Did it sound like Axel F to anyone but you? I can certainly get a very wide range of harmonics out of the harp by moving my tongue and expanding and contracting the back of my throat, but I’m not sure I could get the full range of notes to make up the Axel F tune, simple as it is. When I was a teenager I thought I could play tunes on the harp, but later realised that what I thought I was playing was made up of harmonics that were too quiet for anyone outside my own skull to hear, and a lot of wishful thinking. ![]()
Actually, it apparently did, since at least a few people recognized it. I won’t say it sounded good, by any means, but it was apparently identifiable. It’s entirely possible they just picked up on the rhythm, though–the song was extremely popular in my neck of the woods at the time, so it probably wasn’t hard to figure out what I was mangling.
Apparently, eleanorigby’s special talent is scrambling metaphors?
I don’t know if I’d call it being a specialist, but I’m decently good at racquetball. It’s not a skill that pays all that well, though.
Still - if the pro racquetball circuit ever needs bodies, I want to be there!
I can edit and proofread just about anything very quickly and accurately.
What, you only tip 15% on a steak dinner???!!eleven!? You are the scum of the earth!!!
Ducks, runs, and warms up the popcorn popper ![]()
I know a whole bunch about the music of the early 1930s - the post-jazz, pre-swing sounds. I got into it specifically because all the jazz books I read as a kid skipped over it, saying it wasn’t worth listening to.
Impressive! I applaud your specializing there. What label do you prefer for that segment of music history? “Post-Jazz Pre-Swing” seems a mouthful. Who are some bands you prefer in that era?