Author: William
Date: 2002-06-10 14:41
I think that it is our own perceptive values that change, rather than our equipement. It is humane nature to change as one gains experiance and knowledge over the years and a distinctive indicator of that inherant change, for clarinetists, would be in what we believe to be the "good" sound and how we evaluate the sound of our own clarinets. It may be a case of simple bordom as we all need change in our lives to sustain interest. Can you imagine playing "Bolero" for the rest of your careers on every concert?? Wearing the same sports jacket or driving the same style auto for the rest of your live's??? To answer the question, I do not subscribe to the "blown out" or "swabbed to death" theory, but rather believe in a "need for something new" theory to sustain interest in one's life's work as a musician.
There is a joke about the musician (sax player) who, upon his death, standing at the "pearly gates", was asked if he preferred Heaven (sitting around on clouds all day playing the harp) or Hell (playing in Glenn Miller's band which was heard in the background playing "In the Mood." Of course, after little thought, the sax player chose the "swinging" Hell scene, and upon entering, was given his vintage Mark VI tenor sax and an eternal supply of the best reeds ever. As he took his chair in the great sax section, the band began playing the famous sax soli and--after the first four bars--began it's eternal four-bar repeat, over, and over, and over, and over..........well, you get the point.
Variety is the spice of everything we do--even our clarineting. Remember, there is always the harp.
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