Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.
From Chuck Mangione
Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.
My goal was never to sell many records.
My music has always been strong in melodic content.
Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live.
To do it always right, that is what music is to me.
What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image.
1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me:
As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms, elements, opportunities, and I fell in love with strings and their uses.
I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.
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