All Time Low/ BS Tolerance
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All Time Low/ BS Tolerance
Dear friends
I'm wearing a red shirt today. Tired of ANYBODY'S BS.
I gave my notice to my current company and am quite eager to get out of here. I am taking tomorrow through Monday off. I start my new job the middle of December.
I got a nasty e-mail from the pastor of a church where I have taken an emergency organist position because their regular guy is sick. He is complaining that I play too loud. I answered his e-mail telling him I would tone it down a bit. I also offered to step down if he needs to make other arrangements. I have to admit the complaints of this type remind me of my ex, and serve as a trigger.
I feel like I have crossed a line here. Standing up for myself and making positive changes is too good a feeling. I never want to go back!!!
I'm wearing a red shirt today. Tired of ANYBODY'S BS.
I gave my notice to my current company and am quite eager to get out of here. I am taking tomorrow through Monday off. I start my new job the middle of December.
I got a nasty e-mail from the pastor of a church where I have taken an emergency organist position because their regular guy is sick. He is complaining that I play too loud. I answered his e-mail telling him I would tone it down a bit. I also offered to step down if he needs to make other arrangements. I have to admit the complaints of this type remind me of my ex, and serve as a trigger.
I feel like I have crossed a line here. Standing up for myself and making positive changes is too good a feeling. I never want to go back!!!
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ok, i'm sorry, but you got me giggling......let me get this straight....the PASTOR of the CHURCH that you have been VOLUNTEERING your time claims you play the ORGAN too LOUD?????
now i HAVE heard it all.
when you get up there this Sunday, you need to break into some Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls o Fire"!
now i HAVE heard it all.
when you get up there this Sunday, you need to break into some Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls o Fire"!
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Originally Posted by AnvilheadII 
ok, i'm sorry, but you got me giggling......let me get this straight....the PASTOR of the CHURCH that you have been VOLUNTEERING your time claims you play the ORGAN too LOUD?????
now i HAVE heard it all.
when you get up there this Sunday, you need to break into some Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls o Fire"!
now i HAVE heard it all.
when you get up there this Sunday, you need to break into some Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls o Fire"!
There are plenty of pieces I COULD play that would evoke similar emotions.
My medical licensure is as rare in these parts as my organ playing ability. Only time in my whole life where I held a couple of trump cards at the same time. I am tempted to play all this to the hilt, but am satisfied with 5 days off and virtually no drama. After that I work three more days for this hell-hole of a company, then I'm off!!!
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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or maybe go a little Phantom of the Opera????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sksa_52bCAQ
sorry, i'm back now, went to HA HA land for abit.
you got this E, i have no doubt. can't wait to hear about the next phase of the journey!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sksa_52bCAQ
sorry, i'm back now, went to HA HA land for abit.
you got this E, i have no doubt. can't wait to hear about the next phase of the journey!
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One more post, Anvilhead.
I forgot to tell you that pipe organs have the ability to imitate many sounds in nature, including really obnoxious gastric ones.
Though I am tempted, I will resist. I don't wish to give elderly members of the congregation any heart attacks!!!
I forgot to tell you that pipe organs have the ability to imitate many sounds in nature, including really obnoxious gastric ones.
Though I am tempted, I will resist. I don't wish to give elderly members of the congregation any heart attacks!!!
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OKAY!!! I can't resist. Here is a proposed bulletin for Sunday:
ORGAN PRELUDE: "Ode to a slumbering Hippopotamus"-arranged by Schoenberg
OPENING HYMN: "O man, bewail they grievous fall"
OFFERTORY: "Flatula" by Rossini
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: "Lord have mercy"
Sermon: "The futility of man."
CLOSING HYMN: "Day of Wrath."
ORGAN POSTLUDE: "Battle of Gettysburg"- Allen Lerner
ORGAN PRELUDE: "Ode to a slumbering Hippopotamus"-arranged by Schoenberg
OPENING HYMN: "O man, bewail they grievous fall"
OFFERTORY: "Flatula" by Rossini
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: "Lord have mercy"
Sermon: "The futility of man."
CLOSING HYMN: "Day of Wrath."
ORGAN POSTLUDE: "Battle of Gettysburg"- Allen Lerner
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I got your back Eauchiche... How many hours have I spent in pews, tortured by the screeching of pompous yet tone deaf cantors who insist on singing every response. Often trumped up "modern" or "folk mass" versions that nobody in the entire parish seem to know but them.
They're never told to tone it down. Trust me. I've been tracking it.
I would LOVE to be blown away by the awesome force of a pipe organ. Play on, friend! Loud and Proud. If they didn't want loud they shouldn't have installed the organ.
(My request, by the way, is Light My Fire by The Doors.)
They're never told to tone it down. Trust me. I've been tracking it.
I would LOVE to be blown away by the awesome force of a pipe organ. Play on, friend! Loud and Proud. If they didn't want loud they shouldn't have installed the organ.
(My request, by the way, is Light My Fire by The Doors.)
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Well, friends, I am off the hook. The regular musician says he has recovered enough to play tomorrow.
To be honest, I am relieved. I have had quite a lot of drama over there for three weeks and need a break.
I have a key to the building and can go practice when nobody's there...
To be honest, I am relieved. I have had quite a lot of drama over there for three weeks and need a break.
I have a key to the building and can go practice when nobody's there...
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Originally Posted by Eauchiche
I have a key to the building and can go practice when nobody's there...
I have to tell you about the most sublime organ experience in my life. I was in Rome, at Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, which is built into the soaring architecture of the Baths of Diocletian, a vast space with a dwarfed organ against one wall. An organist began playing, even to my ears a maestro, with the sound reverberating against the ancient walls. It was one of those musical experiences that stay with you forever.
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Hey FelingGreat,
I had a similar experience in the Catholic cathedral in Sacramento last year. They have a small instrument in the right transept that elicits a "are you kidding me?" reaction. Until you hear it play. The building has about a 4-1/2 second reverb.
I got to meet their exceptionally fine organist, a product of Notre Dame, who rightly said that in a building like that, even a vacuum cleaner sounds good.
I had a similar experience in the Catholic cathedral in Sacramento last year. They have a small instrument in the right transept that elicits a "are you kidding me?" reaction. Until you hear it play. The building has about a 4-1/2 second reverb.
I got to meet their exceptionally fine organist, a product of Notre Dame, who rightly said that in a building like that, even a vacuum cleaner sounds good.
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