Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Seeing as this is a tradition of (for the most part) simplicity, you're really marketing to the wrong audience with this gaudy sort of embellishment. All we need to make a flute "individual and personal" as you say is a simple carving on the headjoint or perhaps a well-placed scratch from years of happy playing. Seeing as most of our flutes are wooden, this sort of thing is doubly pointless.
However, I'm sure there's a 13 year old girl out there somewhere looking to integrate rhinestones into yet more aspects of her life. Try the Junior Band forums over at Valley Middle School.
However, I'm sure there's a 13 year old girl out there somewhere looking to integrate rhinestones into yet more aspects of her life. Try the Junior Band forums over at Valley Middle School.
Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
^^^ Oooh, saucer of milk for Table 5!
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In other words, "Don't go away mad, just go away"----that about right? LOL!
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Have to say that (while I don't actually want it myself) I've no problem with seeing it here...MadmanWithaWhistle wrote:Seeing as this is a tradition of (for the most part) simplicity, you're really marketing to the wrong audience with this gaudy sort of embellishment. All we need to make a flute "individual and personal" as you say is a simple carving on the headjoint or perhaps a well-placed scratch from years of happy playing. Seeing as most of our flutes are wooden, this sort of thing is doubly pointless.
And (whether you like it or not) that's seriously misjudging the quality and target market of Brian's work!However, I'm sure there's a 13 year old girl out there somewhere looking to integrate rhinestones into yet more aspects of her life. Try the Junior Band forums over at Valley Middle School.
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
I just find it funny after receiving overwhelmingly negative feedback on almost every post he's made, he continues to toot his own horn, as if maybe we'll all go out and by some GlitterFlutes (TM) if he posts just one more sparkly picture. Heck, excepting a very few threads, he's not even working on the same instrument we all play. Aren't there craftsmanship forums out there you could join rather than doing your attention-seeking thing with the unappreciative?Peter Duggan wrote:Have to say that (while I don't actually want it myself) I've no problem with seeing it here...MadmanWithaWhistle wrote:Seeing as this is a tradition of (for the most part) simplicity, you're really marketing to the wrong audience with this gaudy sort of embellishment. All we need to make a flute "individual and personal" as you say is a simple carving on the headjoint or perhaps a well-placed scratch from years of happy playing. Seeing as most of our flutes are wooden, this sort of thing is doubly pointless.
And (whether you like it or not) that's seriously misjudging the quality and target market of Brian's work!However, I'm sure there's a 13 year old girl out there somewhere looking to integrate rhinestones into yet more aspects of her life. Try the Junior Band forums over at Valley Middle School.
As for target market, well, you can glue rhinestones to a flute for $3 or mount them professionally for $400, but the end result is still rhinestones on a flute. Not that that's a narrow audience by any means; see http://www.friendshipismagic.org/forum/.
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Just lose the jemstones, start with that.BrianPowley wrote:In other words, "Don't go away mad, just go away"----that about right?
Speaking of Jem, i think Jem tried to show you on your last posting the kind if things that people here may or may not be interested in depending on their taste. I have no problem either with you posting your work here but i feel my last comment stands true. you show a lot of very highly ornamental work that you produce quickly and the more examples you show the cheaper they seem, all the more so because you are using precious metals and semiprecious stones. The quality and thought put into the work should reflect the materials and so it would probably appeal to peoples tastes here if you presented your simple carving work and stay away from the embelishments. Then, if you post less frequently you are less likely to annoy people. It's kind of like bringing a set of bongos to a session. you might get away with it once but eventually someone is going to ask you politely to tone it down a noch.
so IMHO i just think you should turn the volume back a notch, sit back, look and listen. There are people here on this forum that are some of the most talented artists and craftsmen in the world.
Do you like ITM?
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Nah. I mean, we pretty much hinted that right at the start of the thread, and we've tolerated you so far, so I don't see any reason you couldn't stick around. At least a few of us appreciate the craftsmanship involved, a few even play Boehm-style flutes, and who knows how many actually prefer to appreciate the gun engraving?BrianPowley wrote:In other words, "Don't go away mad, just go away"----that about right?
It would be nice if you post any new work in the future, if you can either embed the image in your post, or link to it directly. Your pages take a long time to load, with all the images there, so it's not easy to view the current piece, and figure out which one the discussion is about.
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Too many wannabe Mods on this thread for my taste!monkeymonk wrote:Then, if you post less frequently you are less likely to annoy people. It's kind of like bringing a set of bongos to a session. you might get away with it once but eventually someone is going to ask you politely to tone it down a noch.
Who knows? But is it relevant?Do you like ITM?
So, yes, perhaps Brian's landed in a flute forum that didn't expect him any more than he expected it but, hell, I'm embarrassed to be a member here the way some of you are attacking him!Peter Duggan [url=http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?p=1082750#p1082750]previously[/url] wrote:On which note (heading off at a slight tangent to the OP) I must say I sometimes struggle with the overbearing 'Irishness' of C&F (folks apologising for discussing other stuff as if 'ITM' was the only true trad. etc.) when there's actually remarkably little set down to justify that...
What Kevin said!kkrell wrote:Nah. I mean, we pretty much hinted that right at the start of the thread, and we've tolerated you so far, so I don't see any reason you couldn't stick around. At least a few of us appreciate the craftsmanship involved, a few even play Boehm-style flutes, and who knows how many actually prefer to appreciate the gun engraving?
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Who knows? But is it relevant?Peter Duggan wrote:Too many wannabe Mods on this thread for my taste!monkeymonk wrote:Then, if you post less frequently you are less likely to annoy people. It's kind of like bringing a set of bongos to a session. you might get away with it once but eventually someone is going to ask you politely to tone it down a noch.
I don't want to moderate anything and it is just my opinon, i was trying to be helpful as the guy seemed offended
Do you like ITM?
isn't it?
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Apologies for missing that bit!monkeymonk wrote:I have no problem either with you posting your work here
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Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
I would say that having at least an interest in well, maybe not just ITM, but Celtic/English/Canadian folk music is kind of the point of this forum, no? Otherwise wouldn't we all be posting on some concert forum arguing over Copeland the composer rather than Copeland the whistlesmith? We don't invade the orchestral flute forums advertising engraved endcaps on simple system flutes (at least, not to my knowledge). It just seems rather out-of-touch to be hawking BoehmBling (TM) on this forum without really any knowledge of the instrument or having demonstrated any desire to learn about the wooden simple-system flute. The OP seems to be looking more for attention than anything else (heck, he even quotes himself in his signature), and I'm just pointing out that it seems a wee bit self-absorbed.
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Oops, I should have said interested in the type of music people discuss on this forum. Klezmer anyone?Peter Duggan wrote:Who knows? But is it relevant?
Re: Some more of my "Tacky Bling"
Perhaps better not to post for these reasons. Why fish for insults?BrianPowley wrote:Yeah, I know......just being ornery (and I was kinda bored) LOL!
Better to post pictures of stuff you think is top notch or that we might like,
or not post pictures at all. Have a nice day.
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