tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post113393202564536901..comments2023-10-30T09:45:32.994-05:00Comments on The Musings of Kev: Toy Meets Horn?Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1134230158465411422005-12-10T09:55:00.000-06:002005-12-10T09:55:00.000-06:00This is probably the only time I will side with Br...This is probably the only time I will side with Brook Mays on something. I do hope the courts reverse the decision.<BR/><BR/>It's just sad. How do you expect a kid to figure out if they like music or not when their instrument sucks? It's not like they can tell at that age/experience level that it is the instrument, and not them.<BR/><BR/>On the repair tech end of it.. I've had to work on numerous low quality horns (i.e. - pot metal). Keys have broken off and had to be resoldered many a time. I can't even imagine having to work on something WORSE than one of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1134194618631987842005-12-10T00:03:00.000-06:002005-12-10T00:03:00.000-06:00I don't even know where to start...I am afraid we ...I don't even know where to start...I am afraid we are getting to the point where an individual cannot give a negative opinion on a product in the United States without fearing slander lawsuits form big corporations. This is the second lawsuit I have seen in the last year where a company who is producing poor work sues when someone says they are producing poor work. Argh! So much for free speech. It appears that it is okay to slander the government 24-7, but don't you dare slander a multi-million dollar company who produces junk. Grr. *End RantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1134151214010353962005-12-09T12:00:00.000-06:002005-12-09T12:00:00.000-06:00I read that article about Istrument Shaped Objects...I read that article about Istrument Shaped Objects and it's very interesting, I hope that they begin to pull those things... it's just stupid silly.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373409632342639001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1134147944375413492005-12-09T11:05:00.000-06:002005-12-09T11:05:00.000-06:00On this subject I bought some First Act drum stick...On this subject I bought some First Act drum sticks because i needed some crappy sticks that i didn't care if they went to crap. Well the went to crap really quckly! I think i go to play with each pair for about an hour before they spontaneously combusted. This is also jazz drumming so not too hard on the sticks. It makes me wonder if cheaper is always better. The only thing that a First Act anything is good for is decorating the inside of a garbage can!pscooper634https://www.blogger.com/profile/17081530199661981009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274291.post-1134050849999330542005-12-08T08:07:00.000-06:002005-12-08T08:07:00.000-06:00I'm decidedly band-ignorant, but I teach at a scho...I'm decidedly band-ignorant, but I teach at a school with The King Of All Band Directors (self-proclaimed but generally agreed upon) and I know he nuts out thoroughly when a sixth grader (or anyone, obviously) shows up with a Sam's Club instrument. He goes to great lengths to make recommendations of a variety of instruments and price points in his MASSIVE beginning band handbook, and he takes it personally when a family goes against all of his recommendations for a cheap instrument.<BR/>All this being said, it's up to the band directors to make the recommendations on which instruments to buy... not for Brooks Mays the Music Store to smear the competition... especially when the competitor's product is self-smearing.<BR/>As to offering cost-effective choices for those that need it, maybe I've just been living in Plano too long, but do most band programs offer instruments for rent? I know we do, and we also scholarship kids as necessary so that they can still do the learning-an-instrument thing.Ms. Worleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901854711152855661noreply@blogger.com