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My HZ hot take is, not only do his horn parts suck, but he is de-valuing the craft of orchestration and the talent of studio session musicians. And his music is easily mimicked by AI What he added to Lion King and Prince of Egypt is nice though, but he’s def riding on the backs of better talents

Love to see the band kids showing up

“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”

She had stuffed animals in her glove box.

More shots from the band car 📸 Holga 120 🎞️ Kodak 800

Now that my show has ended, it’s time to begin prepping for the 2026 audition season. Starting off strong by turning last year’s failed audition tapes into ambient music youtu.be/UBYK-U2oyKk?...

Something I truly don’t understand is when people find out you’re a musician they ask “how long have you played for?” Why do people want to know this? Do they not realize it’s a life long commitment? Do they want me to say “yeah picked it up during Covid now I’m pro”? Anyways I’m dating again

Happy January 6 - 7

106 Radio City Christmas Spectaculars in the books! This is never an easy gig but the vibe in the band car this year was so positive it made it a very fun one. What a way to bookend the year, I’m so lucky to be part of it all. Now for a much, much needed hibernation.

One thing I love about taking the NYC subway as a musician is if you spot someone else with an instrument case you can just go and start a conversation with them and it’s like not weird

There is a moment in the show where the Rockettes take a photo of each other so I decided to take a photo at the exact same spot, but in the pit. Presenting: No.7 m.162 📷 Holga 120 🎞️ 3200 Ilford Delta BW

Well duh

I only did one thing worth mentioning in 2025:

San Francisco Ball ET

At the end of this show run, I’ll have enough chipped notes for my own Chip City franchise

Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...

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Good thing nobody gives a shit if the horn can play fast (they only care if it can play clean)

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

This is going to infuriate the worst kind of Trumpet players and I am 100% here for it

Band Teacher Gay In Retrospect https://theonion.com/band-teacher-gay-in-retrospect-1819566832/

I’m sure there was a time, long, long, ago, when Broadway musicians smoked in the pit. Crazy to think about

It’s christmas time in the city

Watching Cats (2019) at the Times Square AMC in a theater packed with rabid Musician Theater nerds. Shit got WILD

Wanted to take a photo of me in this sweater I got from a vintage shop in Edinburg a million years ago but only managed to get this awkward mirror selfie. Seriously, I studied photography, this shouldn’t be that hard. How do the influencer girlies manage to do it without looking like total dweebs?

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73

Sad to hear about the passing of Martin Parr, one of my favorite artists. His photography work taught me that humour and whit belong in fine art without distracting from what you have to say.

Oh man had a huge day, a huge week: played 12 shows at Radio City and subbed twice on a show I had to learn the book for this week too. All w/ a nasty cold (and utter exhaustion). I go to bed knowing a 7 show weekend awaits me when I wake up. Still love it though and can’t believe this is my life.

This is gonna sound extra horn player-y even for me but nailing the shit out of a high C at the end of an incredible taxing number feels so incredibly good

Nathan Fielder literally made an unprecedented season of television about this

It's giving...⋆✴︎˚｡⋆𝓣𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓭𝓪𝔂 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

Same girl, same

Decided to make a pumpkin pie this morning and like a true New England fall girlie, I already had all the ingredients in my kitchen and didn’t need to pop out to the shop

New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.

No.

Olivia Nuzzi is basically the Elizabeth Holmes of journalism.

They don’t need a pill, learning the French Horn will give someone a lifetime dose of imposter syndrome

Thinking about how livid Andrew Cuomo must be right now

Just saw Wicked For Good. Unsolicited thoughts: Amazing singing from Cynthia, Ariana and great 📯 playing. The new songs: meh. Best bits are the big musical numbers. But my god, the sound/audio mixing is atrocious at times, even during the dialogue! Shocking given the budget!

8pm show Left 6:45 ETA 7:20 B train btwn W4 + 34th @ 7:12: someone pulls emergency brake no service Panic attack Train stuck until 7:45 Pull into station 7:53 Text colleagues to put 📯, 👠 + 🎧 in band car for me SPRINT Change outfit in the hallway while running Someone how made tuning note 😮‍💨

Five show weekend!

Were you the oboist in the 2014 production of Bullets Over Broadway? Congrats, Jeffery Esptein said you were the best oboist in Manhattan in an email to Soon Yi Previn

With its recent associations with Lydia Tar and Jeffrey Epstein, do we need to rehabilitate Mahler 5's public image?

Jeffery Epstein mansplains Beethoven 5 to Richard Lawrence Kuhn

ruh roh

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Rewatched Fleabag and yes this show is still brilliant the 2nd time around. And yes this is still the best ever line about bassoon players 🦊