I just learned my first french horn joke! (How do you tune two french horns?)
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Laga - Jun 15, 2011 10:39:39 am PDT #4586 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 15, 2011 10:42:40 am PDT #4587 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
(what is the punchline?)
Liese S. - Jun 15, 2011 10:58:35 am PDT #4588 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
In a smaller orchestra where there are fewer parts overlapping, I can definitely pick out the individual players, especially if I know them and am used to their intonation or whatnot. Listening to the local symphony that the SO played with, I could pull out the 3rd trumpet part that was him (he hopped in midseason, so declined to challenge any chair, although he was clearly a better player (I dunno why I had to assert that, but there you go)) pretty easily. Although picking it out live is easier than listening to a recording without any visual cues to line up.
But it's a learned skill. I mean, I think in general, musicians have a hard time hearing themselves, which is what leads to the "more of me in the monitor" escalation problem. I always ask for less of me in my monitor, and I have nothing else in there at all because the stage levels are so hot overall. But that's because my job requires that I pick out one line of melody (on the same instrument as everyone else) in a roomful of cacophony, so it's a skillset I've deliberately worked on and improved over the years.
Laga - Jun 15, 2011 11:03:31 am PDT #4589 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
what is the punchline?
Shoot one of the players.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 15, 2011 11:06:19 am PDT #4590 of 6436
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That is sooo funny!
Lee - Jun 18, 2011 4:42:27 pm PDT #4591 of 6436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Amy - Jun 18, 2011 4:46:01 pm PDT #4592 of 6436
Because books.
Aw, damn. From the linked article:
During sessions for Springsteen's 1975 breakthrough "Born to Run," Clemons spent 16 hours recording his solo on "Jungleland," the nine-minute track that closes the album.
"Creating is like religion," Clemons said later of the marathon session. "I was willing to relinquish myself to him (Springsteen). I've had people say to me, 'That sax solo saved my life.' So I did my job."
I think I'm going to listen to it right now, and light a candle.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 18, 2011 7:21:29 pm PDT #4593 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ah, shit. I hadn't realized it was that bad.
Jon B. - Jun 19, 2011 3:38:11 am PDT #4594 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
R.I.P. Wild Man Fischer [link]
I love the Times' transcription of the lyrics to one of his songs:
Come on, let’s merry-go, MERRY-go, merry-go-round.
Boop-boop-boop. [This is Mr. Fischer making a calliope-like noise.]
Scrappy - Jun 19, 2011 8:23:27 am PDT #4595 of 6436
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw one of our new favorite bands last night, Dawes. If you dig smart rock with incredibly heart-lifting melodies, they are the band for you. [link]
They opened for a guy called Brett Dennen. Now, neither of us had heard of him until we bought tix for the she show. None of our friends had either--and we have a lot of music-mad friends. We bought his albums and he is a good songwriter with a quirky voice--he's pretty AOR for me, but definitely talented. They apparently use his songs on a lot of TV shows. The Orpheum was packed and people were NUTS over this guy. There was screaming and dancing and arm-waving. We were in the middle of an alternate universe where this guy was a huge star. We left the concert saying "Who ARE these people and where did they hear of this dude?"