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Darren New wrote:
> Michael Raiford wrote:
>> Wow... just .. wow :) Yeah, definitely dos not sound like an organ.
>> More tantamount to a modern-day electronic keyboard, but the whole
>> thing is physical. Amazing what can be done with pipes.
>
> Then there are the (movie) "theatre organs", used for soundtracks before
> film had sound. They usually had keys for things like gunshots,
> cymbals, snare drums, hoof beats, steam whistles, and so on.
...and then there's this Wurlitzer rendition:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G-JrgiWDgmI
Even though the recording quality is pathetic, you still get an
impression of what an amazing instrument this is.
I still adore the sound of a plain old pipe organ though!
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>> To illustrate:
>>
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ02Lu8Zuzw
>>
>
> Wow... just .. wow :) Yeah, definitely dos not sound like an organ. More
> tantamount to a modern-day electronic keyboard, but the whole thing is
> physical. Amazing what can be done with pipes.
Yeah. Isn't it just?
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Chambers wrote:
> Good job - seriously!
Thank you. :-)
Months of practise for multiple hours a day, every day, etc etc.
> By the way, I used to play the piano for my wife all the time when we
> first started going out. You have no idea how many girls love a guy who
> can play :) Unfortunately, there aren't many public places where you
> can just walk up to a keyboard and go to town on it - schools and
> churches seem to be the only ones.
O RLY?
So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
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On 08-Nov-08 9:15, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> Good job - seriously!
>
> Thank you. :-)
>
> Months of practise for multiple hours a day, every day, etc etc.
>
>> By the way, I used to play the piano for my wife all the time when we
>> first started going out. You have no idea how many girls love a guy who
>> can play :) Unfortunately, there aren't many public places where you
>> can just walk up to a keyboard and go to town on it - schools and
>> churches seem to be the only ones.
>
> O RLY?
>
> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
>
Some do, everywhere, they are often referred to as 'groupies'.
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Even though the recording quality is pathetic, you still get an
> impression of what an amazing instrument this is.
That's the best Vox Humana I've heard on a pipe organ.
Ah, this is the kind of thing I was talking about, altho this is
obviously synthesized rather than a real pipe organ.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Gztizq_4U
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Darren New wrote:
> That's the best Vox Humana I've heard on a pipe organ.
Damned straight! o_O
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
>> Good job - seriously!
>
> Thank you. :-)
>
> Months of practise for multiple hours a day, every day, etc etc.
>
>> By the way, I used to play the piano for my wife all the time when we
>> first started going out. You have no idea how many girls love a guy who
>> can play :) Unfortunately, there aren't many public places where you
>> can just walk up to a keyboard and go to town on it - schools and
>> churches seem to be the only ones.
>
> O RLY?
>
> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
>
Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
make sure it is real cold inside ;-)
Tom
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>> O RLY?
>>
>> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
>>
>
> Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
>
> make sure it is real cold inside ;-)
That's an excellent idea.
Now, where the HELL am I going to find a girl? :-P
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Invisible wrote:
>>> O RLY?
>>>
>>> So girls like musicians, eh? Is this just in America, or everywhere?
>>>
>>
>> Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
>>
>> make sure it is real cold inside ;-)
>
> That's an excellent idea.
>
> Now, where the HELL am I going to find a girl? :-P
another idea....
keep playing and ( in movie voice inflection ) "they will come......"
Ok, it's hard to give the *movie voice* inflection with pure text.
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>> Invite a girl to the church to *help* you play.
>>
>> make sure it is real cold inside ;-)
>
> That's an excellent idea.
>
> Now, where the HELL am I going to find a girl? :-P
At a church.
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