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Start here => M.O.-Introductions => Ask Away Threads => Topic started by: "couldbecousin" on April 02, 2011, 08:32:39 PM
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I'll begin!
1.) How did you choose your name? (Sorry if you already explained, but I can't remember! :laugh: )
2.) How did you decide on the clarinet as your instrument of choice? :toporly:
3.) Do you play any other instruments? Do you sing? :notes:
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1.) How did you choose your name? (Sorry if you already explained, but I can't remember! laugh )
I chose it ages ago, so I can't entirely remember, but the first part is a play on "sock puppet" (don't ask me why), and I just think penguins are cool.
2.) How did you decide on the clarinet as your instrument of choice? srsly!
Originally I had wanted to play the flute, but the clarinet was the only instrument that my school hadn't sent away for repairs at the time. The music teacher took me to hear some other students playing the clarinet, and I thought it sounded nice enough and so decided to play it.
3.) Do you play any other instruments? Do you sing? Notes
Yes, I also play the piano, violin, viola, saxophone, recorder, slide whistle, tin whistle, guitar, bagpipes, bugle, harmonica and I can play the oboe and flute a little. And I compose; I'm doing my Master's in composition.
I can carry a tune, but I wouldn't call myself a singer. I keep meaning to get singing lessons/join a choir, but I haven't got around to it.
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Holy cow! You are a one-woman band! :orly:
I agree that penguins are cool. Did you see March of the Penguins back in 2005? :heart:
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No, I didn't, but I did see Happy Feet.
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Holy cow! You are a one-woman band! :orly:
Wow. Agreed.
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Holy cow! You are a one-woman band! :orly:
Wow. Agreed.
If I could play them all at once I'd be a true band. :green:
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Thrown in some percussion and you'd be an orchestra.
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I can do a basic rock beat on a drumkit, does that count? :zoinks:
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It has to. :laugh:
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I can do a basic rock beat on a drumkit, does that count? :zoinks:
That's awesome! DANCE PARTY! :rock:
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How many students are you teaching on average over the past 6 months?
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On average around 15-20 per week.
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On average around 15-20 per week.
Individually, or in small groups?
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Individually.
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:notes: Have you ever been tried to teach someone who loved music but had no singing or playing ability whatsoever? :notes:
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Have you ever used corporal punishment to correct wayward students? :zoinks:
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Have you ever used corporal punishment to correct wayward students? :zoinks:
Go post some more bad songs or you'll be sorry! :spank:
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:notes: Have you ever been tried to teach someone who loved music but had no singing or playing ability whatsoever? :notes:
Yes.
Have you ever used corporal punishment to correct wayward students? :zoinks:
No, but for you I will. :zoinks:
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Some music teacher on TV (I think, it was years ago that I saw this) said she could teach anyone to sing at least fairly well.
She said anyone can sing, any voice can be trained. Is she right? What about tone-deaf people? :orly:
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Some music teacher on TV (I think, it was years ago that I saw this) said she could teach anyone to sing at least fairly well.
She said anyone can sing, any voice can be trained. Is she right? What about tone-deaf people? :orly:
I'm not a singer, but I haven't yet met anyone who I couldn't teach to at least get a tune out of their instrument. Normally, even the worst-sounding playing is due to at most 3 issues of technique.
Never had someone who was actually tone-deaf; most people who think they are aren't.
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Do you have a clarinet made of lignum vitae? If not, what is your clarinet made of?
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Do you have a clarinet made of lignum vitae? If not, what is your clarinet made of?
Nope.
I have one made from hard resin and two made from grenadilla.
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Do you have a clarinet made of lignum vitae? If not, what is your clarinet made of?
Nope.
I have one made from hard resin and two made from grenadilla.
I see that grenadilla is related to cocobolo and has good density. I have cocobolo grips for my 1911 pistols. If someone attacked you would you bash their noggin with your grenadilla clarinet? Or would you hesitate out of consideration for your clarinet getting hurt?
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What kind of music teacher are you? I thought you taught at some school.
