Fw: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Bass Solos(was Grimace)

[Bob Romans]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas A. Downs" <jazz2ba at comcast.net>
To: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:37 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Bass Solos(was Grimace)


> Feel free to pass this on.
> After 30 years of jazz work I have found, it is a given fact, save your
> applause for the front line and that's OK with me.  When I complete a tuba
> solo, and if I'm satisfied with it, I need nothing more.  As Richoux
> mentioned, if it does come I'll do my best acknowledge the applause, but I
> no longer anticipate a response.
>
> Tom Downs, Tuba - Cell Block 7
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
> To: "Thomas A. Downs" <jazz2ba at comcast.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:58 PM
> Subject: Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Bass Solos(was Grimace)
>
>
> > Take heed, Tom!!
> > :~)
> > F
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>
> > To: "David Richoux" <tubaman at batnet.com>; "dixie"
> > <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Bass Solos(was Grimace)
> >
> >
> > > >I have noticed that people do not pay
> > > much attention to bass/tuba solos<
> > >
> > > Really??!!  Very observant!  As a bass player, I can tell you that
> nobody
> > > pays attention to bass solos....not even the guys in the band.  They
> > usually
> > > start a conversation about sports, fishing, or crab grass, and often
> > forget
> > > to come in at the end of your solo.
> > >    As for the audience, dancers stop dancing and look like they are
> > waiting
> > > for the next tune.
> > >
> > >    I once saw a list of comparisons between masturbating and playing a
> > bass
> > > solo.  The one that sticks in my mind is:
> > >    "God will forgive you for masturbating."
> > >
> > >    Pat Cooke
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at batnet.com>
> > > To: "dixie" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:26 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: THE ARTISTIC GRIMACE
> > >
> > >
> > > > I do a lot of "street band" tuba playing (just about as much as
> > > > stage/club performances ) and I have noticed that people do not pay
> > > > much attention to bass/tuba solos unless I stand up and move around
a
> > > > lot. If I am playing the best solo I have ever done and am sitting
> down
> > > > behind my tuba I see people looking around, trying to figure out who
> is
> > > > actually playing! (same thing happens when our drummer is singing -
he
> > > > often gets hidden by the front line.)
> > > >
> > > > If I am playing a Sousaphone or Helicon, and/or standing up and
moving
> > > > around as I play - then the audience has a bit more of a clue and
> > > > sometimes I get a little applause at the end. If I have time at the
> end
> > > > of my solo I try to give a little bow or other acknolegment of the
> > > > applause (when it happens...)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dave Richoux
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Well put.  I was about to express the same thought.   I think a
> > > > >> smile, or
> > > > >> even an occasional laugh goes a lot farther.
> > > > >>    Pat Cooke
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > A smiling Bass Player speaks loudly that he is high and knows they
> are
> > > > > not
> > > > > going to give him a solo anyway so he just stands there smiling
and
> > > > > being as
> > > > > high as he wants to be.:))
> > > > >
> > > > > The really Good Bass players I know  have mastered the scowl, :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Musical content:
> > > > >
> > > > > "I get no Kick from Champagne,"
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom Wiggins
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