Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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Hello Freddie!


This morning, as every year on this date, I woke up thinking of a person for me and many others, really special.
Freddie Mercury, Queen of the unique and irreplaceable leader, passed away 19 years ago.
is still considered one of the most representative figures in rock history and, in my opinion, the most beautiful voice ever.
His songs, his charisma on stage and his extravagance will remain forever in the hearts of his fans who still love him as if he had never come down from the stage.
I want to dedicate to him a thought, in this day when, a little 'more than in others, miss him.

I still love you, Freddie!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Music and orange flowers!


On September 4 Simone and I got married.
course there was great anticipation for the music by and of course I was invited to choose them myself (it was the only case in which my he said "You decide" and then he met!). When a bride
/ a musician is generated around the music an air of mystery than that of the bride's dress. And the tension mounts ...
Needless to say everything was wonderful, although not strictly classical repertoire: Queen, John Lennon, Ennio Morricone, Piovani ... And my musician friends were moving and fantastic. I saw their performances in every single moment spent with them, travel, travel, laughter ... Since we were little to weddings of each of us ...
But sentimentality aside, if I were to say I was just quiet about the success of all, I would be lying. Not because I harbored doubts about the capacity of my trusted friends, but because I know from experience that such marriages never more unexpected things happen.
From my long experience as a "wedding musician" I have learned that it is in work situations "easy" the worst dangers that lurk.
especially at weddings because nothing is ever perfectly planned and often the bride and groom, the priest or relatives trouble, unintentionally, a precarious balance, in itself. And the musicians, knowing you have the enormous responsibility of accompanying the two lovers in the most beautiful day of their lives, are easy prey to performance anxiety.

Here are some tips for them:
Meanwhile, it must be understood that unless the musicians in question are not of practicing believers, from a marriage to another tend to forget the exact order of the various moments of the liturgy. We therefore adhere strictly to the booklet provided to them, hopefully, before the ceremony. Any variation between the musicians creates pure panic. So advice to a couple of advance notice anything to separate it from the canonical liturgy, if you do not want to end up with the Wedding March at the time of communion!
Another problem is the delay of the bride. It will also be romantic, but brides, consider a musician who often enter a marriage in Genoa in the middle of a trial in La Spezia and a concert in Busto Arsizio. So do not overdo it with the delay!
remember in this regard, a tragic marriage where the bride arrived an hour and a half late because he forgot the bouquet in the fridge! A girl of our quartet had a gig out after Genoa, and if went away ... If he wanted that other two of us were in the car with her, so the ceremony ended with a solo violin to carry the Wedding March! Same goes for the priests
verbose style Verdone in "Honeymoon". But in this case there is very little to do.
important: do not forget to communicate if the bride's dress is not white!
It happened to me not to recognize and not play the Wedding March at the entrance!

Finally, another potential problem arises because the signal as the advance of the spouses to the door of the church is interrupted by the photographer, who more or less every two steps, asking them to stop and look with languid air so more or less spontaneous, to capture the solemn moment. All this without taking into account the fact that the poor players are not playing a Mahler symphony, but a wedding march that lasted 2 minutes, yes and no! Which means that are necessary repetitions, in addition to the chorus already provided by the composer. Sometimes, however, the desperation of the music gives rise to tragic misunderstandings, where the first violin, which usually "controls", decides to make refrains entirely unexpected and unpredictable, leaving the others astonished to try in vain to follow him, while he / she finds herself singing (literally) the other parties!

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Mixed couples: Instructions for Use!


The first question that a boyfriend of a musician do when she feels it presents to friends and colleagues is: "Sounds too?". Or, more often, "What instrument do you play?", In this case already giving for granted that musicians always mate from similar.
But there are tiny minorities of "mixed marriages", ie formed by a / a musician and a "Muggle", to put it to Harry Potter, that is an outsider in the music world.
These pairs, in my opinion, or split up within a short time, or are made to last forever. Like the turtles or die early in life, or you are brought along to the death (yours, of course).
The integration between the two models as diverse as the anthropologically musicians and non musicians can be extremely difficult, a bit 'to the prejudices that both parties have towards the other, so different from himself, and a little' to the objective differences between two ways of living and working that are literally antipodes.
Let me explain. A civil servant or a private company, has a more or less fixed time, leave, salary, free weekends and disease. In other words: RIGHTS.
A freelance musician (obviously for the employees of the situation is different orchestras public) does not know what he will do in the morning to the evening! But I'm not kidding! It happened to me several times to be called in the afternoon for a concert the same evening a hundred miles away.
Once, even, I was about to leave for the winter holidays when the phone rang:

-Ready?
-I speak with Professor S.? Yes

-There would be recorded the music for the Teatro Stabile
-going! When?
"Now, we are already in the studio. The cellist got sick and passed away at the last minute.
-...

The thing that shocked me most is that once you press the small change of plans for my boyfriend, which incidentally was already loading the luggage in the car, he did not give the slightest hint of wonder! It 'was at that time that:

1) I knew it was the man of my life
2) I wondered what kind of life I make him do, even if such a thing amazes me more now!

But some results are obtained only with great sacrifice. We must work on it, so as not to scare away all suitors.

So, you're a guy and you're in love with a musician? Here are a few simple rules:

1) Do not ever plan holidays well in advance. 99 out of 100 you'll need to postpone or cancel your because she happened to be the chance of a lifetime (or more likely the only chance for months, so can not give up)
2) Do not ever ask "What are you doing today?". First because it sounds like a joke and the second because in all likelihood not even know her!
3) Keep a diary on which to write down all their commitments. Pretending to remember his movements will make her feel important.
4) Do not be surprised. Never. You're welcome. With a musician, anything is possible.

The results? Me and my boyfriend got married two months ago.

ps: of course during the days of the honeymoon I would have called for a major concert, but I am forced to give up ... but only because the plane landed in Milan, otherwise I would have also made ...