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What kind of wood are your reeds made of? I never paid much attention to that when I used to play. :orly:
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if you found yourself at a karaoke, and it was 'your go' what song would you sing?
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What kind of music teacher are you? I thought you taught at some school.
I teach individual lessons at home and also at a music store/tuition place. I have had work at a school before, but that was just a temporary contract.
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What kind of wood are your reeds made of? I never paid much attention to that when I used to play. :orly:
I think they're typically made of cane.
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if you found yourself at a karaoke, and it was 'your go' what song would you sing?
Right now the only songs that are coming to mind are Stayin' Alive, which irritates me, and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuKxL4LOqc
which I think is awesome, but which I can't actually sing as it goes way above my vocal range.
I don't really know too much karaoke-suited music actually; perhaps if you provided a list I could choose from it?
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How are you liking all this manipulation so far? :zoinks:
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Is there anywhere online we can hear your work?
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if you found yourself at a karaoke, and it was 'your go' what song would you sing?
Right now the only songs that are coming to mind are Stayin' Alive, which irritates me, and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuKxL4LOqc
which I think is awesome, but which I can't actually sing as it goes way above my vocal range.
I don't really know too much karaoke-suited music actually; perhaps if you provided a list I could choose from it?
I dislike it too. Just once, and i was very drunk, i had to participate with my sisters-in-law and we sang Destiny's Child very badly. Don't worry
about answering it now, as it was a bit of a bum question. (i was trying to get your post count up to 500 along with a few other folks on here ) so you would become an 'Elder'
So, well done! :2thumbsup:
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How are you liking all this manipulation so far? :zoinks:
I feel terribly manipulated by all these innocent, reasonable questions. Vengeance will be mine.
How did this "questions = manipulation" thing start anyway?
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Is there anywhere online we can hear your work?
I've posted a couple of pieces to my YouTube channel. They are just the playback from my notation software and as such don't give a complete picture of the sound, but if anyone's really interested I could post them here.
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Is there anywhere online we can hear your work?
I've posted a couple of pieces to my YouTube channel. They are just the playback from my notation software and as such don't give a complete picture of the sound, but if anyone's really interested I could post them here.
:2thumbsup:
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if you found yourself at a karaoke, and it was 'your go' what song would you sing?
I dislike it too. Just once, and i was very drunk, i had to participate with my sisters-in-law and we sang Destiny's Child very badly. Don't worry
about answering it now, as it was a bit of a bum question. (i was trying to get your post count up to 500 along with a few other folks on here ) so you would become an 'Elder'
So, well done! :2thumbsup:
I was trying to get my post count to 500 last night; that's what all my posts in the quizzes forum were for.
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Is there anywhere online we can hear your work?
I've posted a couple of pieces to my YouTube channel. They are just the playback from my notation software and as such don't give a complete picture of the sound, but if anyone's really interested I could post them here.
:2thumbsup:
Does that mean "Yes, post them"?
In this thread or in the Submissions forum?
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Do you have a clarinet made of lignum vitae? If not, what is your clarinet made of?
Nope.
I have one made from hard resin and two made from grenadilla.
I see that grenadilla is related to cocobolo and has good density. I have cocobolo grips for my 1911 pistols. If someone attacked you would you bash their noggin with your grenadilla clarinet? Or would you hesitate out of consideration for your clarinet getting hurt?
You didn't answer this one PSP.
How are you liking all this manipulation so far? :zoinks:
I feel terribly manipulated by all these innocent, reasonable questions. Vengeance will be mine.
How did this "questions = manipulation" thing start anyway?
It's not manipulation if we do it for your own good. :zoinks:
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Do you have a clarinet made of lignum vitae? If not, what is your clarinet made of?
Nope.
I have one made from hard resin and two made from grenadilla.
I see that grenadilla is related to cocobolo and has good density. I have cocobolo grips for my 1911 pistols. If someone attacked you would you bash their noggin with your grenadilla clarinet? Or would you hesitate out of consideration for your clarinet getting hurt?
