http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/ John Mackey, composer Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-3866 Kingfishers Catch Fire by John Mackey « Andy Pease's Wind Band Blog Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:16:22 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/?p=123#comment-3866 [...] John Mackey (b. 1973) once famously compared the band and the orchestra to the kind of girl a composer might meet at a party. The orchestra seems like she ought to be your ideal woman, but she clearly feels superior to you and talks a lot about her exes (like Dvorak and Beethoven). The band, meanwhile, is loud and brash, but loves everything you do and can’t wait to play your stuff, the newer, the better! (I’ve rather poorly paraphrased Mackey – it’s best understood in his original blog post on the subject). [...] [...] John Mackey (b. 1973) once famously compared the band and the orchestra to the kind of girl a composer might meet at a party. The orchestra seems like she ought to be your ideal woman, but she clearly feels superior to you and talks a lot about her exes (like Dvorak and Beethoven). The band, meanwhile, is loud and brash, but loves everything you do and can’t wait to play your stuff, the newer, the better! (I’ve rather poorly paraphrased Mackey – it’s best understood in his original blog post on the subject). [...]

]]> http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-3827 Shine Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:47:46 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/?p=123#comment-3827 I like your post. I like music but don't know much about it. But I find your article interesting and funny. :) I like your post. I like music but don’t know much about it. But I find your article interesting and funny.

]]> http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-3781 Conor Safbom Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:04:01 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/?p=123#comment-3781 It sounds like you are just making the point that band music is incredibly easy to write and that composers shouldn't deal with orchestra because it is too nuanced. I don't see why you are trying to divide the music universe in half. Besides, bands in schools receive a lot more notoriety than orchestra kids. If anything, orchestra is the pretty girl in the corner of the bar who is all alone, and band is the harlot in the middle of a pack of interested composers. It sounds like you are just making the point that band music is incredibly easy to write and that composers shouldn’t deal with orchestra because it is too nuanced. I don’t see why you are trying to divide the music universe in half. Besides, bands in schools receive a lot more notoriety than orchestra kids. If anything, orchestra is the pretty girl in the corner of the bar who is all alone, and band is the harlot in the middle of a pack of interested composers.

]]> http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-3754 Band vs. Orchestra – Jake Runestad Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:36:49 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/?p=123#comment-3754 [...] http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band [...] [...] http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band [...]

]]> http://ostimusic.com/blog/even-tanglewood-has-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 Evan B. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:26:43 +0000 http://ostimusic.com/blog/?p=123#comment-3619 Wonderfully said! Couldn't agree more! The more time we composers spend on Band, the more quality literature she'll have to flaunt in front of orchestra! Wonderfully said! Couldn’t agree more! The more time we composers spend on Band, the more quality literature she’ll have to flaunt in front of orchestra!

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