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1. 
   s_haskins

   October 10, 2009 at 6:39 am

   BS. As soon as this fellow started talking, my BS detector went off.

   The only true thing he says here is “it’s all personal preference”. He’s showing us a bunch of cheap cork handled batons that he refers to as “rehearsal batons”. Ridiculous: on concert night, you really want to make sure everything looks and feels different than it has during all those difficult hours of rehearsal (that was sarcasm).

   Another funny moment: “some of them are even balanced”.

   God, I’m tired of people pretending to be experts.

   Here’s a link to an article mentioning Gergiev’s use of a toothpick or chopstick as a “rehearsal baton”
   http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/magazine/15gergiev-t.html
2. 
   s_haskins

   October 10, 2009 at 6:52 am

   SOrry for consecutive posting, but I just went to find out where this video came from: I knew before I looked. “Expert Village”. I swear this group is a literal farce, like Borat. All of their videos relating to music feature these incredibly sincere-sounding and incredibly ill-informed youngsters posing as experts, proselytizing in an incredibly foolish manner.

   Here’s a particularly funny one (watch at around :40, where he goes “sometimes it’s good to check”) Hilarious.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DwwSHC2jLs&feature=related

   Even better, here at about :40, where he goes “keep your wrist bent and your elbow up”. YOu never need to have touched a bass to know he’s not doing it right.

   Thanks again, Expert Village!