Sorry, iTunes...you just got rocked!

Well, mixed emotions today....I am usually the champion of all things Apple. Today I died a little inside. On the other hand, I am ecstatic! Most classical musicians know that almost anything put out on the Deutsche Grammaphone record label is a quality product. Today, DG launched their own digital download service. Right now, hundreds of albums are available online and within weeks, thousands. This is the first digital download service that allows you to download a single movement of a symphony (still, you now you should get to know the entire work, right?). The pricing for a single movement is either $1.29 or $1.99, which is a whole lot of music in the orchestral world! The files are non-DRM protected MP3's ripped at 320K, so the quality is superior to iTunes and you get a pdf with liner-notes even if you download a single track.

Dear Apple,

This is how it's done!

Signed,

me.

Thanksgiving 2007

More details later!

November Update

Well, apparently I can only manage monthly updates instead of regular blog postings. Shame on me! So much has happened in the past month. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra did a great set last week with three George Gershwin pieces: An American in Paris, I Got Rhythm Variations, and Rhapsody in Blue on the first half and Dvorak Symphony No. 9 From the New World on the second half. Great fun!
Last night we had our University of Iowa Trombone Studio Recital. It went very well. The trombone ensemble played four pieces. In addition to the bone choir, the Old Capital Brass Quintet played a Koetsier piece, LeAnn Dahn (a junior trombone performance major) played Blue Bells of Scotland, and Zack Morton (a senior bass trombone performance major) played an unaccompanied work.
Thanksgiving and the back end of the semester is upon us! In one week we will be in Colorado to be with Kate's family for the holiday. Great times!