I'm not big on harmonica but Howard Levy was quite expressive on it at some jazz gigs I saw in Chicago a while back.Originally Posted by Hobo Chang Ba
I'm not big on harmonica but Howard Levy was quite expressive on it at some jazz gigs I saw in Chicago a while back.
I'll second the vote for didgeridoo
That's actually not just you, but our little club has to be careful. I've been accused of 'not understanding music' before based on this opinion.
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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
didgeridoo?
didgeridon't!
David
Happy with what I have to be happy with.
Just electronic percussion. Although come to think of it (but I'm not sure they count) Vocorders too.
Early digital keyboards, like the Yamaha DX7. Using six pure sine waves to modulate each other, in order to create "pianos" and everything else. When Roland introduced LA (Linear Algorithm) Synthesis in the mid 80s, every other TV theme song was reworked to include that breathy keyboard sound.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
Hey now ... it's the perfect instrument for a drummer like me to come up with 'guide' music for the guitars/keys in the band
"No no, the timing should be more like this ...."
In high school, I drove a delivery van for a local company; during some hour long drives, I'd play myself "Darkness/Earth in Search of a Sun" from Jan Hammer's "First Seven Days" on my kazoo
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Regarding the "jaw harp" (which is of course a euphemism), I know of exactly one song where I like it -- the Who's "Join Together."
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
^ What? No love for "Turkey in the Straw?!
I'm just now watching Steve Hackett's most-recent live Blu-Ray, SEBTP & Spectral Mornings Live at Hammersmith, and during I Know What I Like, the woodwinds dude takes a long sax solo, center stage with a spotlight. It seems totally out of place, as the only (or surely at least nearly?) sax solo on a Genesis album, and was hideous. No matter how good the guy was, it wasn't even going to register with me. I do like good sax solos when they're used in numbers where they feel right. I know "Wardrobe" lends itself to noodling, but this sax solo was truly uncalled for. Sometimes sax can be as bad as an accordion!
I have 2 kazoos, a banjo and a recorder. My dad didn't like harpsichord solo.
I like all instruments when played well but....
.......is enough to make a piece of music unlistenable.
I bet you also liked it when Canned Heat used it. For songs like Jaw Harp Raga?Regarding the "jaw harp" (which is of course a euphemism), I know of exactly one song where I like it -- the Who's "Join Together."
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
Bagpipes - the sound of cats fighting in a bag writ large. Dear god, just no.
but yeah, a kilt-wearing bagpiper on every streetcorner of Edinburg does get tiring quickly
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't Scotland the Brave 95% of the time.
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Few things are as heartwarming as seeing children sing their hearts out, but I'm not crazy about it on recordings.
Yeah, a definite no-go for me. For example, those children's albums that Tusmorke made are completely unlistenable to me. There's something about the timbre of a chorus of children singing that just grates against me and causes me to hit 'Stop' immediately.
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...and, to prove that anything can be good when used cleverly, here's Alice using auto-tune to produce a really eerie effect...
(Incidentally, very tasty solo by Steve Hunter...)
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
For sure I had at least 3 DX type synths. So hard to get them to sound great.
Re auto tune on the Alice track. I like it when it's used to provide the robotic vibe . If it fits it fits.
Re Highland Bagpipes. Groan. Only on laments, paebroach type trad numbers.
https://cliveymacdougall.bandcamp.com/
Danger demos, jazz and warts stored here in vast amounts
https://www.soundclick.com/artist/de...bandID=1241900
Might be my favorite Who song ever.
Edit: Forgot there was s big, bass harmonica in the song.
Last edited by Vic2012; 01-26-2024 at 04:35 PM.
That God-awful keyboard sound that Lyle Mays was overly fond of, that sounded like a pan flute.
...so you can't listen to anything produced by Bob Ezrin.
Put me down for hating 80's keyboards. Gauwd, the days when everyone dumped their Moogs & Mellotrons and Hammonds, for weak digital cheese.
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