Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Jay2U]

Counting slows me down.

1, 2, 4, wait no that's um 3, oh great now I missed 4...

I always thought we had to count down...

 

[Jay2U]

At the start of every song, Dee Dee Ramone had to count "one, two, three, four", to remind their drummer Tommy how to count. Strange, if you realize they played almost every song in eighths.

 

[Imaginary Pony]

In 1979 the famous Kuala Lumpur born neo bossa nova 12 string bass player Nickson Van Der Brackwürst released an album called "No Strings Attached" featuring 42 Minutes and 12 Sec of pure silence.

The album didn't surprisingly not receive much attention until March the 2nd 1997 where the entire album was used in a mashup session with a looped version of John Cage's 4′33″ lead by Bono and broadcasted worldwide on all known TV channels to aid the cause of deaf people suffering from tinnitus.

Added spice came from live recordings of Milli Vanilli Not singing, and a hitherto unreleased demo tape of The Monkees not playing "Last Train To Clarksville" which were hidden in the mashup, with a $10 000 prize for the first person to recognize them.

 

[PillO]

At the start of every song, Dee Dee Ramone had to count "one, two, three, four", to remind their drummer Tommy how to count. Strange, if you realize they played almost every song in eighths.

Counting to 8 is about 3 times harder than counting to 4.

 

[Jay2U]

Counting to 8 is about 3 times harder than counting to 4.

Sure, because 8 is 2 to the power of 3, or the square root of 4 to the power of 3, or...

 

[shadowtippy]

Counting to 8 is about 3 times harder than counting to 4.

It is easier to count to two, twice, then do it again, unless you lose count.

 

[PillO]

Sure, because 8 is 2 to the power of 3, or the square root of 4 to the power of 3, or...

Exactly. Counting gets exponentially harder as you go higher.

 

[Jay2U]

Exactly. Counting gets exponentially harder as you go higher.

Much like Bob Marley's law: "Counting gets exponentially harder as you get higher".

 

[Tom Bomb]

Count Basie couldn't count. He didn't need to. He was a Count.

 

[tangentmusic]

Count Basie couldn't count. He didn't need to. He was a Count.

He was originally called Count Bassy, but didn't want a bassist's reputation

 

[Tom Bomb]

That's pretty deep

 

[Imaginary Pony]

He was originally called Count Bassy, but didn't want a bassist's reputation

Actually, his real name is Reginald Dopplethwaite, and his first job was as bassist in an Appalachian Country band, which didn't last long, for rather obvious reasons.

Later on he played bass for the Alabama Hoodoo Minstrels' where the band leader, Professor Jughead would shout out "Count, bassisit" at the beginning of each song.

When Reggie finally formed his own band, he took his new name with him.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

[jeffbrown]

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Both of them.

 

[Jay2U]

There are 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

The 11th kind fits the system, but is excluded by both the 01th and the 10th kind, because they are afraid 11 digit mutations might develop.

 

[zontar]

If you have cute kids sing your song, it will be taken seriously by Jazz fans

 

[ZenG]

If you have cute kids sing your song, it will be taken seriously by Jazz fans

Even if it's a Grade 4 Sunday school choir singing "House Of The Rising Sun"?

 

[pklima]

Running Wild originally wrote songs about restaurant critics and called their style "pie rate metal", but switched to "pirate metal" when they got tired of fighting their smartphones' autocorrect.

 

[Jay2U]

Mojo meters are now for sale at GC.
Red: Don't touch your bass.
Orange: You may touch your bass, but don't play it.
Yellow: It's safe to play and rehearse.
Green: Now it's time to gig and/or compose new stuff.

 

[zontar]

Classical music is boring.
(Or did I do that one already?)