New members.

[Que]

I did when I came to GMG in the introduction page, quite extensively my friend....I will look on the old GMG forum, and see if I can find it back......

And you know, this thread is for the benefit of new members, yes?  They won't search through the old GMG archives to find out who you are, Harry 

The old forum is GONE, and - unless our Rob performs a miracle - that is permanent.

Q

[springrite]

For anyone who has spent more than 15 minutes at GMG, Harry needs no introduction. 

[orbital]

I can sympathize with a lot of those  

I'm Kevin, 36yrs (35) old; happily married. No kids (by choice!)   . Originally from beautiful Pasadena California, I lived in Davis, California for six years while I worked on my Ph.D. in Plant Biology. I'm in Vancouver now where I hold a postdoctoral research fellowship. It is a very beautiful city with a lot to offer, but the cost of living is excessively high. We're hoping I'll find a tenure track faculty position in Oregon or Washingon where the cost of living and home ownership are vastly less.
[b]Ethnic background:[/b] Mostly Irish / German, etc.

Favorite Composers:[/b] J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner, Schubert, Verdi, Debussy, Shostakovich, Scriabin, Wolf, Reger


Piano: I try to practice 6-8 hrs a week. I'm currently playing Bach's French Suite No. 4, Debussy's Dancers of Delphi, etc.

Things I can live happily without

- Politics
- Apple products (e.g, Macintosh computers)
- 99.9999% of all TV and movies
- celebrities, especially those lecturing about various causes
- The comic sans font
- virtually any noise made by humans

Favorite color: GREEN (olive drab (#6B8E23) )  

I prefer: Brunettes!

[karlhenning]

For anyone who has spent more than 15 minutes at GMG, Harry needs no introduction. 

The Sonic Steamroller needs no explanation  0:)

[Harry]

My name you know allready....I started listening to classical music after seeing Death in Venice, hearing Chopin.....I was 17 then, ended a relationship and needed consolation, Chopin did that. After this the journey was afoot, and I never stopped to look back.
First I worked for four years doing odd jobs, then took percussion and conducting lessons, and learned to read scores. Also singing in many Choirs, and conducting small ensembles, chambermusic sized works, dabble in composing, wrote a few unfinished symphonies, and some small scaled works for Violin and piano. But that is only for private few.....I never considered it good enough. At the same time was heavily involved in ballet and wrote at least one complete choreography called Spiders, that was performed several times and videotaped.
Danced myself it it, but my body was not ready to accept such hardships. All ended into nothing however, so I started to study Philosophy and History and graduated in that, still working on my dissertation. After that I set up a CD shop in the place were I was born, the shop was famous for its extensive cd collection, and that is were the bug of buying cd's really hit me....but it was driven out of business by my co investors....
Since then I started my own business, and work at home. I am a troubleshooter regarding financial and administrative situations in divers companies.
Sing in different choirs, and conduct two of my own making, primarily Russian Orthodox music, one Choir with male only, doing monastery chant, and one that sings the things used in church.
Collector of fine music, women and wine, and peace lover.
Would this be enough Gents?
I probably forgot a few things, or muddled them up, but im grossen und gansem all is there.
O, yes,  a few relationships, but that is private....

O yeah, sponsore once in a while classical concerts or artists.....

[longears]

Here's another example, Harry:

Name = Dave.  American.  Grew up mostly in the Southwest but have lived and traveled elsewhere.  Came of age in the ‘60s and vagabonded around a bit before resuming formal education.  Have drunk classed-growth Bordeaux with captains of industry in 4-star restaurants and from screw-top bottles in paper bags with winos in the park.  Twice married, the second time for keeps.  Former athlete still pretty fit in middle age.  Have worked in a variety of occupations in different industries—presently managing development projects for a major multi-national corporation.  Live in a farm town in Northern California.  Probably bumped into Kevin at the old Café Roma once or twice.  Agree wholeheartedly with his list of things we can happily do without, except for the last:  there are many noises made by humans that contribute to my satisfaction in life, not the least of which is music.

Speaking of music: have eclectic tastes ranging from Balinese Gamelan to contemporary classical and jazz.  Love rock, too, but haven’t heard anything new and interesting in quite a few years.  Faves include Stravinsky, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Mahler, and Charles Mingus.

Believe life is a journey through which we learn to open our hearts and minds to everyday miracles, or perish in a bitter brew of cynicism, egotism, and hypocrisy.

If I were King, Congress could pass no law until they themselves had first lived under it for seven years.

Like Lao Tzu’s ideal state more than Plato’s.

And would hate to live in a world without Mexican food.

[springrite]

I set up a CD shop in the place were I was born, the shop was famous for its extensive cd collection.

If you just closed the shop then and kept the CD collection for your own, you'd have save a hell lot of time to arrive at where you are today! 

[Harry]

If you just closed the shop then and kept the CD collection for your own, you'd have save a hell lot of time to arrive at where you are today! 

I actually bought quite a lot of the stock when it went bust.....

[Marcel]

I have posted some posts already, but not introduce myself, sorry..

I am 23. I live in Kosice, Slovakia. I attend our concerts (Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra). I play flute.

