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TRUMPET ANGST

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A daily rant about music-making from the back of the orchestra

i almost forgot this blessed video exists

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hazoretspartyfavors

Wait there’s another one of these

If memory serves, what happened was that someone took a video of a Ukrainian military band playing some other song and dubbed a realistic-sounding version of A Cruel Angel’s Thesis over it. This proceeded to be everywhere on the internet, enough so that the band that put on the original performance caught wind of it, and decided to capitalize on its popularity by actually performing the song. This video is the latter version.

monitorkernelaccess-deactivated

hey guys

[ID: a screenshot that reads “secret message for people who can read music”. there is a treble clef with notes e3, b3, d4, and b3]

I HATE YOU

Now thats what I call elevator music

gestopft-deactivated20200103

is this what the kids are listening to these days?

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Took me a while to identify what in the world the other brass was till I realized it wasn’t.

Someone even transcribed it!

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abakkus

jesus god someone transcribed this i can’t believe it

(for those of u who are new to my house: my cousin is the one playing the chair)

Transcript for the hearing impaired:

TOOT scoot scoot TOOT scoot scoot

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cherryblossomeatingdinosaur

I love this so much

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero.   She:

  •  was admitted to Julliard at 8.  
  • was performing in top venues by 16.  
  • pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  
  • was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  
  • went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  
  • refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten.  But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.