wings outside this region are only a pale reflection of the real...
316 ragtime_adam Offline Send Email Nov 1, 2005
3:22 pm
Hi all. This is going back a bit, but I thought I would share what I thought about the subject of a "Definition of Ragtime." I have always regarded ragtime...
317 Bill Edwards
jazzpianist Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
3:44 pm
... passed ... reflection of ... [snip] ... met at a ... y'all are just, well, silly. First off, Buffalos DON'T FLY. They don't even wear pants with flies. ...
318 Rachel Newstead
aimeetoon Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
5:02 pm
Hi, I just contacted a ragtime society in Superior, Wisconsin, about "new rag" contests (on the order of those at the Scott Joplin festival). While I was told...
319 pikaren Offline Send Email Nov 1, 2005
5:17 pm
So fromage is not really cheese. It stinks more. ... le RAGarde, Beill E. vous Bonjour Beill et groupe, OK, a stink is also associated with the faux trolley of...
320 attacksparrow Offline Send Email Nov 1, 2005
5:28 pm
Belated but hearty thanks to Eytan for that thrilling rendition of "Play a Simple Melody". If recollection serves, Irving Berlin had another tune to same...
321 Bill Edwards
jazzpianist Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
5:39 pm
Hi Rachel. Finale, and some other notation software programs, has a feature availble from the Graphics tool that allows you export images as graphics in...
322 attacksparrow Offline Send Email Nov 1, 2005
5:59 pm
Karen--I feel somewhat foolish keeping my own thread alive through this response to you, but, in any event, I wanted to thank you for your mention of Eubie...
323 ragtimbill Offline Send Email Nov 1, 2005
6:13 pm
... my ... As a matter of fact, Rachel, I can. There is a freeware/shareware product called PDF995 that will allow you to make these files. If you cannot...
325 Jaime Cardenas
ragtimebuddy Offline Send Email
Nov 1, 2005
9:01 pm
I have a way of coverting any printable file to Adobe PDF format. You need to download a free(I think it's free!) application called PrimoPDF. What this...
328 Tom Bingham
tomandceil Offline Send Email
Nov 2, 2005
2:56 pm
I did say MOST. I trust Buffalo natives to prepare authentic Buffalo-style wings. They can tell when something's not right. But, on the other hand, Tom ...
330 pikaren Offline Send Email Nov 2, 2005
7:42 pm
- -- In EliteSyncopations@yahoogroups.com, Tom Bingham <mason2042@g...> ... know what's the difference between a bison and a buffalo? Answer: You can't wash...
331 pikaren Offline Send Email Nov 2, 2005
8:16 pm
Hi Adam and Rachel, We all had a similar complaint of left arm soreness when playing an electronic keyboard. As per chat request last night,I did some ...
332 attacksparrow Offline Send Email Nov 2, 2005
8:39 pm
Adam--you're an excellent writer as well as performer/composer. Keep it coming on all fronts, please--though we want you to get your homework done too! :D ...
333 Uslan, Eytan
emuslan Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
12:32 am
... feeble attempt at humor on my part than a put-down. No offense taken, Fred. I'm enjoying our thread. Sorry if I sounded offended! And by the way, we...
334 Uslan, Eytan
emuslan Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
12:56 am
Attack sparrow- glad you liked my "simple melody." I think I said before, it took me forever to work that arrangement out. I'll keep an eye out for Berlin's...
335 pikaren Offline Send Email Nov 3, 2005
1:13 am
... that traverse our fair city as well. ... trolleys exist anyway? Are they duplicating themselves in a replicator?? Perhaps in the *** TRIANGLE ***...
336 ragtime_adam Offline Send Email Nov 3, 2005
1:14 am
I do think you have a point about Jelly's stuff being very different from ragtime, although I personally consider it a closer relative of ragtime than more...
337 Uslan, Eytan
emuslan Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
2:19 am
hey karen, I practiced the "simple" melody contrapunction VERY VERY VERY slowly, gradually increasing the speed incrementally. Just like you said you did. Only...
338 pikaren Offline Send Email Nov 3, 2005
3:39 pm
-Hey Eytan, ROTFL regarding driving your wife crazy with Mommy kissing Santa!! I found some interesting notes on Boise's tract system in the ragtime era. ...
339 Fred M. Cain
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
5:18 pm
... of a ... sounded offended! ... that traverse our fair city as well. Charlotteans? Do you mean as in Charlotte, NC? If so, hang on a minute! I think...
340 Fred M. Cain
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
5:50 pm
... ragtime ... Ave. ... building. ... building ... were ... as ... Karen, Thanks so much for this information and history. I find this most interesting! You...
341 Fred M. Cain
fredmcain2003 Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
6:02 pm
Group, I have to confess, I'm not as familiar with Morton as I should be. I always loved his music, but I was not a "Morton fan" per se. I tried to learn both...
342 Tom Bingham
tomandceil Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
8:38 pm
... family-owned bar and Italian Restaurant called the Anchor Bar came up with the idea of how to use the wings of a chicken as a snack food. It was the part...
343 Bryan Wright
vntager8io Offline Send Email
Nov 3, 2005
8:49 pm
Over the past few days, I've been transferring quite a few of my 1950s-1960s ragtime LPs to CD for Elite Syncopations Radio (I'm planning a long-overdue...
344 ragtime_adam Offline Send Email Nov 3, 2005
9:31 pm
Dear Mr. Fred Cain, I believe you are correct that Morton was a ragtime piano player as well as jazz piano player. I think he was certainly able to play both ...
345 Tom Bingham
tomandceil Offline Send Email
Nov 4, 2005
3:21 pm
As usual, I'm just getting caught up on threads I missed in my usual, quick-dash through the inbox. As for myself, I think I might have been too intimidated to...
346 Linda
jazzgrl20s Offline Send Email
Nov 4, 2005
5:44 pm
Brent Watkins send me his cd Heroes of Parlor Town and i would like to thank him.He covers a wide gamet of styles and players from Joplin to Eubie to James P....
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