***PIRACY!***

[cleanhead77@embarqmail]

The fact that a guy is committing blatant acts of piracy is a serious thing. The fact that someone has blown the whistle on him by using this forum is a good thing. To criticize the whistle blower because he himself has not taken a crusading action against this pirate fraud is a small matter. Let's stop upending mouse turds and confine our comments here to something more constructive and less abrasive.
Also, if someone is upset enough that the original whistle blower has possibly done nothing, why doesn't he himself do something about it, now that he knows about it and it is quite obviously extremely important to him, important enough to cause him to make disparaging remarks about another poster's lack of testicular development?
The world would be a better place if people like Mr Moore, instead of attacking the original poster, had answered something like:" That's a terrible thing. Have you been able to do anything about it? If not, what do you think can be done?"
Bill Barnes
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So many trumpets and mouthpieces, so little time.

[textr]

"lack of testicular development"
I thought the guy was talking about ONIONS.

PRICELESS

ROFLMAO

[Don Herman rev2]

[textr]

In looking at the 100 plus instruments (no I didn't count them) , the thought occured to me that this guy must have a few hundred bucks
invested in INSTRUMENT STANDS alone. This is really a hoot.

Edit: I won't even comment on the "scream box" , or maybe I just did.

[Tanze Samba]

WHAT??? Deep Throat was an FBI Agent????? I always thought that was a movie..........

But to the topic at hand (I'm trying not to be tongue in cheek here.... ) Anyway, I can say first hand that copyright infringement cases are tricky and not at all straight forward. A rather LARGE toy manufacturer stole the universe my husband created in his first trilogy. We thought it was such an open and shut obvious case. We did finally win, but that was 3 lawyers and 6 years later! This was a very blatently obvious case, but there are so many little nuances to the law that just going through all the procedures took an inordinant amount of time and effort. In the end, we had to do it. You always have to protect your intellectual property, no matter what. Otherwise, down the line this toy company could have tried to say my husband stole their universe!

I do believe the damaged parties should be notified, but it sounds like the OP already did that.

[2-5-1]

people have been starting arguements around here for as long as i can remember coming to the trumpet herald (way before i started posting). Its part of the herald experience! You just gotta take the good with the bad.......
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[westview1900]

Intellectual property must be protected. Otherwise, why should one work hard to reach a goal on his own?
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Carpe Diem
and Plan for Tomorrow
Pat Paulsen for president
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Stephen Colbert for president

[veery715]

Surely Mr. Stomvi doth protest overly. One can only wonder why.


Asher Hockett
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Hear me sing!: https://youtu.be/vtJ14MV64WY
Playing trumpet - the healthy way to blow your brains out.

[ProAm]

[MikeyMike]

Those guys need to track down the Star Wars trumpet babe and get her to make it a quartet. Then they can play in FOUR different keys at the same time.

[JetJaguar]

[bunny]

Wow, wanted to look at this guy's stuff, but his website doesn't seem to be up anymore.

[MikeyMike]

Weirder and weirder it gets...


A review of a Ruidoso Dinner theater...

http://www.goenewsletter.com/june05story1.htm

claims George Staerkel was the lead singer for the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight") and implies he sang lead on their 60's hit. Wonder where the wri6ter got that idea. The offical Tokens website makes no mention of Mr. Staerkel in its list of members nor do any of the other websites I've found. FWIW.

A FIVE OCTAVE vocal range??? Wow. Perhaps he sings into the "Converto-Box" which transposes the high range into a frequency audible to most humans.

P.S. for those in search of fascinating music trivia and a truly incredible story, Google search the title of that tune.

[MikeyMike]

[westview1900]

[oxleyk]

Before his site vanished his bio claimed he played keyboard for the Tokens from 1980-85. Must've been one of those reunion tours.

I can't believe I'm contributing to this

Kent

[amtrumpet]

According to his bio (which you can still get to from google) he has arranging and recording credits with Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, and Bill Watrous bands. I wonder if any of this is true. Also:

"A recent addition to George's list of endeavors is his own internet website where the computer generated background accompaniments he produces are now available for purchase to the general public. In the past three years he has provided music for seven pageant winners including Miss Wisconsin 2000, all of which won their respective titles with George's musical arrangements."

I wonder if he produced Stacy Hedger's background track.

[trpt.hick]

It is correct to say "panties in a knot." It's in the Geneva Convention. Look it up!

[droll7]

[Smokin Joe]

I have tried a few times to find this guys website but apparently from reading a few other messages above it has been taken down.

Maybe the originating post has gotten the ball rolling agaist this guy after all.

Joe