tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24357983.post114375186574243698..comments2023-09-29T06:23:36.529-04:00Comments on visionsong: Where's your cup?pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001926868098126125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24357983.post-1143930397036721702006-04-01T17:26:00.000-05:002006-04-01T17:26:00.000-05:00Hey Pat,No "calling out" intended -- by "have a wo...Hey Pat,<BR/><BR/>No "calling out" intended -- by "have a word," I meant literally talk to Erica about this issue, as I'm sure she would have an interesting perspective about the challenges of flute doubling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24357983.post-1143838539409742492006-03-31T15:55:00.000-05:002006-03-31T15:55:00.000-05:00Pat,Not an attack by any means -- by "have a word"...Pat,<BR/><BR/>Not an attack by any means -- by "have a word" I meant literally ask Erica about this sometime and see what she thinks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24357983.post-1143834840850506782006-03-31T14:54:00.000-05:002006-03-31T14:54:00.000-05:00Okay, since I've been called on this one twice tod...Okay, since I've been called on this one twice today... I stand by it. The best make it hard to hear (and Erica is certainly up there in that category), and players who start on flute have a decided advantage, but you put the best doubler in the world- Gary Foster, Dick Oatts, you name it- next to a third chair orchestral player, or an elite college player even, and there IS a quantitative, if small, sonic difference. And its simply a consequence of having to double- something about the single reed embochure chips at the ability to get a perfectly focused flute embochure. This is not a hack on great doublers at all, just an observation. Sheesh, and all I was trying to do was highlight Threadgill's killin, if slightly unorthodox flute playing.<BR/><BR/>And to Mwanji, Roland Kirk is a slightly different case. In all the Kirk I've heard, his "dirty" sound was a result of him humming as he played. An effect, not a built-in sonic thing. (Also used for yucks in the infamous "Anchorman" jazz flute scene)pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001926868098126125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24357983.post-1143833553479452272006-03-31T14:32:00.000-05:002006-03-31T14:32:00.000-05:00As anyone who either plays or writes for a multi-r...<I>As anyone who either plays or writes for a multi-reed players knows, you can never play another reed instrument and expect to have a pure, "legit" flute sound. </I><BR/><BR/>You might want to have a word with Erica vonKleist about that. She started on flute, and studied flute with the top legit teachers at Juilliard...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com