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Let's spread some musical misinformation

Brian May's Tone has nothing to do with the month with the same name!

Every leap year, in the month of February, on that rarest of days that springs forth every fourth annual, Brian May is to be found at Stonehenge where his Druids prepare the rocket scientist for transcendent spacial explorations in the almighty quest for summoning his legendary tone.

Nymphs are summoned from far and wide to dance around the May Pole, and this semi-frequent act of frequency fertility is the real source of the guitarist's power — not a Red Special, nor a Vox AC30... though a Deacy is somewhat involved.
Yet some say it's just the added protein.
 
The ONLY proper way to tune a snare drum:
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A Kazoo is a gateway instrument...do you really want to go down that road?
Yup...You start off with an innocent lil dose of kazoo ("just one song"), next thing you know, Pan Flute.
Then later, you're putting a bowl full of Raisin Bran on your Zamfir album cover, shaking it gently back and forth (Sometimes using a library card) so that the raisins roll down to the crease so you can get rid of them, cuz you don't like raisins.
I've seen it happen to the best of them!
Just say "No, thank you". to Kazoo!
 
Most bassists who practice transcendental meditation find themselves chanting "ohm" instead of "om" while meditating. This unfortunately causes the brain to resist the beneficial effects of meditation.
You just have to make sure to match the impedance to your level of troubles.
Girl got ya down? 4 Ohms
Feeling like eating people? 32 Ohms...al least!
Unless of course you're in a parallel universe, then the math escapes me