The creaking band

LignumVitae
LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
edited 11. Oct 2012, 20:38 in Community Chit-chat archive
So, it turns out I can play sax and clarinet, Bubbadog does the cello...I think we have the beginnings of a forum band. We'll be needing conductors and whoever else out there can play a note/ once played a note- what will you be playing?! Recorders,washboards and everything else welcome! :D
Hey little fighter, things will get brighter

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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I used to do piano until my fingers packed in. I've done a course in composition so I could manage harmonies. (I think :oops: )
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  • LignumVitae
    LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You're in Sticky, we're now a trio. In e creaking band we're all going to be excellent and be able to play our chosen instruments without the hinderance of arthritis so you are now our concert pianist :D
    Hey little fighter, things will get brighter
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Used to play recorder at school and casternet.Mig
  • villier
    villier Member Posts: 4,426
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Used to be the recorder................maybe I could take a crash course in Bagpipes...............Marie xx
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    LignumVitae wrote:
    you are now our concert pianist :D

    Blimey! We really are in Fantasyland. The most I ever murdered in real life was Liszt's Liberstraum. If I'm good can I do a Chopin Piano Concerto sometime, please? I'll gladly chip in with the jazz too.
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  • LignumVitae
    LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You're in Mig, casternet in one hand, recorder in the other! Marie, the choice is yours, maybe switch between the two? I can see you leading us in with the bagpipes!
    Hey little fighter, things will get brighter
  • LignumVitae
    LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Course you can Sticky! Nothing wrong with fantasy land. I'll be playing Dave Brubeck's Take Five at double speed and with no bum notes :lol: honest!
    Hey little fighter, things will get brighter
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well, if we're talking fantasy, I'll play the flute, while standing on one leg, in the style of Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull fame.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Right, my best was the piano (classical only) my second the clarinet (ditto) and my third (and favourite) the double bass (yup, you guessed it, classical only). I can feel syncopation (and almost time it) but realise it? Nuh-uh. I'll deal with the advertising side of things, OK? I'll leave the clever stuff up to you guys. DD
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I can't play anything :cry::cry:
    I am really good at pointing sticks at wimmin folks though lol...
    :D:lol:
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  • RitaW
    RitaW Member Posts: 83
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Loved playing the recorder at school :) Can I join the band? :D
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    Right, my best was the piano (classical only) my second the clarinet (ditto) and my third (and favourite) the double bass (yup, you guessed it, classical only). I can feel syncopation (and almost time it) but realise it? Nuh-uh. I'll deal with the advertising side of things, OK? I'll leave the clever stuff up to you guys. DD

    No, definitely not. DD's much better on the ivories than I ever was. I shall be 2nd piano player in reserve (Waiting for my Chopin moment). Meanwhile, I tortured a violin briefly and my son, also briefly, played a tuba. I've always fancied an instrument you actually wear.
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That's why I liked the bass - you cuddled it. DD
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  • LignumVitae
    LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well aren't we shaping up nicely?! We have a dancing conductor (you can only point a stick at wimmin if you wiggle your hips whilst doing so Tony), a flautist who can stand on one leg, two pianists both too polite to take the stand and thus a potential tuba cuddling violin player and a double bass cuddler, a few recorder players...I don't think the sound is going to matter, the novelty value is high!
    Hey little fighter, things will get brighter
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Have we got a signature tune? Mig
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    mig wrote:
    Have we got a signature tune? Mig

    I'm sure others can come up with something better but, as a starter, how about 'AC in (Plaster of) Paris'?

    We also need a name. On the same principle, I'd suggest 'The Non-Elastic Band'. Over to you all.
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  • LignumVitae
    LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm loving both of those suggestions Sticky :lol::lol:

    In honour of Mig I do wonder whether we should get one of our composers to prepare an altered version of Men in Black too - lyrics changed to Men in Lycra instead?
    Hey little fighter, things will get brighter
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Yeeeeeees that'll do for me. Mig
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Is it wise to feed mig's addiction? Maybe we should wean her off this lycra fetish???
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  • LignumVitae
    LignumVitae Member Posts: 1,972
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Do you honestly think that is possible Sticky?!
    Hey little fighter, things will get brighter
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    you shouldn't make light of this ladies. It's a little known fact that six out of ten wimmin are highly addicted to lycra :o
    In fact, it's now been classed as an epidemic. A government body has been set up to tackle this terrible affliction...
    The Institute of Tackling Epidemic Found In Todays Society :o:
    Or, TITE FITS as it's more commonly known.
    Boris Johnson has gone on record to say that not since the Pancake Craze of '79 has there been a problem of such magnitude...

    Rumours are abound of stars hiding this cozy fitting craving..
    "I find myself sneaking around at night wearing nothing but a spandex onesie" admits Johnathon Ross.
    "I knew it was bad when I was almost caught buying a pair of shiney black cycling shorts, right next to a school playground :shock: " confessed Anne Diamond..

    True stories :D
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Can't play a note on anything, but I can bash a tambourine if that's any use. I can also play the triangle, but not both things at the same time.

    Tony, you seem to be a world authority on lycra addiction, but I won't ask how or why :shock: :lol:

    So is there an organisation similar to the AA for those recovering from lycra-mania after the Olympics :?: I think a few of us need to join if so :lol:
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