You didn't answer this one PSP.
Unless they attacked me while I was playing it, it would waste too much time to take it out of its case. I'd bash them with the case.
How are you liking all this manipulation so far? :zoinks:
I feel terribly manipulated by all these innocent, reasonable questions. Vengeance will be mine.
How did this "questions = manipulation" thing start anyway?
It's not manipulation if we do it for your own good. :zoinks:
That's what they all say.
I'm pretty sure I've screwed up the quoting here.
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How are you liking all this manipulation so far? :zoinks:
I feel terribly manipulated by all these innocent, reasonable questions. Vengeance will be mine.
How did this "questions = manipulation" thing start anyway?
Remember the sinboldly and me incident? Well she and meadow were having a personal attack war against each other during the moderator purge thing. Well meadow and I started talking in PM and then to email and I decided to get to know her and start a conversation with her so I asked her questions and she answered them all and then she said on AFF I was manipulating her so she questioned my diagnoses. She also made a big deal out of me asking her "personal" questions but the thing is if she had a problem with it, why did she answer them then? See that's what I don't get so I think she is full of games. It was duckfetishgirl that figured out when you ask her too many questions, she thinks you're manipulating her. When DFG came back to this forum and posted about how meadow flipped out at me about it, I decided to start the questions=manipulation. It's a joke of course, a way to poke fun at her. Maybe it should be a meme here now.
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Okay musicgirl, what do you think of Thijs van Leer's vocal skills? Warning: a wrong answer can get Hyke and Lutra riled up, they are nationalist and xenophobic. :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI)
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Thanks for explaining that, Kit.
Okay musicgirl, what do you think of Thijs van Leer's vocal skills? Warning: a wrong answer can get Hyke and Lutra riled up, they are nationalist and xenophobic. :zoinks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDW9b_ejfI)
I will get back to you when I'm not on a connection that's at dialup speed.
What's the correct answer? Riling up xenophobic nationalists is one of my favourite things.
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He is Dutch and so are they. :evillaugh:
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Ah... well... my answer is "whatever opinion is least offensive to those who might be disposed to give me a billion dollars".
Andre Rieu is also Dutch and his style of music bores me, although he can play very well.
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Ah... well... my answer is "whatever opinion is least offensive to those who might be disposed to give me a billion dollars".
Andre Rieu is also Dutch and his style of music bores me, although he can play very well.
Interesting answer. Have you ever considered working for this dept? > http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html (http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html) They need people who duck questions. :hahaha:
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Ah... well... my answer is "whatever opinion is least offensive to those who might be disposed to give me a billion dollars".
Andre Rieu is also Dutch and his style of music bores me, although he can play very well.
Interesting answer. Have you ever considered working for this dept? > http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html (http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html) They need people who duck questions. :hahaha:
I didn't duck the question, I skirted it.
Also: Hello, Guests! How are your days going?
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Ah... well... my answer is "whatever opinion is least offensive to those who might be disposed to give me a billion dollars".
Andre Rieu is also Dutch and his style of music bores me, although he can play very well.
Interesting answer. Have you ever considered working for this dept? > http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html (http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html) They need people who duck questions. :hahaha:
I didn't duck the question, I skirted it.
Also: Hello, Guests! How are your days going?
:lol: That is a funny non answer there.
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Ah... well... my answer is "whatever opinion is least offensive to those who might be disposed to give me a billion dollars".
Andre Rieu is also Dutch and his style of music bores me, although he can play very well.
Interesting answer. Have you ever considered working for this dept? > http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html (http://www.dfat.gov.au/jobs/index.html) They need people who duck questions. :hahaha:
I didn't duck the question, I skirted it.
Also: Hello, Guests! How are your days going?
:lol: That is a funny non answer there.
I see you're following suit by posting non-questions.
To be honest, I haven't actually got around to watching the video yet; I've been busy revising my listening list for this exam I have today.
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You mentioned that you teach your music students one at a time. Have you ever taught a whole classroom at once?
