Kind of like Duke Ellington writing players' names on parts instead
of instruments (picked up by other band writers as well. I have
played parts marked Dave Bargeron and been inspired to play like I
imagine that trombonist would sound on the part. Successfully? well,
you know...)
I was more than a little flattered to play some charts by Andrew
Homzy recently with my own name written on the part. Wow, so he wants
MY special touch...
I am just imagining some trombonist fifty years from now confronted
by a part with my name on it. I'm not exactly Tricky Sam Nanton,
Lawrence Brown or Juan Tizol, so there won't be reams of recorded
material out there for reference. What the heck is he going to do? Or
even what instrument is he going to play it on, with no other
indication?
I think that's more the mystery behind the Mike Fisher staff.
8-)
Christopher
On Jun 28, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Almost surely, this is an indication that "Mike Fisher" should play
this part, and that John had a sound in mind that he was sure he
could get out of whatever Mike would be playing. This is not
mysterious.
Chuck
On Jun 28, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Blake Richardson wrote:
I'm transcribing John Williams' handwritten score to "Jurassic
Park" and
I've come across something I've never seen before.
One of the cues (originally titled "Preparing to Meet the Monster"
and
titled "Eye to Eye" on the soundtrack album) has four percussion
lines.
Three are notated simply "Percussion" and the fourth is notated "Mike
Fisher". I assume that it's some kind of rarely used percussion
instrument
named after the guy who invented it, like the mark tree, which was
named
after its inventor, Mark Stevens.
I did a Google search on "Mike Fisher" and "musical instrument"
and the only
thing I came up with that's even close is a guy named Mike Fisher who
specializes in electronic/synthesizer music, which doesn't exactly
seem to
fit in this context.
The actual music written for "Mike Fisher" looks like something
that would
be typical of a bongo drum line and the composer has notated
"jungle feel"
beneath the staff, so I'm guessing it's some kind of drum but I'm
at a loss
as what exactly it's supposed to be. (The recording isn't much
help, either,
because there are a lot of different drums and other percussion
playing at
that point and I can't tell one from the other.)
I suppose it doesn't really matter in terms of transcribing the
score. I can
notate it just as it's written but my curiosity is bothering me.
So basically my question is, has anyone out there heard of a
percussion
instrument called "Mike Fisher"?
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