It took less than two weeks of being away at school and not posting anything for my tumblarity to finally reach 0 from 280.

1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.
2) You’re never quite sure whether it’s against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden.
3) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.
4) Rummaging in an overgrown garden will always turn up a bouncy ball.
5) The smaller the monkey the more it looks like it would kill you at the
first given opportunity.
6) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee.
7) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.
8) You never ever run out of salt.
9) Old ladies can eat more than you think.
10) There’s no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you’ve got your hand or head stuck in something.
11) No one knows the origins of their metal coat hangers.
12) People who don’t drive slam car doors too hard

You probably have no idea who Guy M. Duker is, but trust me, he’s a jack ass.

He is the man who transcribed Paul Hindemith’s Mathis Der Maler for Wind Band.  I’ll admit, that it’s a pretty good transcription and follows the original very well.  But my problem with it is, it never should have been done!

I am a bit of a music purist, some may think that’s a bad thing, but I don’t care.  There are just some things that should not be done.  Things like playing the Tchik Violin Concerto on Trumpet, or playing a Bach Cello Suite on banjo.  Mathis Der Maler is one of them!

Now, I’m not against all band transcriptions, there are many that are quite alright.  Bands can play anything by Bach, Brahms, Mozart, lots of people, hell, even Beethoven is ok.  I say that because all of that older stuff was written before the wind band existed, therefor maybe possibly Beethoven wanted to write the Eroica symphony for something like a wind band, but he didn’t have that choice so he choose an orchestra.  But Hindemith did have that choice!  He’s even written for band before he wrote Mathis Der Maler, most notably Symphony for Band in Bb.  He knows what the band sound is, and if he wanted that band sound in Mathis Der Maler, HE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT FOR BAND!!!!  But he didn’t…  So…  You shouldn’t play it in a band…

So, to Mr. Duker.  If you ever happen to see this blog, FUCK YOU!  You’re a jack ass!  Mathis Der Maler is an amazing orchestral piece, and you’ve ruined it.