Mine is bigger than yours.
(Seriously. The cellist looks more confident than anyone else. Apparently size does matter to this group.)
March 7, 2013 | Categories: chamber ensembles | Tags: don't smile, put it all out there, serious business, string quartets | Leave A Comment »
One look at the design for this CD, and the color drained from his face.
(Thanks, @tjbassoon!)
April 20, 2012 | Categories: composers | Tags: awkward photoshopping, composers, don't smile, what is going on here? | Leave A Comment »
Looks like they were comparing notes.
But not playing any. Because it’s hard to play when you’re draped over the keyboard, overcome with sadness.
February 13, 2012 | Categories: pianists | Tags: don't smile, harpsichordists, overly earnest, pianists, serious business | 1 Comment »
It’s almost like if Avril Lavigne played the harp, and had a twin, and liked backlit photos, and… never mind. Not enough eyeshadow.
November 24, 2011 | Categories: duos | Tags: calling the fashion police, contrived poses, don't smile, harpist, harpists, outdoors | 2 Comments »
If looks could kill, then it was definitely Colonel Mustard in the Ballroom with the, er, flute.
September 19, 2011 | Categories: soloists | Tags: don't smile, flutist, serious business | 2 Comments »
My, my. He has so many instruments, and all of them are, uhh, standing at attention.
September 12, 2011 | Categories: soloists | Tags: awkward poses, clarinet, don't smile, overly earnest, serious business, wind instruments | Leave A Comment »
And reflective?
And the vacant stare?
September 5, 2011 | Categories: pianists | Tags: don't smile, pianists, serious business, vacant stare | Leave A Comment »
Rachmaninoff looks like he was having a really bad case of the Mondays.
August 22, 2011 | Categories: soloists | Tags: composers, don't smile, i'm a pianist look at my hands!, miserere, pianists, rachmaninoff | Leave A Comment »
The pillows or the shirt: one of them has to go. This is not a camouflage situation.
August 20, 2011 | Categories: composers | Tags: calling the fashion police, don't smile | 4 Comments »
The bottle of wine is a nice touch, and he looks grumpy enough to need it. Does he have a corkscrew hidden behind that gamba?
June 29, 2011 | Categories: soloists | Tags: awkward lack of clothing, awkward poses, compromising position, don't smile, early music, gamba, outdoors | 9 Comments »
A few tips gleaned from this photo:
1. Don’t straddle unidentifiable objects.
2. Don’t have your limbs overlap so that people start wondering whose leg is whose.
3. Don’t smile. Don’t you dare smile.
June 19, 2011 | Categories: chamber ensembles | Tags: awkward poses, don't smile, is that yours or mine?, serious business | 1 Comment »
Now look too cool for the piano. Yes, hands on your hips. You hate the piano. That’s it.
(For the record: I think it’s a lovely photo from an aesthetic standpoint, but it’s an awkward PR photo for making it look like she wants nothing to do with the damn piano.)
June 17, 2011 | Categories: pianists | Tags: don't smile, turn your back | 2 Comments »
Or something. See all the things you can do once you learn how to hold a bow properly?
June 15, 2011 | Categories: chamber ensembles | Tags: awkward poses, don't smile, fight club, string quartets | 2 Comments »
Maybe this looks extra-dreary because it’s a humid summer day.
And maybe that’s why they’re trying so hard not to smile.
June 10, 2011 | Categories: chamber ensembles | Tags: don't smile, matching outfits | 2 Comments »
