The blog of Larry Marra, music educator and publisher of the Music Teachers 911 Podcast.
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Music Teachers 911
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Written by Larry Marra of musicteachers911.com
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 Here's one that happened last night as I was sitting in at a local pub involving a trumpet, piano, bass and drums. Here is the way we were situated onstage. If you were in the house looking at the stage, from left to right, 1 trumpet, 2 piano/director, 3 me on electric bass, and 4 the drummer. This was the first time I was playing with them and I met them just as we were about to perform. The leader passed out a few fake books, so I was confident that this was going to be a good night. It didn't last long...
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Music Teachers 911
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Written by larry Marra of musicteachers911.com
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Here's a neat little techno-trick using text messaging for balance purposes.
I was playing bass for a church luncheon with the University of Dayton's Big Band. They use a conductor and student conductor. I left my small bass amp in the car as I was hoping that the church would have a better one. It turned out that the church had a very nice 16 channel PA system that they were using to drive one mic to run a short business meeting before the concert. The PA volume was set and no one assigned to run the sound.
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Music Teachers 911
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Written by larry Marra of musicteachers911.com
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 Here's something that you would never expect to encounter onstage in a million years!!
It was the first time in 40 years of playing that it happened to me.
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Music Teachers 911
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Written by Larry Marra of musicteachers911.com
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Here's one that happened last night that's a little embarrassing. I was to play the bass with a college gospel choir outdoors at their King's Island campus for a Spring Celebration. There were several roadies and sound engineers on hand to prepare the stage as there were a dozen bands to perform throughout the day. They were only to have only 10 minutes to set up between acts.
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Music Teachers 911
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Written by Larry Marra of musicteachers911.com
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.jpg) Have you ever had to sight-read a broadway show at the performance?
Last night I played the bass with the Sinclair College Show choir and sight-reading the pieces for their quarterly vocal choral performance.
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