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Posted by Chuck Jackson on September 08, 2002 at 23:34:52:

I had a chance to visit your website. Besides the obvious appreciation of your playing and the really nice tuba, some things intrique me. I hope you will have the time to answer this post and to share with the up-and-coming tuba players that populate this board your opinions/takes/insights on the following questions.

1. Your career is entering it's 33rd year: What do you think has been the biggest contributing factor, physically, to your long tenure as an orchestral player?

2. What is your view on the current "Arms Race" amongst tuba players? What would be your advice as to the optimum horn to be competitive on in todays audition environment?

3. How has the orchestral scene changed, for better or worse, in your long tenure.

4. What, in your opinion, has changed most in a Music Directors conception of the tuba in the past 30 years?

5. Any regrets? Any advice for the young studs out there?

Thanks for your time. I think any light you can bring to bear on these questions would be a great thing for all of us, young and old, in Tubenet Land.

Chuck



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