| David,
Let me try to answer your two questions in two posts. Both are interesting.
. . .firstly about names.
TrumpetMaster is a community of trumpet players within a community-at-large of musicians. We all face, or have faced, similar issues at various times throughout our careers (I have photos of tackling the "Tune a Day" book as well as playing the Brandenburg), and we are addressing them here openly here while sharing our thoughts and personal experiences. Wonderful, isn't it? We remain students of music (and the trumpet) until we die and "status" shouldn't be a word ever used on TrumpetMaster -- we're all in the same boat (Wilmer's at the helm, Manny's pouring over charts, and I'm manning the life boats).
Another pet peeve is the use of titles within our community (Dr. Somebody, Professor Thatperson and, the Granddaddy of 'em all: Maestro) as a subtle way of determining class structure. As I mentioned in another thread, Leonard Bernstein would never allow his friends or colleagues to call him anything but Lenny and Simon Rattle is Simon onstage and off. If I visit Dr. Somebody it will be to have my spleen removed, not to play duets.
Unless you come from a culture that won't allow it, please (everyone) call me Ed?
EC (this works as well) |