(Sorry if you have already answered this elsewhere.)
Would you be teaching classes as a Ph.D., or would you be looking to get into research more than lecturing? 8)
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Are you afraid to give Thijs van Leer a bad review because of Hyke and Lutra's vicious reputations? :zoinks: Dutch people use their klompen as weapons. :viking:
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You mentioned that you teach your music students one at a time. Have you ever taught a whole classroom at once?
(Sorry if you have already answered this elsewhere.)
Would you be teaching classes as a Ph.D., or would you be looking to get into research more than lecturing? 8)
Not a whole classroom, but I have taught small groups.
Probably both. Lecturing would provide a bit more of a stable income, but I really enjoy research.
Are you afraid to give Thijs van Leer a bad review because of Hyke and Lutra's vicious reputations? :zoinks: Dutch people use their klompen as weapons. :viking:
Excuse me, I am not NOT brave! The reason why I haven't watched and reviewed the video is because I'm being lazy. So there.
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Dutch people use their klompen as weapons. :viking:
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Now I get why Les behaves when Hyke is around. :zoinks:
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I've been listening to :notes: beautiful movie-soundtrack music :notes: and I'm wondering:
Do you have any favorite movie soundtracks and/or favorite movie-soundtrack composers?
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Do you like the relaxing sounds of KMFDM?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KU4eTfRHNI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KU4eTfRHNI)
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I've been listening to :notes: beautiful movie-soundtrack music :notes: and I'm wondering:
Do you have any favorite movie soundtracks and/or favorite movie-soundtrack composers?
I like a lot of the music that Danny Elfman writes for movies.
John Williams I'm not such a fan of; his music does go well with the movies but as music-in-itself it's not all that great IMO, and I wish that orchestras wouldn't play it in concert.
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I've been listening to :notes: beautiful movie-soundtrack music :notes: and I'm wondering:
Do you have any favorite movie soundtracks and/or favorite movie-soundtrack composers?
I like a lot of the music that Danny Elfman writes for movies.
John Williams I'm not such a fan of; his music does go well with the movies but as music-in-itself it's not all that great IMO, and I wish that orchestras wouldn't play it in concert.
Ever since I began using my computer to listen to music, I've loved finding soundtrack stuff.
Elliot Goldenthal has written a lot of my favorite movie music, including the score for Alien3.
(Actually the first two Alien movies had great music as well, IMO, by Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner, respectively. :nerdy:
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I've been listening to :notes: beautiful movie-soundtrack music :notes: and I'm wondering:
Do you have any favorite movie soundtracks and/or favorite movie-soundtrack composers?
I like a lot of the music that Danny Elfman writes for movies.
John Williams I'm not such a fan of; his music does go well with the movies but as music-in-itself it's not all that great IMO, and I wish that orchestras wouldn't play it in concert.
Ever since I began using my computer to listen to music, I've loved finding soundtrack stuff.
Elliot Goldenthal has written a lot of my favorite movie music, including the score for Alien3.
(Actually the first two Alien movies had great music as well, IMO, by Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner, respectively. :nerdy:
Some movies that I can recall enjoying the soundtrack of were Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
PPK, I'm not ignoring your music videos, I just haven't had the right combination of a few spare minutes and a decent internet connection that would allow me to watch them.
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Collections do you have any? My wife collects Penguins BTW
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Collections do you have any? My wife collects Penguins BTW
I have quite a large rock and shell collection, but I haven't added to it for a while.
Should I be worried about your wife stealing me and putting me on a shelf?
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Collections do you have any? My wife collects Penguins BTW
I have quite a large rock and shell collection, but I haven't added to it for a while.
Should I be worried about your wife stealing me and putting me on a shelf?
Are you aware that this song has "put me on a shelf" in the lyrics? :viking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-S5M9oD2wc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-S5M9oD2wc)
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No, I was not aware of that. Is it about autistic penguins?
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No, I was not aware of that. Is it about autistic penguins?
