Thanks, Mike!

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Jam sessions at ARSC have only happened a couple of times.  It is not
> like IAJRC where they play a part in the program schedule.  I walked
> down to the lobby last year and a bunch of guys were playing so I
> videoed it and put up a couple of stills.  And then a few years ago the
> banquet entertainment asked Vinnie to sit in -- and his picture I took
> is up. You have to realize that most of us have musical skills that do
> not range beyond playing the phonograph -- but are eager to hear our
> more talented members.  Brenda mentioned a few days ago some problem
> concerning insurance for our banquet performers, and I don't know what
> the outcome was.  Maybe they is us!
>
> See you all in a couple of days.  (I ACTUALLY have my conference paper
> FINISHED with all its 134 pictures!!!  You ALL better be there.)
>
> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Heated Words of Hot Jazz Fans
> From: "Dietrich, Madeline" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, May 24, 2015 1:46 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Vincent,
> Yes, Bob Dunn is my hero! The presentation includes a full score
> transcription of a Brownies recording, and looks at Dunn’s solo and
> later compares some licks with Miff Mole and Red Allen. (There are other
> cans of worms in my session as well—OCLC subject descriptions, etc.
> I’m probably trying to cover too much, but hopefully it will come off
> as a comprehendible narrative. Ugh!)
>
> By the way, I saw pictures of past conferences on the ARSC page where
> people have guitars and such and maybe are having a jam session of some
> kind? Do you know anything about this? Is it a regular thing? Will there
> be anything like this in Pitt? I can’t bring my bass, but I can bring
> my fiddle or mando.
>
> Maddie
>
> From: Vincent Pelote [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 12:53 AM
> To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List; Dietrich, Madeline
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Heated Words of Hot Jazz Fans
>
> Maddie,
>
> Hi! I look forward to your presentation. I am a huge fan of Western
> Swing (especially my man, Bob Dunn). I don't know if I will have
> anything all that important to bring to the table, but I will be
> listening with great interest. See you in Pittsburgh.
>
>
> Vincent
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Madeline Dietrich" <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 3:15:56 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Heated Words of Hot Jazz Fans
>
> To Dave, Tom, Aaron, John, and David and all who have participated or
> taken interest in the recent threads involving the recent discussion of
> hot jazz:
>
> I have read your comments with great interest, and I cordially invite
> you to my session in Pittsburg, which relates to many of the issues
> you've brought up. I'm not asking you to come because I think you might
> learn something new, but rather so you might comment on it. I want this
> group of experts to offer feedback, raise objections and ask pointed
> questions-all so I can develop a better sense of the which parts of my
> research are of interest, which parts are moot, and which parts may be
> flat out wrong. Few in the world know the history of popular music
> commerce as the subscribers of this list.
>
> My presentation, "Western Swing & The Examination of an Information
> Object" (e.g. a 78rpm disc distributed in 1935 on Decca's hillbilly
> label) draws largely on Cary Ginell's work on Milton Brown as a point of
> departure, but closely analyzes the recorded performance (Decca 5158 B)
> as a document of how entertainers catered to popular tastes in a
> particular region at a particular time, and how those tastes were
> influenced by other musics accessed through recordings and broadcasts in
> prior years, but also as a means of comparing the music with other swing
> recordings (specifically by Miff Mole, Henry Allen, and Benny Goodman.)
>
> My work as a jazz/commercial bassist and music instructor drives my
> musicological endeavors-the origins of standards, influence of styles on
> other styles (and of individual players on other players), and how all
> recorded music must, perhaps as a necessary evil, be labeled (described
> and classified) with words in order to be discovered and accessed. The
> latter issue especially interests me as a music librarian.
>
> Mine will be the second of two presentations comprising the session on
> Western Swing on Saturday at 10:45am in Allegheny II. For those of you
> not attending the conference, my presentation will be made available
> online-hopefully inciting additional heated conversation. Our passion
> for this music keeps it alive!
>
> If you're interested in the subject, I invite you to have a look at my
> work available online at
> http://www.maddiedietrich.com/#!portfolio/cl21<
> http://www.maddiedietrich.com/>
>
> Thanks, and I hope to see you there (or otherwise hear from you!)
>
> Maddie
>
> Madeline Dietrich, MM, MM, MLIS
> Diehn Composers Room Supervisor
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