In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
But he wasn't (for obvious reasons) one of the
session players common on
BBC TV orchestras.

Really?

Phil Seaman's career began in the late forties.
He died in 1972. The BBC had studios in London,
Birmingham., Manchester, Cardiff, Glasgow etc.
I am intrigued that a sound recordist working in
television drama should be so familiar with the
identities of thousands of musicians involved in
music production in so many locations over
such a long period of time:-)

Unlike you, Iain, I speak from my personal experience. Of countless LE
shows made at the London TV premises of the BBC up until the mid '70s.

He might well have appeared on some of those - but wasn't one of the
regulars that turned up time and time again.

That you don't understand the variety of programmes staff work on in a
place like the BBC simply shows your ignorance of this sort of work. So no
surprise you look down on it from your ivory tower. ;-)

However, it was good to be asked by you how to cope with a simple thing
like a musician moving around on stage while playing. I was glad to help -
without the necessity of slagging off other branches of the same industry.

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*A closed mouth gathers no feet.

Dave Plowman London SW
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