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May the Great Spirit of all things rest your heart and mind. You are the people of this land, may your tongues never be silenced again and may your language be heard from mountain top to the great oceans. Amen.

@alokeezy ......it is..

@LG99ROCKS No offense taken, however I'm not sure to what you are referring. I appreciate youre honesty.

@ignorance15bliss The people who dislike this are ones that the music brings out a distant memory of loss or recent tragedy. It is a general response for those that have not been able to accept or deal with lifes' unfortunate and sometimes great sadnesses that happen.It's mostly a subconsciou...

P.S>>you must have your eyes open when a piece of music is open for a soloist. You have to keep your eyes on them.........they will most often play the piece according to their interpretation..they are the principal of the piece of music. However, the orchestra is yours.. During rehers'ls the p...

@pardyhardly I've studied music and conducted for over 40 years and that has got to be the best and clearest expression of this piece that I've ever read. I will incorporate this interpretation the next time I conduct the piece. God willing, my pianist will listen to me. I'll have a copy of yo...

Many years ago,as a beginning conductor, Arthur Fielder was conducting this piece in rehersal with the SF Orchestra. One of the flute players thought to be funny and played a wrong note, twice. No one heard it, but Fieldler did. And Fielder was on his 2nd bottle of scotch and Old. Five bottles of...

@dvorakslavenskiples /// He's a classical pianist, that's why? The music is in his head and related to the musicians during reherssals. He could leave and the orchestra would continue without a hitch. I seen Zubin, Lenny and many other conductors leave during pieces...just to show off the orch...

I loved Sammy, what a wonderful friend. He and the rest of the boys were always good to me and their fans. Oh, how the world misses all those songs they used to sing. I sang once with Sammy, and now, carry on myself. Thanks fella's for trusting a kid (back then) to carry on. James, Screen Ac...

I was in love with this song and Joni in 1970. Ah, but, I was also in love with a beautiful young girl in our 7th grade girls chior, that sang this song..angelic!! 40 yrs past and then I saw that beautiful young girl again, in the woman that was standing before me. She had become a patient of min...

When I was finishing my doctorate in theology, my discertation was on on a term, I termed as: Theological Psychoneurosis. The only truly mental DISEASE that man has created; it is a pandemic disease; it is communicable and has caused millions of deaths and destruction from it's conception.....th...

I was on her in 1969. Steamed out of Alameda, CA.., at 0730hrs zulu. Air launch, recovery exercises. "Light winds and same seas" I love my CVN's....but CVA 34 was and always will be MY FLAG SHIP....My Oriskany task force was TOP.

Jonathan...Excellent job!!!! Note to the next Concert Master and Symphony Conductor..; rehearse piece at slightly increased tempo and perform the same. Let Jonathan Interpret the piece, but the the players must keep the tempo! At Jonathan's age his mind,sight,hand coordination is not fully deve...

My fishing buddy Lyle and I were always traveling to new fishing destinations; every time we heard this tune on (AM) radio, (No FM yet), we knew we would catch fish!!! And we did. Once in the Trinity Alpes, we got the hell out of there, in the middle of the night, when we were camping, because ...

@mvglim I don't believe one exists. I think Kyle is in a Music Conservatory (school), if so, they are taught to develope musical compositions, expressions and architecture ("on a theme") for their assignments. No matter so, he is brilliant.

@bluecollarlit I new them all, Frank, Dean, Sam, Joey. You're right, Dean drank apple juice when on stage. When the gang sang the last song the other boys would stay up all night drinking......But, Dean would go to his hotel room immediately and read a book. Oh, he could drink as well as the o...

@mantyme Hahaha, That's what my agent tells me too! But, seriously, Vielen Dank (thankyou) my friend.......This young lady's talent takes me back to my youth, when many country singers would yodel. Even Mel Torme could yodel. I pray the happiness I can see in her eyes never fades and all...