Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Humor category.
The Violinist of the Future!
Filed in Humor, Strange Findings, Violin on December 10, 2007 at 12:15 pmHere’s my next Bowhold Comparison candidate…
V.T.C.M.A. - 2
Filed in History, Humor, Performance, Thought for the Day on June 1, 2007 at 3:30 pmFor this chapter of Videos That Caught My Attention, I stumbled upon two excellent music videos from British big beat musician, Fatboy Slim. In our first installment of V.T.C.M.A., you may remember a fun video I found merging Fatboy Slim’s “Right Here, Right Now” with images from one of my favorite video game franchises, MYST [...]
Thought for the Day
Filed in Composition, History, Humor, Inspiration, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Thought for the Day on March 27, 2007 at 11:49 pmCharles Ives - As a composer who stubbornly struck out on his own way, who used ideas at the turn of the 20th century that we didn’t accept until the ’60’s, he was a man WAY ahead of his time! Here are some things this fiery idealist had to say:
“If a man finds that the [...]
1812 Overture
Filed in History, Humor, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders on February 8, 2007 at 2:21 pmThanks to Kay Pech for sharing this awesome video!
The talented Swingle Singers perform this amazing a cappella rendition of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture - the instrumental version, no less, complete with canon fire!
Thought for the Day
Filed in Humor, Inspiration, Thought for the Day on February 3, 2007 at 3:25 pm“It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better.”
- Giuseppe Verdi