@djeffers78 said in A little humour:
@BigDub
I’ve heard this one told that when the passerby who’d had a beer after work saw this happening pulled over and got in the back of the cruiser. When asked by the cop “what’s going on”? The passerby told the cop “go ahead and take me to jail. I’ll never pass that test.Also no state was mentioned
I think that might have been how I first heard it too, but I was winging it a bit....hahaha
@Kehaulani said in Attracting members who are interested in things musical/trumpet:
This will, no doubt, elicit a knee-jerk reaction from some who are either offended or who wonder who the heck I think I am. Fair enough. But I think this needs airing.
There is value on any forum for a Lounge, to let members let off steam and to discuss things that do not fall under the general category of the Forum's main intent. This Forum, however, has begun, and stayed, in the realm of "Loungeism". Jokes, pretty pictures etc.
As long as there is no widespread interest in pursuing questions about trumpet pedagogy and musicianship, it will not grow. I've noticed that there were members in the former forum who no longer participate. It seems sort of self-evident.
I feel where you're coming from, Kehaulani. Keep in mind, though, there are forums and sites THat do take the serious side of trumpet playing and music and are already quite established. There are threads for that here and any you care to start as well. Like this thread. I do agree, it is more lounge-ish, but I personally tend to like it. You probably knew that already. And, in conclusion, TH makes me want to go into a coma.
@Bob-Pixley said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
This is useful for certain trumpets and cornets...
Is that how you spell turd? I thought it was terd. That’s absurd, one should know how to spell that wurd.
@Dr-Mark said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
Hi BigDub,
Is that a painting of a cinnamon roll? Good job on the glaze! It almost looks real.
Yukkkk! Mmmdonthinkso
I think it’s what Great Whites have for breakfast. This was at some science and sea life museum in South Florida. My niece, two of her kids, and my grand daughter were the “victims”. My grandson was there too, but I’m not sure he’s in the picture. He was about 1 at the time!
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@Niner
I wasn’t trying to be fecalitious, I was trying to be facetious. But as long as we are are on the random topic of the “Stool Bus”, this is an inside view of it. It is a rare opportunity to see such a view on a trumpet web site!
How did you get that photo of the inside of my bell before I cleaned it?
@Niner said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@SSmith1226 Well... Jericho's post is random and meaningless for sure........ I think. Here is an example that doesn't require much thought to know it is random and "meaningless".
Now there’s a person who doesn’t take his career too seriously.....
Some of you might appreciate a little southern comfort Art.
This is a scene I painted from a friend's great photo of a South Carolina inlet, somewhere on or near Hilton Head Island. By the way, I was unhappy with the first version and did it over. This is the new version.
@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
A State Trooper pulled over a Man for Speeding one afternoon. After the car pulled over the officer took the Gentleman out of the car and told him to put his hands on the hood of his car.
The Trooper told the man, "Sir, the reason i stopped your vehicle is you were going 80 miles over the posted speed limit and it took me miles to catch up to you." The man looked at the Officer and said "I'm sorry Officer but theres a good reason why I was Speeding"
The Officer looked at the Man and said "if you can give me one good reason why you were Speeding, I will let you off with a warning."
The man began to explain.... "A few years ago my Wife ran off with a State Trooper and when I saw you in my rearview mirror I panicked. I thought You Were Bringing Her Back."
The officer LAUGHING told the man, "Have a Nice Day......"
Another guy gets stopped for speeding by a Texas State trooper. The officer asks him for his paperwork and then why he was driving so fast. Driver says, I am with the Circus that is performing up the road and I am trying not to be late. I am so sorry for speeding. Trooper says, what do you do for the circus?
I'm a juggler.
Hmm, says the trooper, get out, and show me some juggling and I'll let you off with a warning. I LOVE juggling.
Oh, says the driver, my stuff is in the equipment van, so I don’t have anything to juggle.
That didn’t stop the Trooper.
He insisted he could use a couple of flares, the jack handle and a safety triangle from the trunk.
Next thing you know, two guys from Oklahoma drive by and see the act happening on the side of the road. One says to the other Okie, remind me never to drink and drive in Texas, I'd never pass that sobriety test!
Here is a commission once again, for a fellow TrumpetBoards member. His input was very much in play for how I did this one. I enjoyed working with him and I appreciated his open mindedness to the ideas I shared while working on it. Amazing that in this age of technology we could accomplish this without ever even meeting face to face.
@J-Jericho said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:
The trick to photography is to pick good subject matter and click, am I right?
In photography framing the image in a way that transcends the subject into an image that evokes an emotional and/or cerebral response makes the difference between a photo/snapshot and something more. Choice of lighting, juxtaposition, and color or grayscale balance/contrast contribute to the impact of the image as well.
In the past, when photographers developed film instead of using a digital format, it was fairly routine to manipulate parts of or all of the image to suit the goal of the artist, and there were those who continued this process with programs such as PhotoShop, but the most evocative images today involve setting up the shot so that none of this is necessary.
Absolutely. My comment was oversimplified, and a bit tongue in cheek. Or maybe a lot tongue in cheek.
It is definitely easier to take a bad photograph than a good one. I often marvel at photographs taken by my photographer friends.
@Bob-Pixley
The trick to photography is to pick good subject matter and click, am I right?
@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub
Very nice. I still don't know how you do it but please keep doing it.
Thank you, Dr-Mark....I don’t think I will be stopping any time soon, Lord willing. Not even sure I could stop. It is a very strong desire to continue.
Next I share another commissioned piece. There are plenty of things in this painting that I enjoy painting, the restrictions and things that had to go into it put a bit of a damper and made me feel a bit handcuffed in regard to my overall feeling of the whole thing.
People did like it a lot, however, and that is the bottom line, isn’t it?
Might be Switzerland? Looks like the license plate on the car has the Swiss cross on it.
Just a guess.
Kehaulani- I had mentioned to you the influence of family when answering you about the formal art education I did or didn’t have. Here is a sample of my older cousin's artwork. He was about the most influential person in my life when it came to art.
More from the "Commissioned Paintings"
This one is almost 40 years old.
As you can see here, this is not my typical choice of subject matter....
@Kehaulani said in Fun with Scales:
That's an equal sign. It is found on the key just to the left of my Backspace key and shares the symbol with a plus sign. All it does is type an = symbol. Still don't see what you mean.
Ok. When you are watching a video, there is this, > for play, and this, || for pause. Yeah. It was kind of lame.
@Kehaulani said in Fun with Scales:
I don't understand that, Big Dub.
You would have to turn your screen a quarter turn......
