The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[TarnishedPenny]

Four French horns plus four Wagner tuben! Wagner tubas are basically French horns with bells up you don't stick your hand into. Timbre is halfway between a horn and a trombone, with emphasis on the trombone-style presence. I've been toying with adding one to the arsenal.

Still working on the Mahler. The foundation is in place and it's playable from beginning to end. What remains is the question I asked of Russ a while back, what to do with the saxophones. I talked to a horn master and a sax wiz in the winds group and they suggest scoring as reinforcement. I want to have it ready to go at the start of the season in August. The Bruckner is a big project and is probably going to be worked on in phases.

Jeepers! It’s a good thing this is a porn site, otherwise you might have had me concerned about your morals.

 

[NotWise]

I found an arrangement for winds by Fred Junken, played by the Dallas Wind Symphony with Jerry Junken conducting. Reference recording, but no video. I like the winds.

 

[DeadJasmine]

 

[NotWise]

Well, pleased to meet you too.

 

[DeadJasmine]

 

[MrPixel]

I found an arrangement for winds by Fred Junken, played by the Dallas Wind Symphony with Jerry Junken conducting. Reference recording, but no video. I like the winds.

Thank you! That's quite the confection. It's a nice transcription. My chops are hurting already - it's a real tour de force for oboe. Not sure if our director will go for it; it's an intricate piece and we have to be zero-to-concert in 7 or 8 rehearsals, which works against complexity. But I'll buy it anyway especially because it's not the formulaic modern concert band dreck that seems to be the rage. Thanks again.

 

[MrPixel]

Jeepers! It’s a good thing this is a porn site, otherwise you might have had me concerned about your morals.

Well... you know how musicians are. I know for a fact that cellists spread their legs for everybody. (That gives me a very odd mental picture of somebody trying to play the cello side-saddle.)

 

[Duleigh]

Good morning all, coffee is ready but don't get between me and the door, heading off to work and I've wasted so much time watching coverage of the SpaceX launch.

 

[Lumiere_Amie]

Well, I mentioned the uptick in Likes and Follows . . . and it ended. Poof!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Well... you know how musicians are. I know for a fact that cellists spread their legs for everybody. (That gives me a very odd mental picture of somebody trying to play the cello side-saddle.)

Okay, now that's kinky!

 

[Duleigh]

That gives me a very odd mental picture of somebody trying to play the cello side-saddle

A friend in Colorado would occasionally play a piece on his cello holding it sideways on his lap like a guitar

 

[NotWise]

Thank you! That's quite the confection. It's a nice transcription. My chops are hurting already - it's a real tour de force for oboe. Not sure if our director will go for it; it's an intricate piece and we have to be zero-to-concert in 7 or 8 rehearsals, which works against complexity. But I'll buy it anyway especially because it's not the formulaic modern concert band dreck that seems to be the rage. Thanks again.

Glad you liked it. Some transcriptions I've heard lean a little too-heavily on reeds, and that can come off sounding like it's played on an accordion. Junken managed to avoid that.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Help yourself.....

 

[Rustyoznail]

Thanks. If you could just Irish it up, please. Just had dinner with both sets of parents.

 

[Duleigh]

How does she get up so early?
Are you ok Rusty? I've only had that trial once and I barely survived.

Way too much work today - polishing up 2 summer lovin' stories, piecing together novel #9, final edit on What I Wrote and Why, and getting Andi's Dream #13 ready to cast off...

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Nice coffee, thanks.

 

[SimonDoom]

On the subject of coffee, how do people like their coffee? Particular brands or flavors? Black, or with cream and sugar? Favorite brewing methods?

I know people who are extremely particular about only using certain brewing methods for their coffee--the grinding ball has to be "the best", the water temperature just right, etc. I'm not like that. I'm not convinced my taste buds are sufficiently refined to appreciate such things. I usually take Peet's Coffee, medium to dark roasts, with nothing added. Black. I alternate between using a standard coffee pot and using a French press.

 

[Duleigh]

On the subject of coffee, how do people like their coffee? Particular brands or flavors? Black, or with cream and sugar? Favorite brewing methods?

I know people who are extremely particular about only using certain brewing methods for their coffee--the grinding ball has to be "the best", the water temperature just right, etc. I'm not like that. I'm not convinced my taste buds are sufficiently refined to appreciate such things. I usually take Peet's Coffee, medium to dark roasts, with nothing added. Black. I alternate between using a standard coffee pot and using a French press.

I agree, french press! If I add anything to my coffee it's a touch of heavy cream

 

[SimonDoom]

I agree, french press! If I add anything to my coffee it's a touch of heavy cream

With a French press, some of the grinds inevitably end up in the coffee cup, and they give it a texture I like.

 

[Duleigh]

With a French press, some of the grinds inevitably end up in the coffee cup, and they give it a texture I like.

I agree, it reminds me of camping

 

[SimonDoom]

I agree, it reminds me of camping

I don't think coffee is ever more necessary than when one wakes up groggy, stiff, and cold after a night in the wilderness.

 

[Duleigh]

I don't think coffee is ever more necessary than when one wakes up groggy, stiff, and cold after a night in the wilderness.

I need it most when working on a story at around 3 in the afternoon. The Nap Dragon strikes at that time and coffee is the only thing that holds back his rage.

 

[MrPixel]

Black, medium to light roast, drip. My daily cup is Dunkin' original ground, which according to the directions I use half what I should. So don't trust me around the pot in the reading room.

I tried to be a coffee snob for a while, grinding (blade-type) a selection of designer beans. It was too much mess, hassle, and noise, so I stopped doing that a couple of years ago. I still have unopened bags of beans in the coffee cabinet.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

As Tex used to say, if your order has more than two syllables, it ain’t really coffee.

So, black. On a cold morning when I have to be up early to water the livestock (the Boss), maybe a jigger of Moral Booster mixed in.

Oops - method. The Boss, being special, gets a special blend in a French press. I, being otherwise, use an ancient two-cup Melita cone over a cavernous mug.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I don't think coffee is ever more necessary than when one wakes up groggy, stiff, and cold after a night in the wilderness.

Coffee, tea, hot chocolate - as long as it's hot and caffeinated, it's good.

By the time I've downed that, I can appreciate a bacon butty, followed by porridge and then gnocchi or potatoes fried in bacon fat. Food of the gods.

At home I usually stick to a good instant, or break out the cafetiere or aeropress. There's a couple cafes nearby that do really excellent coffee, so if I'm passing nearby I'll often stop in for one. Supporting the local economy, right? There's one place I drive past frequently that always has queues out the door, so the coffee must be excellent, but there's zero parking nearby so I've never managed to try it.

I'll need coffee for next Friday, after staying up to watch the election results...