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Big Band: Tips and Tricks

Big Band: Excellence by Design

Terry contributes a post to my blog on running a Big Band:

I’d like to add a few things here, based upon the last nine years of fronting a band. (I’ve also played in a number of other such groups, both pro and amateur.) Some are complementary to your post, some are contradictory, and some are in addition to what you’ve already posted. And, almost all of them have very little to do with the actual playing of the music.

Read more: http://biskey7.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/big-bands-excellence-by-design/
 
Big Band: Can the Clutter!

Part III of III at http://biskey7.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/band-band-can-the-clutter/

But those actions of another girl singer pointed out one of the factors that virtually scream “RANK AMATEURS!!!” to each and every listener/viewer – she went out with a music stand for her big, fat binder of charts. Whenever she was up, the big black monster (with the misdirected light) was there as well, cutting her off from half of the audience. (Keep well in mind that a stand, even placed low, is a massive obstruction when viewed from below the stage.) She also needed, for some obscure reason, to have a mike stand nearby, putting one more obstruction in place.
 
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