Re: Close down this group

Nightingale writes:

>>> I listened to a lot of it this morning. The picture quality was not
>>> good, so I didn't watch much (anyway, I'm at work, so it's just as
>>> well).

>> Bandwidth limitations force the use of a relatively small number of
>> pixels for the Internet streaming video, as expected. The full
>> resolution cable version is easier on the eyes.

> I wondered if that was the case. I've only watched a few videos online,
> and some had better pictures, but none were good.

Depends on whether it's live or not. If it's not live, you can cache
the video stream and offer higher quality, because you're not as
susceptible to bandwidth variations and the resulting dropouts.

>>> I liked they way they used parts of a score as the background
>>> for the title of each piece.

>> More properly, "she used".

> Who did the video?

The spouse of a band member.

>> The 'olelo folks did not produce that
>> video; however, they did bring four cameras to the fall concert,
>> so it will be interesting to see what "they" do with that recording.

> That will be interesting. Will they be bringing in their own lighting
> as well?

Why are you using future tense for a past event?

> The time I was in a concert that was recorded by the local
> cable company here, they brought in many bright lights, which made
> things difficult for a few of us because we could not look up at the
> conductor without being blinded by them.

We didn't have that problem this time, but in the past, some person
running the auditorium lights turned on some from the side that were
right in my line of sight to the conductor, and I had to object
strenuously to get them turned off.

>> The fall concert features a reasonable performance of the Finale
>> to Dvorak's New World Symphony. Might be showing up on cable (and
>> presumably the Internet) in six to eight weeks.

> Our high school orchestra played that, I think the year I was in grade
> 10. It's a fun piece. Who arranged it for band?

Erik Leidzen

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