We ask the questions here missy. You skirt them :zoinks:
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Have you ever encountered a wild kookaburra and is it true the sound they make sounds like a laughing monkey?
(man, pfff, I'm a tough interviewer) :nerdy:
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Have you ever encountered a wild kookaburra and is it true the sound they make sounds like a laughing monkey?
(man, pfff, I'm a tough interviewer) :nerdy:
Yes, kookaburras often sit on my front fence and laugh.
I don't know what a monkey's laugh sounds like, so I can't answer the second part of the question.
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Hopefully you will get hi speed internet again soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNXKOChi8w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNXKOChi8w)
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Hopefully you will get hi speed internet again soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNXKOChi8w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNXKOChi8w)
I'm on a decent connection ATM.
That is adorable. Kookaburras don't sound quite like it; they sound a lot less human.
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OK, another question.. (with a tad of intro needed, I think.. )
Well, you love music and I do too, no kid ya.. but you have decent schooling and you're even composing classical music yourself. Where I have trouble to 'stramine' and tend to just fool around mostly/improvise between jazz and pop music a bit, in quite limited mus. scales tbh, on my piano.... but but but which simple clas. piano-based piece of music you recommend me to listen to?
Well, I love Bill Evans on Miles David's 'kind of blue' album, a lot myself.. He's, I think, my favourite (freely) piano playing composers but what's yours, piano-based-wise?
Um, is that a solid question? (dunno)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkfI-gXiyDI&feature=player_profilepage#t=12s
Just the first 18 seconds. This guy is good for everything :evillaugh:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkfI-gXiyDI&feature=player_profilepage#t=12s
Just the first 18 seconds. This guy is good for everything :evillaugh:
You're just mad because he is just laughing like a crookafella(?) ??? at you. :hahaha: :lol:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkfI-gXiyDI&feature=player_profilepage#t=12s
Just the first 18 seconds. This guy is good for everything :evillaugh:
You're just mad because he is just laughing like a crookafella(?) ??? at you. :hahaha: :lol:
Cookaburra :P
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Okay then, he is laughing like a kookabura. I should go to his site and credit him with forcing mla's resignation. :2thumbsup:
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Okay then, he is laughing like a kookabura. I should go to his site and credit him with forcing mla's resignation. :2thumbsup:
There is a plan in the works as soon as I get my tribute video for poor tinkerbell. :autism:
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Okay then, he is laughing like a kookabura. I should go to his site and credit him with forcing mla's resignation. :2thumbsup:
There is a plan in the works as soon as I get my tribute video for poor tinkerbell. :autism:
:lol:
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OK, another question.. (with a tad of intro needed, I think.. )
Well, you love music and I do too, no kid ya.. but you have decent schooling and you're even composing classical music yourself. Where I have trouble to 'stramine' and tend to just fool around mostly/improvise between jazz and pop music a bit, in quite limited mus. scales tbh, on my piano.... but but but which simple clas. piano-based piece of music you recommend me to listen to?
Well, I love Bill Evans on Miles David's 'kind of blue' album, a lot myself.. He's, I think, my favourite (freely) piano playing composers but what's yours, piano-based-wise?
Um, is that a solid question? (dunno)
Schubert would have to be about my favourite composer for the piano, and Bartok, but Bartok's music doesn't always fit the definition of "simple".
Here is one recommendation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZpDl8YxjA
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^ Ah, thanks for the effort, PSP. Um, when I was young my mother played quite a bit of Schubert on the piano.. listening to recommendation reminds me of that. Ja, do think Schubert is more 'accessible' than Bartok. Listening to it now (Lang Lang playing Piano Sonata 1) and it sounds way more complex. Not simple.
Well, I wish you luck with your music 'adventures', PSP. (Um, composing your Magnum Opus.) :viking:
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To me, Bartok sounds like a Klingon name.
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To me, Bartok sounds like a Klingon name.
Klingons are pricks. If you don't like their music they will force feed you a plaste of klingon worms and beat you. :hide:
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Why did you choose your name?
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.......... Where are you? :-\