{"id":338,"date":"2007-05-12T08:10:58","date_gmt":"2007-05-12T08:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/05\/12\/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people\/"},"modified":"2007-05-12T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2007-05-12T08:10:58","slug":"how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/05\/12\/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people\/","title":{"rendered":"How to win friends and influence people&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Tonight I made the orchestra play the last section of Mahler 1 several times in a row. I was concerned about the kind of sound we were getting (too percussive, aggressive and harsh), and about some serious ensemble problems in the final bars (strings not all watching in the last accel). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Both the sound and the ensemble got way better, but I\u2019m not sure I got way more popular with some members of the brass section (this is a round-about way of saying I think I pissed them off, and\/or stressed them out). It was a lot of high and loud playing. I was quite aware that everyone was getting tired, and didn\u2019t want to do it quite so many times (no, I didn\u2019t count how many- it\u2019s always just once more\/one last time\u00a0until it\u2019s right), but it just took some doing until everything settled in, with a warm, ringing sound and tight, exciting ensemble playing and no brain farts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">As it is, it is Friday and the concert is not until Sunday. Hopefully everyone can get fresh chops back between now and then, and forget about tonight\u2019s traumas. I won&#8217;t even think about doing something like that to them\u00a0tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">That\u2019s the drama for today. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Otherwise, it\u2019s sounding pretty hot. The end is sounding really hot, with a warm, ringing sound, tight, exciting enemsble playing and no brain farts. Biggest problem, as always, throughout the piece\u00a0is counting to four during rests\u2026. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/05\/12\/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight I made the orchestra play the last section of Mahler 1 several times in a row. I was concerned about the kind of sound we were getting (too percussive, aggressive and harsh), and about some serious ensemble problems in the final bars (strings not all watching in the last accel). 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