Posts made by SSmith1226

@bigdub
Thanks for your kind comments!

The following are two multitrack recordings that I put together encompassing about 10 trumpet parts and four MIDI Parts (Strings, Harp, Piano, and Bass Guitar). I played the Tuba part on trumpet and lowered it one octave on Garage Band and then lowered that track another octave. All three tracks can be heard.
The first piece is Pachelbel’s Canon. The second piece I call “Memories of Palchelbel”. It consists of Palchelbel’s Canon incorporating Maroon 5’s “Memories”. I previously posted a version of “Memories” performed by a children’s choir.
On January 20, I completed Pachelbel’s Canon and coincidently celebrated five year anniversary of my comeback.

Pachelbel’s Canon
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/dPuv7ATTYZhihydb6

Memories of Pachelbel
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/L5reyPNJWaLSHjQD7

@dr-go
What is most frightening is that I can read that!

@bigdub said in A little humour:

@ssmith1226 said in A little humour:

@bigdub

Sorry! Maybe this will put the humor back into it:
Why does a chicken coop have two doors?

Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan!

We geniuses should know better than to waste our time trying to stare at these visual puzzles and finally figure out there are differences all over the place!

Perhaps we should establish a branch of “Trumpet Board Mensa”.

The Past, Present , and Future walk into a bar. It was Tense!!!

@bigdub

Sorry! Maybe this will put the humor back into it:
Why does a chicken coop have two doors?

Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan!

@ssmith1226 said in A little humour:

@bigdub said in A little humour:

2 is diffrrent.

Other than every chicken “is different”, number three has been colored in, but number 2 has three toes on its right foot, while the others do not.
I stand with number 2 is different ( not “diffrrent”)

@bigdub said in A little humour:

2 is diffrrent.

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution for a client who was due to be hanged for murder at midnight. His last-minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed.

As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on at him: “What time of night to be getting home is this? Where have you been? Dinner is cold and I’m not reheating it.” On and on and on she complained.

Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he went and poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself up the stairs.

While he was in the bath, the phone rang.

The wife answered and was told that her husband’s client, James Wright, had been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be hanged tonight.

Finally realising what a terrible day he must have had, she decided to go upstairs and give him the good news.

As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.

“They’re not hanging Wright tonight,” she said.
To which he whirled around and screamed: “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON’T YOU EVER STOP?”

@j-jericho said in A little humour:

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Either a One eyed, One Horn, Flying Purple Eater or a Giant Roller Skate!

When I post a topic it does not show up as an “Unread” post, but does show up under “Recent” on my iPhone. It does show up as “Unread” if someone replies to it.
Your posts show up as “Unread” on my account when you post them or others answer them.

A complete redesign of the Toyota Prius!!!

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@georgeb

Not what the string of posts is about but perhaps interesting to to those reading the discussion:

@j-jericho
Excellent!

Murphy applied for a fork-lift operator post at a famous Irish firm based in Dublin.

A Norwegian applied for the same job and since both applicants had similar qualifications, they were asked to take a test and led to a quiet room with no interruptions by the Manager.

When the results were in, both men had scored 19 out of 20.
The manager went to Murphy and said, "Thank you for coming to the interview, but we've decided to give the Norwegian the job.

Murphy,... "And why would you be doing that? We both got 19 questions correct. This being Ireland and me being Irish surely I should get the job.”

Manager, "We have made our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you got wrong.”

Murphy, "And just how would one incorrect answer be better than another?

Manager "Simple; on question number 7 the Norwegian wrote down
'I don't know.’

You put down, 'Neither do I.

The following appeared on NPR today. I thought that this might be interesting to all of us.

“One unique aspect of jazz is that it never stops honoring the musicians who've shaped its sound. In 2020, more than 40 of those voices were silenced, and Jazz Night In America felt the need to acknowledge their loss with an original artistic gesture.

We chose an artist deeply attuned to the music's legacy — Grammy-winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold — and a symbolic meeting place — the brownstone stoop. More precisely, our small video team met Harrold on a frigid December evening at Socrates Sculpture Garden in Queens, where Fontaine Capel's Proposals for a Monument evokes the communal yet often contemplative space that a stoop can be (and the specter of an iconic image, colloquially known as A Great Day in Harlem).

Playing trumpet in the cold is no small feat; the tuning of the metal instrument shifts as the temperature falls. Harrold had to adjust to these changes in real time as he performed his poignant ballad "Ethereal Souls." But he was undaunted, buoyed by the constant encouragement of his son, Keyon Jr. — another reminder of the lineage embodied in this music, and an unseen force behind this hauntingly beautiful performance.”

Here is a concert band virtual performance I put together from the New Horizons Band of Cape Cod. I chose this piece because the tempo does not change, the key does not change, and the music is not complicated. I used GarageBand for audio editing and iMovie for the video editing and production. The video (sound and picture) was recorded on the individual performers cell phone, many on the lower resolution “selfie side” of the phone.