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I am NOT banned from 8notes.com. I have just had some hard times lately and have taken a leave from posting. Thank you for the continued support from my friends here and elsewhere. Thank you for making my profile page one of the most visited on this site. Please avoid judging a DVD by its cover (TLDR) and keep up the love. Thanks! Your buddy, Phil

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I play the clarinet better than a machine can. Actually my nickname IS "the Machine" and I live up to it every day of my life. I can play eighth notes and quarter notes. When I am at community band and I have sixteenth notes, I just wait until the eighth notes come back. I can play the crap out of those when the time is right.

You will find that I am very opinionated but I have a softer side too. I like moonlit strolls on the boardwalk and gorgonzola cheese. For the perfect date I would take you down to the beach and bring my clarinet with me. I would start out by playing some whole notes for you. Then, when things get more exciting, I will switch to quarter notes and after that you know... (eighth notes baby!)

Clarinet, Gorgonzola cheese and of course, the ladies. I consider myself quite the ladies man and a very good catch. Many women have commented on the quality of my collection of fine clarinets. Some of the prize clarinets in the mix are the clarinets played by Robert Marcellus, the ex-principal clarinetist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Talk about sexy clarinet playing! He played a pair of Vito Bb's that are unmatched in quality and response.