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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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In a different and unrelated story, Sonny can no longer Cher his thoughts on why virtue and Chastity are a pro-Bono position from a legal stand point.
"I Got You Babe" was a song written and performed by Sonny and Cher about how to catch a greased pig.
Sonny claimed that Cher would sit on him and tickle his feet until he laughed so hard he cried.
The entire soundtrack for the Good, the Bad & the Ugly was actually played on kazoos and produced by Roy Thomas Baker to sound like an orchestra & a guitar or whatever Ennio Morricone wanted it to.
The reason they are called 'spagetti westerns' is because all basses were strung with spagetti. Since round pasta gives a brighter sound, some players preferring a more vintage sound used linguini.
Many credit Leo Fender with inventing the electric bass. But Ravi Shankar was dissatisfied with the sound he was getting from his bass sitar. He put together a prototype electric bass sitar that worked well. He showed it to Leo Fender and Fender then copied it. When George Harrison found out that Fender had stolen Shankar's design, he never played another Fender.
Flea is not really a flea.
Sting is not really a covert police operation.
Dusty Hill is... oh forget it.
Sting is not really a covert police operation.
Dusty Hill is... oh forget it.
Yes, kazoos were used in the original recording of the song for a very good reason. It's a very complex song with many overlapping parts and requires many players each playing their specific part to pull it off correctly. Most stages just don't have enough room for all those players up there at the same time so the kazoo was used as a space saver vs all the guitars that would have been required. Here's a tribute band trying to pull it off using something bigger than a kazoo and smaller than a guitar...
A recent study shows Tickle me Elmo a very popular toy for young children has some subliminal messages in one of the dolls songs thorough the laughter. Scientist have under covered a very disturbing message. But since this finding all of them involved have met a tragic end! So I dare not display it here in fear for my life. Go out and purchase one and listen yourself if you dare! mo----ha-ha-ha
At one time I wanted to become a Flamingo Guitarist, but I had such a difficult time trying to get those stupid pink birds to hold still I gave up! Seriously, here's a pic from one of my practice sessions...
I'm always looking for unique guitar straps. A while back I was driving to work one day and came across some road kill critter that I thought would make a neat strap. So I stopped and picked it up, took it home and used the pelt for my bass strap. The fur strap looks real nice with my black bass. The only problem is, now everybody claims my playing stinks. I wouldn't have thought a strap would make a difference in my sound.
Here's a pic of the new roadkill strap...
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Here's a pic of the new roadkill strap...
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Yes, and NEVER play an instrument with neodymium magnet pickups if you have taken Viagra. The results are too disturbing to even discuss here.
Remember...always check with your doctor to see if you are healthy enough for gigging. And call a health professional immediately if you have a gig lasting four or more hours.
If a band tunes up one full step, they'll play 12.25% faster.
To get better at vocals you need to speed the song up 5 times faster than it was recorded and sing the words as fast you can.
You can also get better on bass doing this too.
You can also get better on bass doing this too.
North Korea has more helium-filled gigantic Elvis parade balloons than any other country on the planet.
It won't stay in tune anyway, so you better purchase its successor, the Thunderbird.At one time I wanted to become a Flamingo Guitarist, but I had such a difficult time trying to get those stupid pink birds to hold still I gave up! Seriously, here's a pic from one of my practice sessions...
Good point!
The Flamingo guitar is really almost a cross between a bagpipe and a guitar.
You can see from my picture that you tuck the body under your arm, your right hand is used to strum the birds belly and keep him calm while you squeeze his body bagpipe style with your right arm, your left or fretting hand then gently applies pressure up or down the birds neck to increase or decrease the pitch of the note emitted from the birds beak.
In the picture I can be seen hitting a D flat in second position. Hammer on and off as well as vibrato and bends are all done on the birds neck in much the same way you would do them on a bass neck. The really tough part is watching out for the birds left wing. You can tell by the look on my face that I've just been wacked up side the head by that darn wing.
