There's a bit of competition for this title, but I think last Saturday wins it thus far in my life as a musician.
We "performed" for about an hour at the most expensive wedding reception I've ever seen, which took place in La Mina de Guadalupe. Some of the selections, orchestrated for horn, trumpet, flute, oboe, strings, and DRUM MACHINE included:
"Umbrella"-Rihanna
"Mr. Jones"-Counting Crow
"Live Forever"-Oasis
Nevertheless, I learned a few important lessons.
**Sight reading rhythms is not easier when you know all the words to the song.
**When it comes down to it, most pop songs consist of very similar elements.
**These elements should not include French horns carrying the melody.
And, finally...
**I will NEVER have this kind of music at my wedding!
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PATRIMONIO MUNDIAL!!!
can't get worse than that, though chan and the camarata are in cancun right now playing a gig with a disco band and a drum machine, so they might win after all. chan is playing concertmaster and his wife playing piano. they are worse than crack whores.
hey i linked to you and now you have to do something.
Dude... "After the Goldrush" by Neil Young (~1:58m mark) ... best horn solo EVER :)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9I6qfS3xsA&feature=related
well, second best... my favorite is going to have to be the Overture from Tommy, by the Who http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5GBroq6dsM&feature=related (first 4 minutes or so)... high-Ds!!!! I LOVE IT.
Playing: Pictures at an Exhibiton, Night on Bald Mountain, Bolero (doesn't this sound familiar...almost)
You never write anymore... and I, for one, am sick of it! (A putting her foot down.) :D
HEY. You have a CAST and you still don't update us! :P
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