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newyorkbrass
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yes was hoping to find more activity sadly we are a dying breed...
Supercreep
Lizard People
If you're interested in collaborating, you'll find plenty of interested people.
If you're interested in finding people to pay for your services, you've got a long road to hoe.....
The scene is what you make it.
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Elton Bear
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SouthSIDE Glen said:Ah, no thread is dead that's got your little green dot in it, my friend
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Old threads don't need to stay on topic; anybody know what that dot is for?
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
That just tells you if that person was currently online/logged into the BBS when you displayed that page.
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misterlong
New member
Horn Players, A dying Breed?
I sure hope not!!
Pro trombonist here, playing with one of the country's best known Ska/two tone bands (UK) and I also work very hard as a session player. The popularity of the likes of Mark Ronson/Amy winehouse (daptones) and more recently the brit school kids like duffy and adele (not my cup of tea but.....) have revived interest in a more oldschool sound I think, and a renewed interest in horns in pop music. Unfortunately the amount of money around in general is a lot less than it was 10 years ago, but hey, what do you do?!
Further to the argument about the 'Ska Sound' I reckon that while a different instrument will sound different in the hands of the same man (maybe marginally) it is all about the attitude and the way that it is played that will come out on the recording. I know for a fact that my chops are truly knackered after a ska gig because I know I have to overblow alot of stuff, to get that raw rasping sound. On a lyrical pop track, it will be blown much more sonorously, a funk track attacked. I know when I first started playing ska, it took me a while to get the sound right, having been playing in pop and jazz outfits for the previous few years. Having said that, there is no right or wrong sound for a type of music. I have been recently been trying out proper brass band style arangements and playing style with electro. (Not quite sure how that is going yet, but we shall see!! We can but try! Check out the matthew herbert big band!)
As far as microphones go, I use ribbons all the time for my section, pretty much always on the bone and trumpet. More often use an LDC on sax. Just suits my guy better.
Anyhow hope this is useful. I am all for more discussion on the subject of horn section stuff. Keep the word alive!!
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long
I sure hope not!!
Pro trombonist here, playing with one of the country's best known Ska/two tone bands (UK) and I also work very hard as a session player. The popularity of the likes of Mark Ronson/Amy winehouse (daptones) and more recently the brit school kids like duffy and adele (not my cup of tea but.....) have revived interest in a more oldschool sound I think, and a renewed interest in horns in pop music. Unfortunately the amount of money around in general is a lot less than it was 10 years ago, but hey, what do you do?!
Further to the argument about the 'Ska Sound' I reckon that while a different instrument will sound different in the hands of the same man (maybe marginally) it is all about the attitude and the way that it is played that will come out on the recording. I know for a fact that my chops are truly knackered after a ska gig because I know I have to overblow alot of stuff, to get that raw rasping sound. On a lyrical pop track, it will be blown much more sonorously, a funk track attacked. I know when I first started playing ska, it took me a while to get the sound right, having been playing in pop and jazz outfits for the previous few years. Having said that, there is no right or wrong sound for a type of music. I have been recently been trying out proper brass band style arangements and playing style with electro. (Not quite sure how that is going yet, but we shall see!! We can but try! Check out the matthew herbert big band!)
As far as microphones go, I use ribbons all the time for my section, pretty much always on the bone and trumpet. More often use an LDC on sax. Just suits my guy better.
Anyhow hope this is useful. I am all for more discussion on the subject of horn section stuff. Keep the word alive!!
Easy
long