My favourite composers: Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Mahler, Berlioz, Ravel ...
Favourite conductors: Y. Mravinsky, V. Gergiev, C. Davis, G. Rozhdestvensky, Y. Svetlanov, F. Reiner ...
Favourite movies: Truman Show, American Beauty, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Mullholand Drive, Amelie from Montmartre, Spirited Away, The Fountain, The Village
Hobbies: listening to music, drawing, watching movies
Hobbies in past: breakdance

My english is not perfect, so sorry for any errors in my texts.

[Harry]

I have posted some posts already, but not introduce myself, sorry..

I am 23. I live in Kosice, Slovakia. I attend our concerts (Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra). I play flute.

My favourite composers: Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Mahler, Berlioz, Ravel ...
Favourite conductors: Y. Mravinsky, V. Gergiev, C. Davis, G. Rozhdestvensky, Y. Svetlanov, F. Reiner ...
Favourite movies: Truman Show, American Beauty, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Mullholand Drive, Amelie from Montmartre, Spirited Away, The Fountain, The Village
Hobbies: listening to music, drawing, watching movies
Hobbies in past: breakdance

My english is not perfect, so sorry for any errors in my texts.

Thanks Marcel. well done my friend....

[Harry]

Here's another example, Harry:

Name = Dave.  American.  Grew up mostly in the Southwest but have lived and traveled elsewhere.  Came of age in the '60s and vagabonded around a bit before resuming formal education.  Have drunk classed-growth Bordeaux with captains of industry in 4-star restaurants and from screw-top bottles in paper bags with winos in the park.  Twice married, the second time for keeps.  Former athlete still pretty fit in middle age.  Have worked in a variety of occupations in different industries—presently managing development projects for a major multi-national corporation.  Live in a farm town in Northern California.  Probably bumped into Kevin at the old Café Roma once or twice.  Agree wholeheartedly with his list of things we can happily do without, except for the last:  there are many noises made by humans that contribute to my satisfaction in life, not the least of which is music.

Speaking of music: have eclectic tastes ranging from Balinese Gamelan to contemporary classical and jazz.  Love rock, too, but haven't heard anything new and interesting in quite a few years.  Faves include Stravinsky, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Mahler, and Charles Mingus.

Believe life is a journey through which we learn to open our hearts and minds to everyday miracles, or perish in a bitter brew of cynicism, egotism, and hypocrisy.

If I were King, Congress could pass no law until they themselves had first lived under it for seven years.

Like Lao Tzu's ideal state more than Plato's.

And would hate to live in a world without Mexican food.

Thanks, reading this was a bumpy ride, but very adventurous......

[gmstudio]

Geeze, I was the first to respond, and now I feel like I didn't give enough info.   

So here's an addendum:

More: Am 36 years old, happily married for 12+ years, two children (8 year old son and 5 year old daughter)...work as a marketing director in the performing arts, love to cook (italian & french...iron-chef, restaurant-style cooking, not martha stewart crap), studied music and was a band director for many years, conducted some community and semi-professional groups on the side, playing in and directing in the pit these days when I can.  Also play out a lot on the "singer/songwriter" circuit as a side man from time to time.

Movies: James Bond, Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski, Waiting for Guffman, Borat, Pirates of the Caribbean (I like escapist, entertaning  stuff...nothing high-brow there)

TV: Family Guy, The Office, Mythbusters, NASCAR, Dirty Jobs, Iron Chef

Books: Solomon's Beethoven at the moment, recently: A Brief History of Nearly Everything, some Bukowski, a few of the early James Bond books,

Scores:  I obsessively collect full scores even more than recordings. I have hundreds, from the usual suspects to the esoteric. I read scores more, much more, than I read books.

Sports: Cleveland Indians & Cleveland Browns. Yes, my heart has been broken many, many, many times. 

Girls: I'm a leg guy. Brunettes with nice legs, there's nothing finer.

Instruments: My main bass is a 1997 Fender Jazz.  Majored on Tuba.  Can work my way through most brass instruments. Awful at piano.  Passed my college piano proficiencies by having a certain...relationship...with the brunette, leggy instructor.

Listening: I do 80% of my listening to music on my iPod, either in bed, in the car, or at work.  The rest of the time I listen in my recording studio.

Studio: I'm a Mac guy.   Ableton Live, Propellerheads Reason, Steinberg Cubase, NI's Absynth, Reaktor.

Ok, so what did I forget? 

[Harry]

The addresses of the brunettes please........

[gmstudio]

The addresses of the brunettes please........

[karlhenning]

Geeze, I was the first to respond, and now I feel like I didn't give enough info.   

Oh, that's nothing, Paul.

I failed to mention at all in my post that I compose and play clarinet.

[Harry]

Yeap, that will do, that will doooooooooooooooo.
Where may I find this heavenly looking lady.
I am willing.........

[gmstudio]

Oh, that's nothing, Paul.

I failed to mention at all in my post that I compose and play clarinet.

I believe you mention that in EVERY post!  (I have signatures turned on...) 

[karlhenning]

Ah, well, now I don't feel so bad 

[gmstudio]

Yeap, that will do, that will doooooooooooooooo.
Where may I find this heavenly looking lady.
I am willing.........

http://www.dido.co.uk/main.html

[Harry]

http://www.dido.co.uk/main.html

Well I dropped a email...about sponsoring.......
That should do the trick!