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Random Monday: All Show and Tell
- A revamp for AZOOMA
The vast majority of my spare time over the past few weeks has been devoted to a new project. Since we are all friends here, I will give you a sneak peek at it.Bear in mind that this is only about 50% done. The thing I am most proud of is the “Quick Links” feature. A brief overview of the project will give you more details.
AZOOMA is the organization for the Arizona Opera musicians. This new site is a major upgrade over the old site. In a nutshell, I have adopted a WordPress platform (just like Horn Matters).
I am taking all the lessons learned here and am spreading that knowledge on to AZOOMA. With AZOOMA however, I am setting up as many as 4-5 authors … gulp…
- More show and tell
…or will it be Show and Terrify ?My workplace actively engages team strategies and workshops, and for my turn at demonstrating my “connectedness,” I am going to pull out the hunting horn and let it rip. Heh heh… that’ll connect ‘em…
- Even more show and tell
Sometime this week I hope to post an informal interview that is in the works, with a colleague from childhood who also happens to be a horn maker in the American mid-West. I asked him some pretty pointed questions in order to delve into the art and craft of making a hand made French horn.To a certain degree, I believe — as John does about mouthpieces — that some aspects of horn making are like ancient alchemy – full of mystery, tradition and intuition.
- Ye gods, even more…
This is a show-n-tell from Will Kimball’s excellent blog – the article is Brass Intonation Review. With so much great information out there, how could anyone have an excuse to play out-of-tune?
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Random Monday: Mooing, bumping and stressing out
Give a Dog a Bone - A New Web Site
Horns I’ve Played
Review: Steve Park on YouTube
