The Maillard Reaction
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Off to the opera.
Big day today.
Just thought Steve S. would want to know all about it... and I'm hoping he'll dvr the giro stage for me to watch later.
A Hamburg Steinway baby G, a pianist, and a guy who sings passionately.
Maybe some lunch.
It's gonna be epic!
Oh yeah... BTW... I blew my nose this morning.
Awesome!
best regards,
mike
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 13:49:09
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Anyone know who won today's stage race?
post edited by mike_mccue - 2013/05/15 07:54:37
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craigb
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 13:57:28
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You're back. Did the fat lady sing?
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 14:21:44
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Who cares?!?!
Mooch, 2009~2013
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 14:23:31
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Actually, that's complete bollocks what I just said.
Is this work or play?
And what's the performance, I'm a massive opera buff and I intend to cross-examine you in depth tomorrow.
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 14:27:55
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SteveStrummerUK
Actually, that's complete bollocks what I just said.
Is this work or play?
And what's the performance, I'm a massive opera buff and I intend to cross-examine you in depth tomorrow.
You watch opera in the buff? That might be TMI Steve!
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 14:30:02
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Craig, ITIYRN, don't be silly.
Nobody should polish anything at the opera.
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craigb
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 14:32:34
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I've found that the opera house is one of the better places to use my remote-controlled woopee cushion at.
Churches and mortuaries can be a giggle too.
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 15:10:28
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I'm helping with a project where performers are visiting a semi-retired composer's home and performing pieces of his catalog under his guidance and with his coaching. It's fun because they are all fairly serious about their art and they are all pretty good at it too. So I am brought in to help document the performances when all the rehearsal and study is finished. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Floyd We worked on passages from "Willie Stark" this morning. best regards, mike
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 15:16:44
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 15:18:50
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Are those gold standards?
Or are they oversize?
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/14 15:24:06
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mike_mccue
Are those gold standards?
Or are they oversize?
Bapu might know...
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/15 14:02:30
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Ohhh boy ... yeah! Fun time! Favorite Opera Conductor -- Leinsdorff Craziest Opera Conductor -- Bernstein (West Side Story of course -- but his Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky's are magnificent!) Best Opera Conductor -- Karajhan of course (Fellini joke, btw!) Favorite Opera House - Beiruth ... but not for those Wagnerian pastiches! Only those far out sets and lighting! Conventional Conductor -- Peter Mark and "his" Virginia Opera House Best (Male) Earwax Driller -- Pavarotti Best (Female) Earwax Driller -- Maria Callas Best Soprano -- Renata Tebaldi Best Voice Fight in Opera -- Renata Tebaldi and Birgit Nilsson Best film of an opera -- None Best Opera Story ever filmed -- Carlos Saura's Carmen -- with dancing instead of singing, and sort of the old dance and here comes the new dance! Favorite Composer with not so great opera - Bernard Herrman -- his "Wuthering Heights" forgot all the great stuff he had done for Sci-Fi films and Hitchcock! Over Rated, but Interesting Opera -- Mary Queen of Scots by Mrs. Peter Mark Best Film Lesson that Opera never got -- "Carmilla" by the ETC La Mamma Group had an awesome version of this play and it had a film in the background of the couch ... just that! And it was breath taking and shows how gutless opera is and has become! And how much better it could get! That should do for a while!
post edited by Moshkiae - 2013/05/15 14:13:36
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/15 14:07:51
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craigb
These were designed to resonate perfectly with the surrounding harmonics and add a nice residual effect to the overall sound. As a side note- I'm also selling land on the moon and those really nice audio cables.
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Moshkiae
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/15 14:21:28
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Starise
craigb
These were designed to resonate perfectly with the surrounding harmonics and add a nice residual effect to the overall sound. As a side note- I'm also selling land on the moon and those really nice audio cables.
Goodness ... I was thinking this was a selective comment on Mick Jaegger or some other singers!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/15 17:42:07
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I absolutely lurve the opera.
Except listening to it and watching it...
Those bits I don't enjoy so much.
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/15 17:44:03
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Well, and there's that time you threw yourself into the orchestra pit thinking it was a mosh pit...
That was a bit awkward.
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Moshkiae
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/17 20:07:50
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craigb
Well, and there's that time you threw yourself into the orchestra pit thinking it was a mosh pit...
That was a bit awkward.
In the class that we had with Peter Mark (Virgina Opera Director), one of the things I did do was lambaste the quality of the acting and the supposed expressions that most singers use. Peter, of course, defended it saying that the actors needed to breathe and sometimes this and that. I explained to him, that he was not learning anything about rock music, and what it was going to do to modern music and eventually something that might not be called "opera" in the future, but basically is. He stated that no rock music had any quality that was worth anything for a stage, that rivaled opera ... and I gave him a list and told him he was wrong. Had a similar run in here in Portland with a guy from the Oregonian that was upset that there were not enough folks at the Symphony last night kinda thing ... and I told him that if they stopped using Pink Martini, and got into real music, that it might change ... even considering a couple of pieces by Frank Zappa, might get you a few different folks ... the conductor himself, has no talent for music whatsoever, and the choices are soooooo bad ... it's pathetic! Heck, if he did "Thick as a Brick" it would get more attention than doing the pathetic thing one more time! Or worse, copy the Boston Plops and only do portions of things and not the work itself! How top ten that is!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/19 11:58:20
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Hi,
Hey Mike ... your night at the opera must have been really bad!
I don't go to many of them myself, either, btw! Even the MET would not get me ... I can't afford it!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/19 12:09:45
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Hi Mosh,
I'm not sure what you are saying.
In any event, I really enjoyed the gig. I finished up an advance copy for the producer to listen to and share with the musicians.
In this day and age, it is difficult to decide how to treat the quiet passages. Do you mix for headphones and iPods, Tiny name brand miniature home stereo boxes, or old fashioned big and powerful living room stereos?
I think I may have made a good balance.
best regards,
mike
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/19 13:24:49
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mike_mccue
Do you mix for headphones and iPods, Tiny name brand miniature home stereo boxes, or old fashioned big and powerful living room stereos?
Yes. Simples... HTH.
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/19 13:37:15
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/20 22:27:44
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craigb
mike_mccue
Are those gold standards?
Or are they oversize?
Bapu might know...
They're just right.
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craigb
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Re:Off to the opera.
2013/05/21 00:04:20
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bapu
craigb
mike_mccue
Are those gold standards?
Or are they oversize?
Bapu might know...
They're just right.
Shouldn't there just be one right and one left? They look to be in stereo. (Just sayin...)
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