From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V4 #208 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Friday, October 15 1999 Volume 04 : Number 208 Today's Subjects: ----------------- bass player jokes ["tom, kelly & jordan" ] Re: bass player jokes ["Jeff Abrams" ] Re: digital drummer ["Jeff Abrams" ] Re: Basia in the studio... EXCLUSIVE insight! [Beverly Martin Subject: bass player jokes "Why did the bass player get mad at the timpanist? He turned a peg and refuses to tell him which one." bad joke........ A bass player and a guitarist are driving along in a car. The guiterist parks, locks the car behind him and realizes he has locked his keys in the car... It takes him two hours to get the bass player out! How does a bass player make his car go faster,,, he removes the pizza hut sign from the roof! I have to tell you all that last night in Kansas City I saw The Robert Cray Band, Damn he's good. Does anybody listen to him? The reason I tell you this is because 11 years I saw Basia play in this very same theatre. It is called the "Uptown Theatre" and has been renovated after many years of being closed. A wonderful place, I hope some of you get to see it sometime. Tom Oh, a while back there was talk about an "album" or "CD" called......."Duets" what is this? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:36:00 -0400 From: "Jeff Abrams" Subject: Re: bass player jokes Ohhh! Remember, YOU STARTED IT! (º; What's the difference between a soprano and a pit bull? Lipstick. What does a timpanist say when he gets a gig? Would you like fries with that, sir? How do you make a trombone sound like a french horn? Put your hand in the bell and miss a lot of notes. What do you do when a musician is at the door? Give him money and take the pizza. What did the jazz musician say when asked what he would do if he won the lottery? "Oh, just keep gigging till the money runs out." How can you always tell there's a drummer at the door? The knocking keeps speeding up. How can you tell there's a singer at the door? She can't find the key & doesn't know when to come in. What do you NEVER hear outside a concert/rehearsal? Hey, is that the banjo player's Porsche? How do you get two piccolos to play in perfect unison? Shoot One. What's the definition of a minor second? Two Flutists playing in unison. What's the difference between a flute and a piccolo? The flute won't fit down the drain pipe. What's the difference between an oboe and an onion? Nobody cries when you chop up an oboe. What's the difference between a trombone and a trampoline? You take off your shoes when you jump on a trampoline. Why do the clarinetists leave their cases on the dashboard? So they can park in handicapped zones. I'll stop, for now.... - -- Jeff Abrams doctorpc@erols.com 1993 Brilliant Black GS The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise. - ----- Original Message ----- From: tom, kelly & jordan Subject: bass player jokes > > > "Why did the bass player get mad at the timpanist? > He turned a peg and refuses to tell him which > one." > > > > bad joke........ > A bass player and a guitarist are driving along in a car. The guiterist > parks, locks the car behind him and realizes he has locked his keys in the > car... It takes him two hours to get the bass player out! > > How does a bass player make his car go faster,,, he removes the pizza hut > sign from the roof! > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 19:37:43 -0400 From: "Jeff Abrams" Subject: Re: digital drummer Hate to disappoint you yet again, but most of the drumming on "Illusion" was a mix of real and electronic. Even some of the "real" drumming was a drummer playing MIDI triggers. - -- Jeff Abrams doctorpc@erols.com 1993 Brilliant Black GS I voted for the Democrats because I didn't like the way the Republicans were running the country. Which is turning out to be like shooting yourself in the head to stop your headache. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Cundieff To: Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 5:59 AM Subject: Re: digital drummer > > From: Jeff Abrams > Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 2:09 PM > Subject: Re: digital drummer > > >I won't get too deep into the philosophy of using electronics in music (the > >term "drum machine" is being a bit abused here, BTW). > >However, I think it is important to note that ALL of the drumming (trap) on > >"Time and Tide" and "London Warsaw New York" was done By Danny White with > >drum modules. > > Oops! Guess TSI spoiled me. Still, I find the live versions of the songs > from those albums with real drummers to be much more enjoyable. And again, > like computer animation, it is possible to use electronics well in music, as > in Time and Tide and London Warsaw New York. > > -Brian* > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:34:24 -0500 From: Beverly Martin Subject: Re: Basia in the studio... EXCLUSIVE insight! ray... I'm still chuckling over this every time I read it... you de man!!! - -- Beverly Martin Ray Navarra wrote: > >From the recording studio, working on the new album... > > BASIA: I love this new track you just played, Danny. What was this called? > DANNY: "I miss my mum and dad", you wrote it. > BASIA: No, I mean the music. > DANNY: Oh yeah. That's called heavy metal. > BASIA: I like harmonising with all these things. > DANNY: (helpfully) They're called guitars. Distorted ones. > BASIA: Oh! I thought guitars sounded a little different. > DANNY: You mean the acoustic ones? > BASIA: If you say so. What's this other thing? > DANNY: That's your new look. You'll be wearing leather jackets all the time. > BASIA: But they have nails in them. > DANNY: (not paying attention) And you'll have to learn to ride on a > motorbike. > BASIA: Oh no! Danny! How can you even joke like that! No way am I going to > ride a motorbike! > DANNY: (shrugs) Well, in this case we're going back to hardcore techno look. > > :) > > Plus, there's a song they did together... a rather uninspired attempt... > > I MISS MY MUM AND DAD > > I am a Polish girl > With eyes full of promises > And I am here in foreign land > Listening to others' footsteps > > I wander through the misty land... > And I miss my mum and dad > (gospel choir: MY MUM) > I miss my mum and dad > (MY DAD) > > I opened up my heart > And I found someone strong > He kisses me and loves me > But still inside I know > > That I always will regret... > And I miss my mum and dad > (MY MUM) > I miss my mum and dad > (MY DAD) > > Copernicus, Chopin and Marie Curie > Would all dance with me if we were here together > We're all from the place where the birds are born > To sing and fly into the sky, but there is never > Turning back... > > I miss my mum and dad > (MY MUM) > I miss my mum and dad > (MY DAD) > > (-) Ray > [::: come.to/raynavarra ::: www.mp3.com/raynavarra :::::::::::::::::::::] > Number one this week: Pet Shop Boys "New York City Boy" > ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V4 #208 ***************************