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FW: UK: MusiciansÂ’ Union Issues Musical Challenge   Message List  
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Re: [jazz_guitar] Re: FW: UK: Musicians’ Union Issues Musical Challenge

On 7/12/09, Will Halligan <will@...> wrote:
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> We all have our own views, my own is that miming
> stinks.
>
> Imagine the uproar if Obama had mimed his speach!

It might have been better if chief justice Roberts had mimed his 1 min
reading of the oath. Talk about a gaff!
This wasn't a concert. The main emphasis was on the Inaugural, not the
musicians.
I felt sorry for the brass players in band. Did you ever try playing with a
30 degree frozen brass mouthpiece? I did. Not fun... :-)
Angelo

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Musicians' Union Issues Musical Challenge 9 July 2009 The Musicians' Union has warmly welcomed the success of Adrian Bradbury's court case against the Lowry...
Alisdair MacRae-Birch
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Jul 10, 2009
7:48 pm

Can you have a musical without live music? http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2009/jul/07/classical-music-opera-musicals Cellist Adrian Bradbury...
Alisdair MacRae-Birch
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Jul 10, 2009
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I was stunned to learn recently that the President`s inaugrual music was not just to a backing track but mimed! What example is that to set? Will...
Will Halligan
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Jul 11, 2009
6:28 am

First of all, the group "miming" the music also recorded it. The temperature was in the 30s, and there was no way to keep instruments in tune or fingers warm....
Ron Murray
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Jul 11, 2009
5:26 pm

I performed in a duo a few winters ago in freezing outdoor conditions for over 2 hours - not the 5 mins that they did. We simply had an outdoor heater and "Got...
Will Halligan
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Jul 11, 2009
10:27 pm

Perhaps your gig wasn't televised nationally, or maybe these world- famous virtousi should take your advice and play in drafty cafes instead of concert halls...
Ron Murray
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Jul 12, 2009
6:11 am

Perhaps it would do these "world-famous virtousi" some good to play in ordinary places. Then they might develop some sense of pride and honour. It is obvious...
Will Halligan
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Jul 12, 2009
6:40 am

Do you think for a moment that these people didn't pay their dues, didn't play in every crappy situation imaginable when coming up? I have met a couple of them...
Ron Murray
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Jul 12, 2009
2:02 pm

We all have our own views, my own is that miming stinks. Imagine the uproar if Obama had mimed his speach! Will...
Will Halligan
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Jul 12, 2009
2:13 pm

... He didn't???...
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 12, 2009
2:18 pm

... It might have been better if chief justice Roberts had mimed his 1 min reading of the oath. Talk about a gaff! This wasn't a concert. The main emphasis was...
Angelo
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Jul 12, 2009
6:05 pm

... I don't know what Will thinks, either for a moment or otherwise, but I find your question interesting. Do you know without question that they actually did...
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 12, 2009
2:51 pm

I don't have the time to go into their biographies, that's something you can do for yourself. Suffice it to say that none of them reached the pinnacle of...
Ron Murray
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Jul 12, 2009
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... No. This, as you well know, is not on point with my comment at all. What ... Nobody on this list is so ignorant to imply, as you suggest, that these ...
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 12, 2009
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Ron Murray
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Jul 13, 2009
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--Bobby, I think what bothered me was the fakery not the music. I watched the thing "live" and and said to myself "self, that is the most awesome thing you...
Jim Mings
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Jul 13, 2009
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Hi Jim, ... That's the point, exactly. I thought I said that, but there ya go. Ron Murray, you quoted my text, but added no response, so there was nothing for...
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 13, 2009
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Hi all, Same with me - I have several CDs by Yo Yo Ma and was really looking forward to their performance. BTW, the BBC comentators talked right through the ...
Will Halligan
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Jul 13, 2009
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Hi Will, ... Agreed. The question seems to me to be about whose decision it was. And if it was an outside decision, did the musicians have no say in the...
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 12, 2009
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... This issue came up before, or at least it did on one list, maybe not this one. If memory serves me, they were well heated for their "pseudo-performance"....
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 11, 2009
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Well, of course, we have no way of knowing if those "valuable instruments" were, in fact, their own or were perhaps provided for the taping. Four world-class...
Ron Murray
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Jul 12, 2009
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... I'm not accusing them of anything, except perhaps that of a bad (imo) judgement call. I am curious as to why hey would have mimed their performance when...
Bob Hansmann
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Jul 12, 2009
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I feel sorry for them. Can you imagine the time and effort needed to be one of the world's best performers of your instrument and then told you have to "lip...
Scott R Dercks
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Jul 12, 2009
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