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None of the instruments used kentauros Feb 2016 #1
Moog-style modular synthesizers hadn't been invented yet, cemaphonic Feb 2016 #2
But are they specifically called "synthesizers" kentauros Feb 2016 #3
I guess that would depend on who you were talking to. cemaphonic Feb 2016 #6
Okay, thanks for the correction and history lesson kentauros Feb 2016 #15
According to wikipedia, a commercial failure cemaphonic Feb 2016 #29
Who needs a furnace with that many vacuum tubes?! kentauros Feb 2016 #32
Amazing. I appreciate learning about the Novachord. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #43
Many people think the theremin was used in Mendocino Feb 2016 #4
However, the theremin was used in The Day the Earth Stood Still. kentauros Feb 2016 #24
Thanks! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #41
People also think the theremin was used on The Beach Boys Good Vibrations. it wasn't CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #50
That movie! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #38
There is no bridge in "Indiana" nt grasswire Feb 2016 #5
Shephard's Tone cemaphonic Feb 2016 #7
Here's a great online resource: kentauros Feb 2016 #14
Funeral March for the Obsequies of a Deaf Man rug Feb 2016 #8
Amazing, I've never heard anything like it. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #36
Then you're unfamiliar with John Cage's 4'33"? n/t malthaussen Feb 2016 #54
Paul McCartney's working title for "Yesterday" was... Tom_Foolery Feb 2016 #9
& the whole line was - LiberalElite Feb 2016 #11
Exactly... Tom_Foolery Feb 2016 #12
. LiberalElite Feb 2016 #13
Astral Weeks Mendocino Feb 2016 #10
This a question, not an observation. 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #16
Nobody in Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass actually played any music on their albums Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #17
He did have a touring band, Mendocino Feb 2016 #19
Hal Blaine also came up with that famous foot pedal bass drum beat in A Taste of Honey Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #20
Brother Buzz, you know a whole lot of stuff. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #45
Read Kent Hartman's book, "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock And Roll's Best-Kept Secret" Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #67
Thanks. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #68
Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony was not his final symphony, as one might surmise from its nickname. Aristus Feb 2016 #18
I was a music major and the joke was that Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #33
104 is nothing... malthaussen Feb 2016 #56
Brian Wilson never heard his music in stereo. Miles Archer Feb 2016 #21
Brian Wilson once gave me a ten dollar tip. panader0 Feb 2016 #72
Neanderthal 'bone flute' musical instruments were actually hyenas gnawing bear cubs frogmarch Feb 2016 #22
Piano Concerto in A Minor Mendocino Feb 2016 #23
Radio-astronomy physicist Dr. Fiorella terenzi kentauros Feb 2016 #25
Leo Fender made one of the first guitars to hold up in a bar fight. Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #26
Jackson Browne had the best roadies. Mendocino Feb 2016 #27
Cool story! Love Jackson Browne. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #39
He was very pleasant and laid back. Mendocino Feb 2016 #61
The first recording by the Grateful Dead was ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #28
It hath charms to soothe the savage breast... mak3cats Feb 2016 #30
Some classical composers (mostly the French ones, it seems) died in unusual ways. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #31
Lully . . . Le Taz Hot Feb 2016 #34
Lully's lifestyle was, shall we say, over the top The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #35
Lully and Charpentier had a great feud going on. malthaussen Feb 2016 #57
The harmonica player on Millie Small's "My boy Lollipop" was Rod Stewart. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #37
No it wasn't. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #40
How do you know that? I'm not doubting your word. I mean, it's not that big a deal. I was told that BlueJazz Feb 2016 #42
I was just teasing. I thought you provided us with an incredible factoid. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #44
Ah, you got me! I DID know that Rod played the harmonica...actually quite well and he did... BlueJazz Feb 2016 #46
This is an excellent thread! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #47
As long as we're talking harmonica cemaphonic Feb 2016 #71
Steely Dan didn't tour for 19 years... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2016 #48
Great story. I love Steely Dan. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #63
"Oben am jungen Rhein" - Liechtenstein's National Anthem Glorfindel Feb 2016 #49
Muzio Clementi's Symphony #3... malthaussen Feb 2016 #58
A band fronted by Mitch EASTER once opened for Echo and the BUNNYmen taterguy Feb 2016 #51
Seen them both - met Mitch backstage with REM in 1983 jpak Feb 2016 #53
In the days of Troubadors, a mother would often tie her daughter's skirt to.... Tikki Feb 2016 #52
As for the Tijuana Brass... malthaussen Feb 2016 #55
"Deutschland Uber Alles" was originally a birthday hymn for the Holy Roman Emperor... malthaussen Feb 2016 #59
Stevie Wonder has no sense of smell Enrique Feb 2016 #60
If I remember correctly Mendocino Feb 2016 #62
The person who played piano on Cat Stevens' original recording of "Morning Has Broken" Trailrider1951 Feb 2016 #64
Spain's national anthem... a la izquierda Feb 2016 #65
Easy Rider Mendocino Feb 2016 #66
I had no idea! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #70
Charlie Daniels was a member of Leonard Cohen's Band. greendog Feb 2016 #69
As many as 15% of classical musicians suffer from permanent tinnitis, according to one study. eppur_se_muova Feb 2016 #73
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