#orchestra

I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come in for half an hour, and then the singers would come in and knock 'em out, and go on to the next one. I was the voice of Budweiser and Almond Joy. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#could #day #go #good #half

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

#me #orchestra #piano

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#easier #idea #jazz #jazz musicians #kind

I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#bows #high #high school #i #loved

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#conductor #himself #impose #much #orchestra

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change. ↗

— David Amram

#change #conducting #feeling #music #orchestra

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#i #live #moved #orchestra #recorded

And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#done #everything #get #going #need

Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#one thing #orchestra #problem #thing #very

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? ↗

— Robert Fripp

#does #genius #many #music #musician