Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Deleted member 268085]

Anyone can sing today with products such as Melodyne 5.

I've used Melodyne since v2. In addition to vocal tuning, I use it a lot for transcribing bass lines.

 

[notJaco]

This isn't uncommon. You can hold your instrument, just don't hit it.

It is awkward. I remained an active part of the band while I had my carpal tunnel surgery on both hands...one at a time. We hired the drummer's brother to play bass and I stood up there and sang my harmony parts with the two gal singers clapping one hand against my leg or something...swaying back and forth. I don't remember. Can't really dance the way the girls did.

 

[Jeff Scott]

This isn't uncommon. You can hold your instrument, just don't hit it.

Can we still hit the singer with it?

 

[notJaco]

Can we still hit the singer with it?

I've taken down a couple cymbal stands with it in my time.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I've used Melodyne since v2. In addition to vocal tuning, I use it a lot for transcribing bass lines.

Only drawback is the cost. Big plus that you can fix a messy performnce.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Can we still hit the singer with it?

Band's best friend.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

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[GonePlaid]

Absatively. American Airlines is my vastly preferred US carrier.

My preferred is National but since they're long gone...

 

[GonePlaid]

Can we still hit the singer with it?

Of course.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Harpo would have been proud!

 

[GonePlaid]

Harpo would have been proud!

I've never really understood how/why harmonicas became known as 'harps'(I know, short for "mouth harp"). No similarity whatsoever. [my kind of 'harpie']
That's gotta require one helluva gig bag.
Dang! They were good. Still around?

 

[Jeff Scott]

I've never really understood how/why harmonicas became known as 'harps'(I know, short for "mouth harp"). No similarity whatsoever. [my kind of 'harpie']
That's gotta require one helluva gig bag.
Dang! They were good. Still around?

Yes, Special EFX is still very much around. Chieli has been using various musicians over the years as he can get them to create different version of the band. I first saw them in the late '80s (I've been into their music since 1984) when George Jinda was still around, and again in 1991 with George (he died shortly thereafter). Then, in more recent years I have seen Special EFX a bunch of times with some very special musicians, such as Karen Briggs and Eric Marienthal. The last time I saw Chiele was in October '19. He sends out a newsletter so I know he has shows currently lined up through this year.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Here is a harp that Rickenbacker "electrified" way back in the century for Harpo Marx.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

My preferred is National but since they're long gone...

 

[Jeff Scott]

Chieli Minucci

Don't watch this on an empty stomach!

 

[GonePlaid]

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I had a friend that worked for National(orange division). When they merged with Pan Am(blue division), ex-National employees got 'hosed'. She quit shortly after the merger.

 

[beans-on-toast]

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Uniforms were different in the late 60's into the 70's.

TWA:

SouthWest

 

[GwenOnBass]

New uniforms are a big deal for FAs. Our new uniforms are sharp, and we know we're hot pewp, one of my friends recalls. She worked for TWA. There are definitely privileges that come with the job. Not something I entertained for myself, as to me it's all a civilian version of military. It's a hard job, too, mostly because of the self-loading cargo.

I notice female FAs on different national carriers have preferred hairstyles. It seems to me the FA's presentation is intended to show national pride.

 

[Winslow]

It seems to me the FA's presentation is intended to show national pride.

I'd concur with that.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Flight attendants were the face of the company so they had to be good hostesses. Many liked the travel and layovers. I see some overseas flight crews (Emirates was one as I recall) checking into downtown hotels rather than ones near the airport. They look like they wear expensive tailored uniforms.

A cousin had a job with a travel agency. She travelled the world inspecting and rating airlines, hotels, food establishments, city tours... What a job.

Then there was Hooters Air. Maybe they were for resort charters. Not much class.

 

[Winslow]

Then there was Hooters Air. Maybe they were for resort charters. Not much class.

Generally speaking, no one ever went to Hooters anything in search of "class." This is no reflection on the ladies themselves, so much as it is the notions of their customers, spurred on by the advertising of the company. I've known a few "Hooters girls" who were quite nice, and yes, classy in their own conduct.