Barbara Walters: So, Ari, just how did you get the nickname "Maestro"?

Ari "Maestro" Heinonen: Well, Barbara, here's the e-mail thread that led to my nickname...

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Subject: RE: JAM-O 
Date: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:05 AM

Maestro it is for Ari.  So decreed by the sound man! :-)

My favorite band name was always Melodious Funk, mostly because
I suggested it.  Sonic Transgression was also a good one, but
only fits a free-jazz fusion kind of thing.

Some group names with current themes:
Musicians of Mass Destruction (maybe better as an album name)
Saddam's Spider Hole
Saddams' Head Lice
Martha's Insider
Defrocking Janet

......

Sticks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Ryder, Bob SPAWAR [mailto:bob.ryder@navy.mil]
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:33 AM
> To: Heinonen Ari.J (Nokia-MP/SanDiego); Rethwish James
> (Nokia-MP/SanDiego); jgp@palen.com
> Subject: RE: JAM-O 
> 
> 
> Sounds like Ari wants to be called "maestro".  All in favor say "aye".
> My only reservation is it is two syllables but then again we never
> layed down any actual rules for the handles so I'm good with it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> As for the band name, I went down Joe's old listing and I had no
> idea there were so many proposed names....a few still cracked me up.
> There were the original two I thought we started meandering toward
> about the time Joe collaborated with RS.  I think they were 
> 
> "Glue Ponies" or "Rock The Dog".  Upon further inspection I thought
> "Acoustic Felony" and "Repeat Offenders" had a nice ring to them and
> some overall relevance to our tongue-in-cheek approach to 
> making tunes.
> The best thing about our playing style is nobody takes it too 
> seriously
> which keeps it fun.  BTW, it just occurred to me that Pat 
> Chin's bluegrass
> band mates ended up calling themselves "Virtual Strangers" 
> which was one of the
> names I thought somebody came for the VB'rs.  I might be wrong though.
> 
> I think the album name "Shitty Or Not, Here I Come" is very 
> appropriate.
> 
> Just my 2 cents
> Frets
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ari.j.heinonen@nokia.com [mailto:ari.j.heinonen@nokia.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:42 AM
> To: james.rethwish@nokia.com; Ryder, Bob SPAWAR; jgp@palen.com
> Subject: RE: JAM-O 
> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I had fun last it takes awhile to get into the groove of 
> being bass player.
> I'm surprised that my fingers are not sore (I guess it must 
> be the gear).
> They call me "maestro" on the other band. 
> We have used the "Rethwish" -theme in the past for the band 
> name ( names such as PurlJim, Rethwish Report)
> which Sticks is really happy about. Rethwish Quarterly, JRB 
> or maybe PHR (= Permanent Hair Removal)?
> 
> I'm tired, can you tell?
> 
> - arh.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rethwish James (Nokia-MP/SanDiego) 
> Sent: 11 February, 2004 8:40 AM
> To: 'ext Ryder, Bob SPAWAR'; jgp@palen.com; Heinonen Ari.J
> (Nokia-MP/SanDiego)
> Subject: RE: JAM-O 
> 
> 
> A little problem with "staying power" there, Bob-O-Rino?!?!?
> 
> Agreed that it was a good session.  The CD will be interesting,
> to say the least.  For next time, we can use the CD as a practice
> tool, plus fill out more of the "chart."  If we do this more often
> than once a year, we should be able to learn 10-12 songs easy.
> 
> Speaking of handles, did we ever agree on a name for the band?
> Gotta put sump'em on the CD case!
> 
> Sticks
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ext Ryder, Bob SPAWAR [mailto:bob.ryder@navy.mil]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:49 AM
> > To: jgp@palen.com; Rethwish James (Nokia-MP/SanDiego); 
> Heinonen Ari.J
> > (Nokia-MP/SanDiego)
> > Subject: JAM-O 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hey fellerzzzz
> > 
> > I don't know about you, but I am wiped out from
> > last night.  I don't think I ever played 4 hrs
> > straight in my life.  My fingers are so sore, I
> > can hardly type this.  All that bitching aside,
> > it was a bunch of fun and I can't wait to hear
> > the final mix.  I'm looking forward to hearing
> > 9 tracks of Jimbo soloing on the drums..har har!!
> > 
> > BTW, nice kit dude!  The whole rack mount system
> > was happening.  And as for the Goldtop all I can
> > say is "must be nice".  You gotta get that thing
> > strung up and plugged in for next time!
> > 
> > And as for Joemon....Happy Birthday!!!  We gotta
> > hook up and do a Mr. Sun run when I return to 
> > SPAWAR in March.
> > 
> > Later Boyz
> > frts
> > 
> > (BTW, we gotta get a handle for Ari.  We got Jim
> > "Sticks" Rethwish, Joe "Amps" Palen and Bob "Frets"
> > Ryder.  Any suggestions???  Slaps or Pops?)
> > 
>