Bruce Hembd, 02/01/2010
Random Monday: Free Weiners, Bad is Good and What an Easy Job!
Vienna Horns recording online
You can listen to their latest, “Director’s Cut” directly on their website – music from the movies.
Online marketing
Today, I am presenting a talk for a special union event, The Orchestral Musicians Symposium. My presentation is “Making the Best of Your Online Marketing: Making Connections”
My hope is to help other musician organizations in [...]
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John Ericson, 01/31/2010
Over 47,000 Students Taught
One of my colleagues at Arizona State has taught over 47,000 students! He is featured right now in an ASU News article, which begins,
When Mike Shellans graduated from the University of Arizona in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in jazz and contemporary media, his goal was to “make it big” as a jazz trombonist in [...]
John Ericson, 01/30/2010
What do Conductors want to Hear?
For the body of this post we go way back in the archives to the first year of the Horn Notes Blog. Conductors are an enigma in many ways. Certainly they really want the right notes, but there is more to it than that. Back on 8/27/2004 I posted another insight into what they are [...]
Bruce Hembd, 01/29/2010
What a Wood Chuck Wouldn’t Chuck
Last September, I wrote about wood carver Rob Jones; his rendering in wood of a single F Jupiter model French horn was truly impressive.
A new video has surfaced which details the makings of this wooden horn.
In a progression of photos, we see that Mr. Jones actually hollowed out the slides, made valves and also added [...]
John Ericson, 01/28/2010
Auditioning for a Music School?
Auditions are rolling and with that I have a couple tips for people with auditions coming up.
The first tip is to actually prepare your audition materials with a horn teacher. That you are reading this says you are pretty motivated to get somewhere on the horn. It is important for every potential music student to [...]
Bruce Hembd, 01/27/2010
Putting it into Perspective
Sometimes you just suck.
Its one of those days where one or more things are not going right. It could be a physical problem – a tired or strained lip, for example — or a lapse in mental concentration.
Rather than beating yourself up, why not put things into perspective?
When you think about it, how odd that [...]
Horn Matters, 01/26/2010
1,000 Posts FAQ
Wow, this really is the 1,000th post! That is a whole lot of content! How did you get started?
John: As I mentioned in the Bruce and John FAQ, we have been at this a while and have worked together in real life and online in various ways for many years. But I would mention in [...]
John Ericson:
Bruce Hembd:
- How to Annoy Bassoonists Yet Amuse the Low Brass
15 - 4 Tips on Orchestration and Horns8
5 - French Horn Transposition Chart6 6
- Horn-tastic TV Show Themes (II)5 3
- Composers who Can’t Write for the Horn4
- I'm in Music Ed - Why Do I Need to Know Transposition?4 10
- Conductors: Leadership Styles4 1
- Mirafone presents Deskants and Tubens4 3
- Random Monday: Smokin' Graas, Character Study and College Standards4
- What a Wood Chuck Wouldn't Chuck4 6
- Mozart Horn Concertos: Fragments and Good Intentions3 1
- What Makes a Performance Great?3 6
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