tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9276779.post-1101137904330639022004-11-22T14:55:00.000Z2004-11-22T20:15:20.030Z <p class="MsoNormal">This seemed like a good idea until the "Start Posting" button appeared. Is a blog an effective way to promote and publicise a symphonic brass ensemble? Maybe, but an advert on the side of the no. 99 bus now seems a far better bet.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, doesn’t a brass ensemble with some of the South West’s best players sell itself? When they’ve commissioned over half a dozen new works for some of the best young composers in the <st1:city><st1:place>Bristol</st1:place></st1:city> area? <span style=""> </span>(Including Will Gregory of Goldfrapp fame). When they’ve performed such virtuoso brass classics as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Bernstein’s West Side Story at <st1:city><st1:place>St. George’s</st1:place></st1:city> <st1:city><st1:place>Bristol</st1:place></st1:city>?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Well bugger us, no it doesn’t.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So, how much does that advert cost?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Last Trumpetinfo@bristolbrassconsort.com