Brother Nardo sent me this link to the site of an unlikely and previously unfamiliar (to me) Dutch artist by the name of Rinus Roelofs.
Did I say WOooooaaaahhhwooohoogahgahgahgahbubububububyeeeeeehaaa yet?
I can't describe his sculpture, computer graphics, stuctures, optical brain toys all.
Hoping to be within fair use of his copyright, I will send you on your way to check it out with the image below, which is only a tiny sample of this amazing body of work.
I usually play best embedded (hiding?) in the midst of a concert band, playing a Sousa march or some overture or pops piece, but underneath, I really love the Big Band Glenn Miller or Dorsey type music. I don't have as much experience or skill at that, either, but from time to time I am asked to substitute in a local "Big Band of the 40's" for a "paid" gig where a musician can't make it. If you saw the check, you would know why I put quotes around "paid". This band is VERY good, many of the guys have been professional musicians in their younger years, or played this stuff for years. I do pretty well considering. It's so amazing to be playing these old 78rpm songs like "String of Pearls", "Sentimental Journey", "Jumpin at the Savoy". You have to keep remembering when reading the music that it "swings", for instance if you had four quarter notes in a row, they don't have the same value, the first and third grab a little more time; so you get: dah da dah da.
We played from 7 to 10pm. It was a special event for an older church group, and the people were dancing and tapping and swaying just like it was taking them back to the old days. A lot of fun for us and for them.
