July 30Jul 30 No shit. band member...band nerd...........................drum corps member..........................................................................................................................drum corps lifer.
July 30Jul 30 Great ending. That whole record went from being "The Cars," to like Gerry Rafferty/Al Stewart in 1 second.
July 31Jul 31 Author My aunt had this album and loaned it to my mom when I was about 7 years old. We had a stereo in the living room and I would get up on Sunday morning and just grab a record and listen to it. Some things, like Pink Floyd's Ummagumma, a 6 year old just cannot comprehend. But when I put this one on, I knew I liked it.
July 31Jul 31 28 minutes ago, UTCzech III said: My aunt had this album and loaned it to my mom when I was about 7 years old. We had a stereo in the living room and I would get up on Sunday morning and just grab a record and listen to it. Some things, like Pink Floyd's Ummagumma, a 6 year old just cannot comprehend. But when I put this one on, I knew I liked it. The only thing they're lacking is a tuner.
July 31Jul 31 For those that don't know, Gunhild Carling is a phenomenal Swedish musician who basically plays all the instruments with trombone being her primarily instrument. She tours with Post Modern Jukebox but also has solo shows in Austin every now and then. Edited July 31Jul 31 by utbone04
August 5Aug 5 On 8/2/2025 at 12:11 PM, Steamboat1874 said: Here is a much better version… You didn’t listen.
August 9Aug 9 I got yer brass right cheer. Now this grand old Russian pouf, as Monty Python’s Eric Idle once called him, wrote some fine tunes. What the Buck. as a perennial midfle and high school second chair french horn, I tip my hat to the Buckeye marching band. I loathe OSU football but I revere that band. Actually, most B1G marching bands are solid and bring it. Isn’t Indiana U like music degree Olympus?
August 9Aug 9 41 minutes ago, Bama Llama said: Isn’t Indiana U like music degree Olympus? One of the coolest experiences I ever had was when I was living in Evanston with a buddy while we did a summer with Cavaliers. We were in an upstairs duplex, and downstairs lived a couple of gals, one of whom had just graduated from Indiana with a degree in violin performance. My buddy and I were chillin' one day watching Cubs baseball on TV, waiting to drive to rehearsal, and we heard all of this whooping and hollering downstairs. We weren't quite sure if it was good or bad, so we rushed down there to see what was going on. The gal who had just graduated from IU had landed a seat with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Holy shit. That's like getting drafted into the NFL, but more prestigious. I've never seen so much happiness and relief on a face in my life.
August 11Aug 11 Author On 8/9/2025 at 11:39 AM, TexPx said: A favorite. Great sounding recording and Wynton is perfection. Great album (love the Hummel, one of my favorite pieces to play, first movement anyway, although Mr. Crisara made me play the third movement for a jury one year, holy hell, I suck at trills...). This one and Hot House Flowers I listened to a lot in college. Just noticed Wynton is coming to Austin in November, might have to check my calendar for that one (and Herb is coming in January, good couple of months for the trumpets).
August 12Aug 12 I'd post Maceo's Live on Planet Groove, but that rightfully belongs in the funk section. This probably was my top concert as far as performance and going in totally unprepared for what I was going to see.
August 20Aug 20 4 hours ago, tigol said: Beautiful, and I love making fun of euphoniums. This guy is like the a capella version of a euphonium chamber band this thread made me want to go pull out my flugalhorn, and then made me want to track down this song that I’m excited still exists on the internet. I swear this band was a big or at least medium deal in central Texas indie rock in the early 2000s, but pre-Internet 2.0 stuff just disappeared. Their first album was a big deal to me in high school and one Friday night in 05 or 06 my trumpet player and trombone player asked me if I wanted to grab my flugal and drive down to Waco and record on their second album. It’s nice to have a recording from before I completely lost my high school band chops
September 8Sep 8 A 66 year old Baton Rouge retired accountant always wanted to be in the LSU marching band. So he re-learned the tuba, worked out, enrolled in LSU so that he could try out for the band, and now he's a freshman tuba:
September 8Sep 8 Author 29 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said: A 66 year old Baton Rouge retired accountant always wanted to be in the LSU marching band. So he re-learned the tuba, worked out, enrolled in LSU so that he could try out for the band, and now he's a freshman tuba: I saw that, pretty cool. A guy that I was in Longhorn Band with back in the mid 1980s, his daughter made LHB a few years ago, and he needed some credits for a professional license he was getting, so he re-enrolled at UT and tried out for LHB so he could march with his daughter. Was pretty fun seeing him relate his experiences on facebook. I don't even do alumni band any more, too much work for me.
September 8Sep 8 24 minutes ago, UTCzech III said: I saw that, pretty cool. A guy that I was in Longhorn Band with back in the mid 1980s, his daughter made LHB a few years ago, and he needed some credits for a professional license he was getting, so he re-enrolled at UT and tried out for LHB so he could march with his daughter. Was pretty fun seeing him relate his experiences on facebook. I don't even do alumni band any more, too much work for me. Did he make it?
September 8Sep 8 The Ides of March hit the scene around the same time as Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Chicago, and Tower of Power in the late 60’s. Perhaps, the ultimate marching band song.
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