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GeekNights 071129 - Musical Instruments
Tonight on GeekNights, Scott and I submit for your consideration a proposal regarding musical instruments. In the news, social networking is maligned unfairly, yet often poorly used regardless, and Nero is getting into the DVR market.
Scott's Thing - Would he run?
Rym's Thing - Don't do this to your grandmother.
Anyone can play the harmonica.
Scott's Thing - Would he run?
Rym's Thing - Don't do this to your grandmother.
Anyone can play the harmonica.
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Now I can expect anything from the world. Something inside me want to believe it is computer generated but I do not dare to watch it
[Edit] Nevermind, I just checked. Must of seen it in Shonen Jump when I used to read it.
I doubt it beats the cup. Nothing is scarier than that cup.
- The, uh, 'substance' in the cup is almost certainly not the substance you think it is; rather it is an edible substitute. Not that it helps much....
- Hikaru No Go is awesome, and I recommend the manga over the anime. I devoured the whole series over a couple of days.
- Scott's stringed instrument could've been some kind of zither.
- Everyone hates the sound of thirty kids playing recorder. But if you don't like the sound of these recorders, you will never like any recorder music.
- Instuments I own and play: flute, keyboard (connected to computer playing VSTs), and EWI.
Good episode!I saw the first few seconds of 2 Girls a while back and turned it off immediately, some really sick stuff.
I have always liked the harmonica. I've got one at home. Has anyone found any other free instruction other than what's on Youtube. I'll post whatever I find. If it is going to be a secret geek whistle maybe we should pick a tune.
I really enjoyed this podcast. It was nostalgic because it reminded me of how I became introduced to musical instruments. Like Scrym, I was introduced to the recorder in the 4th grade. I can only imagine how much pain I caused my family when practicing it at home, however I was very enthusiastic about playing a musical instrument. It then lead to me to play the clarinet. I became in love. I would practice for hours every day. I was, for most part, 1st chair in my class. I was the only freshman in Symphonic Band and holding either 1st or 2nd chair. I was pretty badass, however, I quit my Junior year. Things changed. I didn't enjoy band as I once did, however, part of me wonders what would have been if I continued.
Now typing this, I just recalled a pretty hilarious story from my band days and how I failed miserably on epic proportions in a flute/clarinet duet at a regional competition. Instead of writing a long story, I'll give the jist of it. I was a sophomore paired up with a senior to do perform a duet at the regional competition or whatever it was called. We never really practiced or prepared for the thing. I basically thought, we could totally wing it. The day of the competition, I was nervous as all hell. I knew we were gonna suck major ass. At our performance, we messed up in the middle. We had to stop and start again. We messed up again. Then for some reason, I started laughing. One of those giggles that once you start, you can't stop. For some reason, I couldn't continue playing. Whenever I tried to play again, I would burst out giggling. This giggle became infectious. My partner started laughing. Then my band members, who came to watch us perform, started laughing. Eventually we finished the piece.
After a few minutes, ultimate horror and embarrassment hit me. I started bawling in tears. I realized what I did, and how stupid I must have looked. I was crying so hard in front of the Judge during our critique. He must have felt really bad for us. He comforted me and told me it was probably nerves. He ended up giving us a 3/5, with 5 being the highest. We so deserved a 2 if not a 1.
When I think about it now, I think it was pretty damn funny. ^_^
Good luck with the harmonica playing. I think it would be cool to hear you guys play sometime. Hearing you guys talk about harmonicas and it being the holiday season, gives me the urge to go watch "A Chipmunk Christmas". I used to listen to that story on cassette tape every year at Christmas time. Ahh, nostalgia.
And btw, Rym, it's "One-a-penny, two-a-penny. Hot Cross Buns" ^_~
Can you defend this statement a little more? It would seem that you're ignoring those of us with no musical skill, talent, or interest. Let's be honest here, music knowledge won't get you anywhere. Come on, a music major? Where would that get you? If you enjoy it, go ahead, just don't force the rest of us into it.
Note: I'm not arguing about offering music classes, I'm arguing against requiring music classes.
It's for your own good, like it or not. I may not be a fan of marching bands and such, but a school that lets a kid get away without music education isn't doing its job.
I remember my sister grabbed a recorder for her school, so I picked up another one for myself, and on the way back in the car I was playing Ironman and Louie, Louie.
Oh, and I think that trumpet's the new thing now. Everyone at school wants to play it for the kick-ass solos they get, but then we end up getting a bunch of sucky players.
And besides... Euros are geeky cool. Dry abstracts are much less so. You guys just suffered a loss of 3 "cool" points in my book.
As for a deep two player game, War of the Ring is a surprisingly deep two player game with a number of paths to victory. I played it for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and I was amazed at how deep it is. It's a good combination of chess and a boardgame. It's dripping with theme as well. More experienced players have an advantage for sure, but not as much as in chess or Go.
The music story was interesting and mirrored a lot of what my brother did except he plays the flute and he opted for Engineering and Commerce instead of Music. He also likes to play the Trumpet but only bought a fairly low priced trumpet because it's not his primary instrument (his flute cost $2000 or so). At least he ended up winning a bunch of competitions and being touring the country in the high school Jazz band. In the school he went to, everyone at middle school had to at least try to learn music and pick an instrument for a semester to play and those who are good continue on with it up till graduation. However the marching band thing is not really present in Australia,it's more to do with the school bands and getting into the top band is completely dependant on individual ability as is scoring.
There is this kid on the skateboard saying "this is a quadruple kickflip", sinks in for the jump and just as he is about to pop, this other kid jumps in front of the camera and screams. Not scared or shocked at all, all I can think is "that is pathetic". I glance over at the "related videos" bar and see two other videos, also about 8 seconds long, saying quadruple kickflip.
Both of them are the same bullshit just one with a clown face and the other the shock face (you know which one I mean).
In general I stay clear of things like that, since I really don't like being scared and I don't want to deal with disgusting stuff, but this was just so laughable bad, and I enjoy the thought of irony that comes when I think that the kids that made these videos believe to be so cool.