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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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And Monica Lewinsky excelled in her high school marching band where she specialized in moistening all the mouth pieces in the reed section before each rehearsal.
Being a sax player in the band, Clinton never got the chance to see Monica's special skills until much later in life.
Being a sax player in the band, Clinton never got the chance to see Monica's special skills until much later in life.
Playing in a punk rock band that plays all originals is a surefire way to get chicks.
If you come back from a loud rock concert and there is ringing in your ears, then you may or may not have cause permanent hearing damage.
To ascertain if you have any damage, first determine at what pitch your ears are ringing.
A, B, C, D, E, F, or G
Vowels are softer on your ears than consonants, so if your ears are ringing a pitch of "A" or "E", then you've done no damage.
Ringing "C" or "F", then you've incurred minor damage that may become more apparent later in life.
Pitched ringing of "B" or "D" means your hearing has sustained heavy damage and the effects will be known immediately to you.
If the ringing in your ears is a "G" note, then you are going straight to hell buster!
To ascertain if you have any damage, first determine at what pitch your ears are ringing.
A, B, C, D, E, F, or G
Vowels are softer on your ears than consonants, so if your ears are ringing a pitch of "A" or "E", then you've done no damage.
Ringing "C" or "F", then you've incurred minor damage that may become more apparent later in life.
Pitched ringing of "B" or "D" means your hearing has sustained heavy damage and the effects will be known immediately to you.
If the ringing in your ears is a "G" note, then you are going straight to hell buster!
The worst case is ringing on H - that's when you've listened to way too much downtuned German death metal.
Guitar string manufacturers purposely put balls on one end of a string and silk on the other to remind players of the importance of hand placement when playing their instruments. If you play closer to the neck (towards the silk) end of the string yours notes will sound silky smooth. If you play closer to bridge (towards the ball end of the string) your notes will have more attack or "balls".
When you said balls on one end I thought you were going to make an inappropriate joke, but since you didn't...
If your guitard is a real Richard, you should buy him a Wangcaster. They're known to help guitards wank less on-stage!
To get the very best blues sound out of your instruments, soak them in the Mississippi before each gig.
To get that Beatles sound, you should of course soak your instruments in the Mersey. Dangle them from the side of the Mountwood Ferry.
The Beatles were the first straight edge band and they kicked Zappa out for doing drugs and being weird.
The mystery of the best pick for metal has been solved. Allround metal picks are an illusion. For heavy metal lead alloys are most suitable. For speed metal titanium picks are an absolute must have. Hard rock, as one might expect, is best played with granite picks.
