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Dolphins are more woodwind, specifically clarinet fans, as this video from Turkey shows.

@bigdub
Something smells fishy!!!

I know that Trumpet playing is often described as “sizzling”. I saw this article and its embedded video of playing Trombone in a sizzling fashion. I thought that some of our group might find this concept interesting and educational.

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/flame-throwing-trombone-invention/

@kehaulani
Or at least roast marshmallows…

@barliman2001
Your autographed trumpet case challenge reminded me of this jungle scene where your challenge is to find the “hidden tiger”.

@georgeb said in Artist on BOARD:

@bigdub

Wayne, were you attempting something different in this picture ? It just seems a slight change in style. Or maybe it's just my old eyes. Regardless, it is a beautiful canvas.

George

@BigDub
And the painting ain’t bad either…
I hope that you didn’t fall down that cliff!

@j-jericho
That’s the same model that Ram Bowen used,

@vulgano-brother said in I Just Saw This on Classic FM:

Better than any Super Bowl rendition in recent years.

I know that I didn’t originally post this about great renditions of the national anthem and the Super Bowl, but Vulgano-Brother’s comments, for me as a trumpet player, brought to mind a couple of great and memorable renditions of the National Anthem, as well as a wonderful SB Half Time Show.

I just stumbled across this article today and I thought that some you might find it interesting:

https://crimereads.com/jazz-organized-crime-louis-armstrong-mafia/

*** The 4 Hornsmen of the Apocolypse**

GRANDMA, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE MONEY YOU GOT FROM SELLING GRANDPA’S TRUMPET COLLECTION?

@trumpetb said in A little humour:

Bless this Vessel and all who sail in her

I was tempted to add “Tight lines, fair winds and and a following sea”, but in this case perhaps “smooth, unobstructed sailing, fair winds, and a following sea”.

Sad news:

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of the Pillsbury Doughboy. The cause of his death was from a yeast infection and trauma from repeated pokes in his belly.

Doughboy was buried in a greased coffin, with the gravesite piled high with flours.

Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects; including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, The Hostess Twinkies, and Capt. Crunch.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded.

Born and raised in Minnesota, Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being flakey at times, he was still a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough, and his three children: John Dough, Jane Dough, and Dosey Dough. He and his wife also had one in the oven. He is also survived by his father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes

The Laws of Life

• Law of Mechanical Repair

• After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

• Law of Gravity

• Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.

• Law of Probability

• The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

• Law of Random Numbers

• If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always answers.

• Variation Law

• If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.

• Law of the Bath

• When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone will ring.

• Law of Close Encounters

• The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

• Law of the Result

• When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, IT WILL!! AND Visa versa!

• Law of Biomechanics

• The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

• Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena

• At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.

• The Coffee Law

• As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

• Murphy's Law of Lockers

• If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

• Law of Physical Surfaces

• The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

• Law of Logical Argument

• Anything is possible IF you don't know what you are talking about.

• Law of Physical Appearance

• If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

• Law of Public Speaking
-- A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!

• Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy

• As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it OR the store will stop selling it!

• Doctors' Law

• If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there, you'll feel better. But don't make an appointment and you'll stay sick.

•The Law of Television Entertainment
As soon as you find a television program that you really like, it will be cancelled.

Very interesting. What App did you use?
As far as the prompt, my guess would be, “generate illustrations that BigDub would not create or be associated with”.

The Beatles are back (thanks to AI). The first video can be found on Paul McCartney’s YouTube channel. This is a Paul McCartney recording with the addition of John Lennon’s voice as well as rejuvenating Paul’s voice. This was edited by Dae Lims. In the second tune, which was a John Lennon recording, Dae Lims added in the youthful Paul McCartney voice.
The last link is the article that alerted me to this. As mentioned in our ongoing discussion of Bots, the implications are endless.

https://keysweekly.com/42/john-bartus-when-ai-gets-musical/

@kehaulani-0 said in The Beatles Are Back, Sort Of:

As I understand this, this is just a new voice added digitally. What makes that AI?

John Lennon, as you know , died in 1980. Thirty three years later Paul McCartney, in his 2013 voice recorded “New”, the first video in my post. In 2023, Dae Lims created a deep fake of John Lennon’s Voice with AI and added that track to the recording. In addition he either deep faked or modified Paul McCartney’s voice to sound like it did in the Beatle’s Era, again using AI technology.
He also added a deep faked “young” Paul McCartney track to the 1980 posthumous John Lennon release “Grow Old With Me” using AI. Both recordings thus mimic the sound and style of the Beatles using AI technology.
As I said, the implications are endless. For example, imagine Frank Sinatra’s voice putting out contemporary recordings. If this can be done with vocal productions, imagine instrumentalists and others “resurrected”.
We know that AI deep fake video production has been around for a while. Just wait for the 2024 presidential election cycle. If you thought the “Russian Collusion” was convincing, “you ain’t seen nothing yet!”
BTW, is “Kehaulani O” AI or real

@kehaulani-0 said in The Beatles Are Back, Sort Of:

What, pray tell, is "deep fake"? Isn't this just digital overdubbing, or embedding, which has been going on for some time and is a recognised and legitimate technique?

Special Effects and Deep Fake have been going on for a long time. They have become more sophisticated, and with AI technology have been made more usable by ordinary non computer savvy individuals.
The following video from PBS can explain it better than I can:

“Across the Arctic, sculptors and musicians have worked together to create instruments carved out of ice.

Artists such as American ice sculptor Tim Linhart, and Icelandic drummer, Terje Isungset, have both created orchestras out of ice, with Isungset running his own annual ice music festival.

Collaborating with Greenpeace, Isungset and his orchestra performed outside on an ice floe – a sheet of floating ice – on the island of Spitsbergen in 2019 to raise awareness of how climate change is affecting our oceans.

Playing through temperatures of 10 degrees below Celsius under the midnight sun, they recorded this chilling, majestic work. Watch the most northerly ice concert ever, below.”