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Mass User Purge

January 31, 2011 in News

Over December, my sites were hit with a TON of spam users registering. And they post stories about viagra for sale and whatnot. I decided to purge any users without any comments or posts, and implement a CAPTCHA for new registrations to help cut down on the spam.

Thanks for understanding.

Dan Higgins Tearing It Up

July 18, 2010 in videos

If you don’t know who Dan Higgins is, then now is time to get acquainted with him. You have probably heard him before….on movies, soundtracks, everywhere. He’s like the 1st on call guy in LA.

Andy Firth Plays Sing Sing Sing

June 27, 2010 in videos

Great jazz clarinetist from the land down under!

Edit: He took down the original video, but here is another

Inauguration Performance Was Taped

January 23, 2009 in Articles, News

Inauguration-Recorded MusicFrom Yahoo News:
“Washington – Whether you loved or hated the classical music played at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, unless you were sitting within earshot of the celebrated quartet, what you heard was a recording made two days earlier.”

“They were very insistent on playing live until it became clear that it would be too cold,” said Florman in a telephone interview Thursday night.”

Yeah, I don’t blame them at all. It was a great John Williams arrangement though. Here is the actual performance.

Mitchell Lurie Dies

November 29, 2008 in Articles

From the LA Times
“Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 86.”

Another titian of the Clarinet passes on.

Doctor’s Products

October 25, 2007 in Reviews

The Doctor’s Products website is a great place to get clarinet stuff. Bore oil, etc, etc. The Klarinet list had a lengthy post from someone praising the Doctor’s new oil. Grenad-Oil®, from the product page, is

Use ‘Nature’s Way’ to oil your intrument with genuine Grenadilla Oil. Grenad-Oil® is absorbed quickly and completely into fine wood instruments and is the choice for the discerning musician that wants to add back exactly the same oil lost over time to their instruments.

Over the summer I bought a bunch of stuff from the good doctor, including his other bore oil, wood cleaner, and some other things. Oiling the bore of my clarinet was rather painless, but using the wood cleaner really scared me. It basically turned my clarinet a different color, light brownish I believe it was. In a panic, I put some of the bore oil on a rag and proceeded to oil the outside to get the clarinet back to a more “clarinet” color. Whew.

Anyhow, The Doctor’s stuff is worth checking out. So check it out!

Beats Beatboxing On Flute?

October 18, 2007 in Articles

This video was making the rounds on various music email lists.

While its a great performance, it is still isn’t as cool, in my book, as Beatboxing on the Flute.

II-V-I Patterns For Clarinet

October 12, 2007 in Sheet Music

I finally got around to tweaking my huge collection of II-V-I patterns for clarinet. Enjoy.


  II-V-I Patterns for Bb Clarinet Pages 1 to 100 (1.7 MiB, 928 hits)
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  II-V-I Patterns for Bb Clarinet Pages 101 to 200 (1.8 MiB, 438 hits)
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  II-V-I Patterns for Bb Clarinet Pages 201 to 286 (1.4 MiB, 447 hits)
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Pavarotti Loses Battle With Cancer

September 6, 2007 in News

71 year old Tenor Luciano Pavarotti lost his battle with cancer today. Of all the opera singers, he was my favorite. In the three Tenors concerts, he out shined the other two. Yahoo News has a link as well.

Fixed Downloads

August 21, 2007 in News

There was a little problem downloading files. That is now fixed. Enjoy!

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