Still winter, sort of.

[jennlk]

Very little snow left on the ground (just remnants of the really big piles), and it got warm during the week -- above 50F! sun! Also rain! and wind! Yesterday (Friday), though, the weather changed. Chilly, damp, windy, ice accumulating on the grass and the decks. Today at least it's not precipitating or blowing, but it's still very damp, and my back is quite unhappy with it. (I had to run errands on Friday, and even though I was properly dressed, it still bothered my spine.)

The cats appreciated the warm & sunny days, but were very annoyed with me yesterday and today. Sorry, guys, I don't like it either!

LCCB concert coming up on Sunday. There is one passage that I will be sitting out -- the guy who doesn't know how to play soft (CI) is playing it wrong and thus making those of us who are playing it correctly sound wrong. It's annoying. And then there's another passage where the part is written "one only, pp". At rehearsal Tuesday, DM asked another section to play cues, rather than just having me play p or mp. hmph! We'll see how that works on Sunday - I expect we'll run that section as part of the sound check to see what the balance is. I mean, I'd rather have someone else playing cues than have CI flailing, loudly, at it, but if I can make it work by just playing a little louder....

Comments

[minnehaha]

Playing louder than the guy who sucks seems like a good strategy.

K. [that everyone will appreciate]

[jennlk]

the plan is that I play a little bit louder so that neither CI or the people with cues are needed. The issue is that it’s a small group of people playing, and the rest of the group is on the other side of the band and so I have no idea what the sound balance for the audience is.