"Drums: ..to inspire the troops and frighten the enemy." from a Musician's Dictionary!

Hahahah...

What's the difference between a violist and a dog?
The dog knows when to stop scratching.

Thank you Teo.
This is a really funny post.

Love,
Vicky

How can you tell which kid on the playground is the trombone player's kid?
He doesn,t know how to work the slide and he can,t swing!

That's some good stuff. I always heard it as a question: "Who hangs out with musicians?"

Answer: Percussionists.

Teo can tell you, of course that a piano is also a percusion instrument. I'm not so sure about them thar midi board things. They could be more akin to virginals and harpsichords and the like.

The attached was produced on the Commodore 64 which, as I recall did record in real time, although you might call it an early sequencer. I've become a bit fascinated with it like a collector of Pop Art might find that unique and strange. All the C-64 musicians are getting gray and strange to say, now they practically give it away.

You do need a sid player and some of it still plays on the Virtual Machine versions of the C-64 and Amiga that go for 29 bucks per emulator if you like that sort of thing. I think it may be Mac only from Roland Lieger in Germany.

As percussion instruments go, it has to be one of the stranger ones in terms of those unique timbres that some may wish would go away!

Enjoy this loop. Keep it end user please, and don't sell it. . . (this is givnology isn't it)?

Etymology

The title for the song "Axel F" comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley in the film Beverly Hills Cop. The musical key of the song alternates between F minor and F major, a further reference to the character.

Thanks to Danny Bouzaglo for sharing this bit which the Sid Player graciously exported as an aiff and which I rendered as stereo with ProTools through a SoundToys™ phaser; and thanks to the C-64 on line community for keeping that stuff alive in VM form. . .

I thought you windows users should get a bite at it now that cross platform issues are not so insurmountable. Love that Flip for Mac app. The best apps cost 29 dollars. Actually the two way flip for mac that opens WMV and also creates WMV from Quicktime is 49 bucks and worth it. They don't make it for system nine and promise not to. Shucks.

Quoth the Pogo: "we have met the enemy and they is us!"

HaHa very funny.

Q: How many female singers does it take to sing "Crazy?"
A: All of them

Cool post Teo!

Yogie, thanks for sharing this info even tough I do not have any musical knowledge and did not understand much of it...

Ladies...the jokes are

Love,
Sylvie

Thank you for the amusing post.
I wonder what the composers would say to this.

Well, let us hope that they continue to rest in peace.

Sincerely,
Gisele

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Originally posted by dear Gisele:
Thank you for the amusing post.
I wonder what the composers would say to this.

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Well, let us hope that they continue to rest in peace.

I'm sure they are..

And if they need any counting sheep...


There we go! Nighty night...

Thank you for the hilarious post.

Why do you close your eyes while playing the piano?"
"So I can't see the agony of the audience."



Some pianists frighten the audience away.
Maybe they can get rid of the enemy?