6 Comments

1. 
   dk

   July 5, 2010 at 7:38 pm

   Hello??? It’s because we’re BETTER!!! and cooler. ;-)

   Even if we’re not as popular…
2. 
   Patty

   July 5, 2010 at 7:42 pm

   I think you all have a whole heck of a lot more fun. I want to have fun.
3. 
   dk

   July 6, 2010 at 8:54 am

   I think it’s too late to switch instruments, Patty. You’ll just have to settle for making people cry instead of laugh with your playing (and STOP THAT – I know you’re already thinking about turning that into a put-down instead of the compliment that was intended!!! :)
4. 
   Patty

   July 6, 2010 at 8:57 am

   Hah! Funny you!

   I often tell people (students especially) that our job is to make people cry, so we are always successful: if we play well, people cry, and if we play poorly, people cry. It’s a win-win situation! ;-)
5. 
   dk

   July 6, 2010 at 10:56 am

   Do I know you or what? (Funny? Yep, that’s me — the clown of the orchestra)

   But I thought it was that if oboists played poorly, people laughed? :)
6. 
   Patty

   July 6, 2010 at 10:59 am

   People laugh at and with bassoonists, dk. With oboe it’s all about the tears. Trust me.

   (Would you believe I still get a stab in my heart now and then, thinking of my Mahler mess? I can’t wait for that to go away, as I do hope it WILL!)