[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Fw: Are iPods just a passing fancy? (was mp3s and allthat stuff)

[Bob Romans]

Hi Listmates...I sent the discussion about iPods to a young kid...I think 
he's about 35 or 36 years old...Marc Bolin...watch out for him...he's HOT 
and a fantastic trombone player...who wasn't raised on OKOM but just 
recently, because of  Rev. Tom Wiggins taking him to the Red Sea Jazz 
Festival with us, Marc learned about jazz from the '20's, and became 
hooked!!
Even in our trip to China, he always had his ear-phones in from his iPod, 
many times shaking his head in wonder and saying  "That's HOT"!!
So...henceforth these are his comments!
Warmest regards,
Bob Romans,
1617 Lakeshore Drive,
Lodi, Calif., 95242
PH 209-747-1148
www.cellblockseven2002.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "marc" <marc at bolinfordollars.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Are iPods just a passing fancy? (was mp3s 
and allthat stuff)


> Hello Everyone on the DJML. My name is Marc Bolin and this is my first 
> posting!
>
> I waited for a long time (5 years after the first 5G model came out in 
> 2001) before I ventured into the world of iPods.
> Let me tell you...It has changed my life. I have just recently started 
> playing this music (Hot Jazz) although I have been
> a professional musician for a long time now. In only a few short months I 
> been afforded the opportunity and
> graciously blessed to play with master musicians, i.e... Bob Romans, Jon 
> Stutler, Bob Milke, Richard Hadlock, Buddy
> Apfel, Steve Barbone, Paul Grant, Dick Bowman and others.... Oh what a 
> wonderful, musical world we live in!
>
> We all agree that the most important way to study this music is by 
> listening to and transcribing it. For this, I enlisted
> my iPod. I have the Louis Armstrong the Complete Hot Fives & Sevens, Kid 
> Ory Mosaic Box Set,  Jack Teagarden
> Mosaic Box Set, Lu Watters Complete Good Times Box Set, Sidney Bechet, 
> Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, Bal Tarabin
> Frankie Trambaur, Jimmie Rogers, Lee Morse, Chris Barber, Django Reinhart, 
> many Jug Bands, JJ Johnson and the list
> continues to the present.
>
> I haven't even touched the surface!
>
> When I make CDs for my private students, Hot Jazz is one of the styles 
> that I make available for them to hear. Some
> really take a liking to it, others don't. But that's OK. I feel like it's 
> my responsibility to provide the music. Children will
> take what they like and leave what they don't.FOR NOW! Then maybe at some 
> later date pick it up again and say,
> "This is Hot!" Having an iPod or not will not determine whether or not 
> they like this music. I think it's a blessing to
> have such a device that can hold as much information as it does. It can't 
> hurt.
>
> I believe that the discussion should not be "Are iPods just a passing 
> fancy?" but, how in the world can I listen to ALL
> of this music in what little time that I do have free in a day?"
>
> The answer is the iPod.
>
> It can go where you go, be play without disturbing anyone around you 
> (unless they are trying to talk with you and
> you can't hear them!) and it's a virtual library in the palm of your hand.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Marc
>
> Marc T. Bolin
> Bass Trombone/Tuba
>
> Music Arranging, Copying and Prep.
>
> Oakland Opera, Realistic Orchestra,
> Marcus Shelby Orch, Avance,
> Paradigm Brass, Dream Kitchen,
> Joseph's Bones, Low-End Theory
>
> 415.368.2720
> marc at bolinfordollars.com
> www.music-enrichment.org
> www.paradigmbrass.com
>
>